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    Case Studies of Low and Zero Carbon homes
    donalbrownsdc
    • Oct 15, 2016
    • 2 min

    Case Studies of Low and Zero Carbon homes

    Passivhaus – Denby Dale, Yorkshire Figure 1 Denby Dale Passivhaus, Denby Dale West Yorkshire (LEBD, 2015) One of the first certified...
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    Key Organisations and Actor networks in the UK Green Building sector
    donalbrownsdc
    • Oct 15, 2016
    • 2 min

    Key Organisations and Actor networks in the UK Green Building sector

    ‘To better and more cost-effectively target fuel poor households, greater use should be made of more trusted intermediaries, such as...
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    Case Studies of Low and Zero Carbon homes
    donalbrownsdc
    • Oct 10, 2016
    • 2 min

    Case Studies of Low and Zero Carbon homes

    Code for Sustainable homes level 6 – Lighthouse by Potton, BRE, Watford Figure 31 Code 6 Kingspan Lighthouse by Potton, BRE, Watford...
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    Data on Low and Zero Carbon housing from other EU Member States
    donalbrownsdc
    • Oct 1, 2016
    • 2 min

    Data on Low and Zero Carbon housing from other EU Member States

    The following section highlights the level of penetration of low and zero carbon buildings, in Germany, considered to have a similar...
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    Barriers to Low and Zero carbon homes
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 27, 2016
    • 4 min

    Barriers to Low and Zero carbon homes

    The following section highlights some of the key barriers to the diffusion of LZC new build and retrofit in the UK. Although many of the...
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    BREEAM Domestic refurbishment
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 25, 2016
    • 3 min

    BREEAM Domestic refurbishment

    The BDR standard consists of a number of categories other than CO2 and energy performance, within the energy category there are also...
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    Barriers to Low and Zero carbon homes
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 22, 2016
    • 6 min

    Barriers to Low and Zero carbon homes

    The following section highlights some of the key barriers to the diffusion of LZC new build and retrofit in the UK. Although many of the...
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    UK EPC data on new buildings
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 20, 2016
    • 3 min

    UK EPC data on new buildings

    DECC also publish EPC data on new build dwellings. Figure 1 shows that although there has been an increase in the number of EER A rated...
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    UK EPC data on existing buildings
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 10, 2016
    • 2 min

    UK EPC data on existing buildings

    Bearing in mind that some of the measures and properties outlined in the HEED data may yet to show up in the EPC records. We can consider...
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    Barriers to Low and Zero carbon homes
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 9, 2016
    • 4 min

    Barriers to Low and Zero carbon homes

    The following section highlights some of the key barriers to the diffusion of LZC new build and retrofit in the UK. Although many of the...
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    Case Studies of Low and Zero Carbon homes
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 5, 2016
    • 2 min

    Case Studies of Low and Zero Carbon homes

    The following section illustrates a number of examples of dwellings built to the standards for low carbon retrofit and new build. These...
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    Home Energy Efficiency Database (HEED)
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 5, 2016
    • 3 min

    Home Energy Efficiency Database (HEED)

    HEED has been developed by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) on behalf of UK Government. The programme was initiated in 2001 in order to...
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    Data on Low and Zero Carbon housing in England and Wales
    donalbrownsdc
    • Sep 1, 2016
    • 3 min

    Data on Low and Zero Carbon housing in England and Wales

    EPC records As discussed in the previous section England and Wales’ EPC data is divided into two metrics; the EER and EIR rating. As...
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    Mandatory CO2 benchmarking, SAP and EPCs
    donalbrownsdc
    • Aug 19, 2016
    • 3 min

    Mandatory CO2 benchmarking, SAP and EPCs

    All new buildings in the UK are required to submit EPC certificates  as part of their compliance with building regulations. This process...
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    Green Deal
    donalbrownsdc
    • Aug 5, 2016
    • 3 min

    Green Deal

    Alongside the ECO scheme the coalition government’s flagship environmental scheme the Green Deal was launched on 28th January 2013  The...
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    Recent policy changes and regulatory uncertainty
    donalbrownsdc
    • Jul 15, 2016
    • 2 min

    Recent policy changes and regulatory uncertainty

    In 2014 the Housing Standards Review set out proposals for the early abolition of the CfSH, citing the need to reduce the regulatory...
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    UK policy on ‘Zero Carbon’ homes
    donalbrownsdc
    • Jun 10, 2016
    • 2 min

    UK policy on ‘Zero Carbon’ homes

    The implications of anthropogenic climate change as outlined in the IPCC AR5 , have resulted  in a major global policy shift towards...
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