National Centre for Excellence in Housing Towards Zero Carbon Homes Anna Scothern  

National Centre for Excellence in Housing Governance, operation and scope Joint Venture Business partnership between BRE and NHBC Governance Board 50/50 BRE/NHBC Key Opinion Leader Group Collaboration, Dissemination and Hard Fact Four theme areas agreed as a framework for activities Covering new build, refurbishment and maintenance  

Four inter-related Themes Sustainability Major role announced in June – coordination of research and application to meet the 2016 Zero Carbon target for new homes Design Quality Home for the Future Award and development of winner. Supporting initiatives to improve quality. Efficiency Follow up to Barker 33 group activities. Looking at measures which minimise waste and maximise the affordability of new or refurbished homes. Working with the Housing Forum. Considering the new Planning White Paper and supporting best practice in Planning. Land use Planning  

Efficiency Barker review of housing supply Recommendation 33 referred to barriers to greater efficiency. Housing Production Barriers Group established. It will look at: Process mapping and management Design and Technology costs Customer appeal and Customer satisfaction Overall cost advantages of different approaches Manufacturers capacity to supply.

Land use Planning New White Paper on Planning has major repercussions for Housing. National Centre will be working in collaboration with the Housing Forum to help the sector to respond and to engage with best practice in planning.

Design Quality

Design Quality Home for the Future Design Competition Winner: Green House by Gaunt Francis Architects Interior Design Street Design Exterior Design Neighbourhood Design Technical Design Service Design

National Centre for Excellence in Housing Towards Zero Carbon 2016 Taskforce National Centre for Excellence in Housing Housing Corporation, English Partnerships, CABE, RIBA, NFB, EST, manufacturers, developers, NGO’s, energy suppliers and utilities providers, CPA, HBF, NHBC, ABI, CML, NFB, NHIC, BRE, NHBC, Academia

Sustainability – private sector housing timeline towards 2016 All new homes to be 25% better than current energy/ carbon performance. Code level 3. All new homes to be 44% better than current energy/ carbon performance. Code level 4. All new homes to be 10% better than current energy/ carbon performance. Code level 1. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 All new homes to be Zero Carbon/ Code level 6. Voluntary ? Mandatory 2008 Research Guidance Industry Training and Application Roadmap 2010 2013 2016

2016 National Programme Research Delivery Co-ordination Micro Generation Web Portal Stable Block Energy Homein Hub Shelter Community Generation CITB H4F BRE HIP / EPC Skills methodology DTI Owners Pack SAP Consumer Unit Nat Cen Development Design 2016 National Programme Research Delivery Co-ordination KTN Existing stock RIBA / CABE Quality Dissemination COST Active Events Cyril Sweet Marketing Passive Quantity Building Fabric Materials CPA – Low and Zero Carbon Housing Gp Callcutt Review H4F Land Supply Barriers to Production

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