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| 707 - Beyond Decent Homes | ||||
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| Monday, June 1st 2009 |
Sustainability Publication Research |
West Midlands National |
SHAP |
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| Project Description |
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| Beyond Decent Homes |
| The Beyond Decent Homes Standard is designed to set social housing on a course to support delivery of the UK’s Low Carbon Transition Plan in which the Government expects the domestic sector to deliver a greater share of emissions reductions, of at least 29% on 2008 levels by 2020, with proposals that all homes undergo a ‘whole house package’ of improvements by 2030. But it is about more than just carbon reduction. It is about continuing the drive for improvement started by the Decent Homes programme. Whilst substantial modernisation has taken place, new priorities mean that the ‘thermal comfort’ criteria no longer goes far enough. Never intended to be more than a minimum performance standard it has meant that opportunities may have been missed to comprehensively tackle fuel poverty. This new Standard seeks to provide genuine equality of living standards for all social housing tenants. It aims to bridge the gap between modern social housing – some of the most energy efficient in the country – and the wider stock – still containing some of the poorest performing in the country. It also seeks to capture the wider benefits of investment, not just for tenants and their landlords, but also the construction industry as it gears itself up to deliver a low carbon transition in the wider housing stock. This is because social housing is in the best position to deliver greater carbon reductions, earlier and at lower cost. |
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| Beyond Decent Homes Case Study |
| Setting the Standard The Standard looks to achieve stretch targets ahead of national commitments for carbon reduction, to be achieved in three stages linked to Energy Performance Certificate ratings:: Stage 1: Minimum Standard All stock to achieve a minimum 2% reduction on 1990 levels by 2016 (SAP 75, Energy Performance Certificate rating C); Stage 2: Work in progress Asset management plans to achieve the 2025 target (Step 3) to be in place and substantial initial progress to have been made by 2020; Stage 3: Approaching completion Over 90% of stock to have achieved a minimum 80% reduction on 1990 levels by 2025 (SAP 85, Energy Performance Certificate rating B). |
| Associated Team Members | |
| Nick Dodd Charlie Baker John Sampson |
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Beyond Decent Homes Report Beyond Decent Homes Case Studies Beyond decent Homes Technical Digest |
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