At a meeting last week, the message from BERR’s side of the table was that the consultation on Zero Carbon (originally planned for summer, then autumn) is now unlikely to come out until 2009. That’s going to give industry at most 6 years to tool up to delivering zero carbon. Given that ministers are long past the point of no return on this, it’s extraordinary that by delaying this consultation they’re making things even harder for themselves and for developers.
Posts Tagged ‘Code level 6’
Zero Carbon consultation delayed (again)
Posted in Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, stamp duty exemption, tagged BERR, Code level 6, zero carbon, zero carbon definition on September 30, 2008| 3 Comments »
no Code 6 without MVHR
Posted in climate change, Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, engineering, renewable energy, SAP, sustainability, tagged Code level 6, CSH, HRV, MVHR, passiv haus, Passive House, zero carbon house on June 6, 2008| 8 Comments »
For a while, I have suspected that the thermal efficiency requirements for Code 6 would almost certainly require MVHR. But I was always dimly aware that I hadn’t actually done the numbers and so couldn’t be sure. Now I am: no MVHR means no Code 6.