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Code for Sustainable Homes

With full licensing by BRE, Energy Rating Services can conduct a Code for Sustainable Homes Assessment for you. Our expert advice will ensure your projects comply with the Code.

Since May 2008 there has been a requirement to provide all new homes built in England with Code for Sustainable Homes rating. The Code for Sustainable Homes signals the future direction of Building Regulations. It provides valuable information to home buyers and offers building providers with a tool with which to differentiate themselves via sustainability.

The scale used in the Code for Sustainable Homes demonstrates the percentage carbon emissions reduced, when compared with Part L1A of the 2006 Building Regulations. The Code Level 1 is a 10% reduction against Part L1A. This target increases for each level, through to level 6 – which is only achieved by zero carbon homes.

In addition to the minimum carbon and water emission standards, the code for sustainable homes focuses on other sustainability criteria, such as materials usage, surface water run-off, waste production, pollution, health and well-being, building management and ecology.

There is a lot to consider for this code. Especially when Local Authorities and funding schemes often require a minimum standard of Code level 3 (a 25% reduction against Part L1A). Contact us today and let us help you meet the level you require from the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Download the full Code for Sustainable Homes guidelines. This and other information we believe will be useful to you has been assembled in our Resources library.

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