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Government code brings sustainability closer to home
Thursday 9 March 2006
The Government has announced that the Code for Sustainable homes, setting new energy and water efficiency standards beyond building regulations, is to become mandatory for all new homes, and possibly all existing homes.
WWF welcomes the news that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has listened and responded to wide-ranging criticism of its draft Code for Sustainable Homes.
Paul King, Campaign Director of WWF's One Million Sustainable Homes (OMSH) Campaign said: "For four years WWF has been campaigning for a single national standard for sustainable homes. We denounced the poor draft Code for Sustainable homes when it was published in December, but we are very pleased that the government has listened and responded in the way it has with a commitment to introduce a mandatory Code, applicable to all new homes.
"The Code will set out the trajectory and timescale of regulatory change over the coming years. It must go far enough and fast enough to deliver homes fit for the 21st Century."
Sustainable homes are essential if we are to cut the UK's CO2 emissions, and if we are to make efficient use of increasingly scarce resources such as water. Sustainable homes will also save people money - and with rapidly rising energy prices, people everywhere will need their homes to be as efficient as possible in the future.
"Currently our homes produce about 30 per cent of the UK's CO2 emissions that are contributing to climate change. The new Code for Sustainable Homes will set out a direct path to mandatory zero carbon housing development, in a way that meets the needs of industry, people, and the environment," added Paul King.
Paul King, Campaign Director of WWF's One Million Sustainable Homes (OMSH) Campaign said: "For four years WWF has been campaigning for a single national standard for sustainable homes. We denounced the poor draft Code for Sustainable homes when it was published in December, but we are very pleased that the government has listened and responded in the way it has with a commitment to introduce a mandatory Code, applicable to all new homes.
"The Code will set out the trajectory and timescale of regulatory change over the coming years. It must go far enough and fast enough to deliver homes fit for the 21st Century."
Sustainable homes are essential if we are to cut the UK's CO2 emissions, and if we are to make efficient use of increasingly scarce resources such as water. Sustainable homes will also save people money - and with rapidly rising energy prices, people everywhere will need their homes to be as efficient as possible in the future.
"Currently our homes produce about 30 per cent of the UK's CO2 emissions that are contributing to climate change. The new Code for Sustainable Homes will set out a direct path to mandatory zero carbon housing development, in a way that meets the needs of industry, people, and the environment," added Paul King.
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Find out more about WWF's work on sustainable housing by visiting our One Million Sustainable Homes campaign website