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Housing professionals

The Government has set out ambitions to tackle a third of the UK’s carbon emissions from housing by 2050.

By 2015 no old home will lack the basic energy efficient measures. From 2016 all new homes will be built to a new zero carbon standard. By 2020 seven million homes will have been upgraded to significantly improve the energy performance. By 2050 the nation’s entire housing stock will be virtually zero carbon.

This will require a complete transformation of the housing stock over the coming decades. For the house building industry, that’s a lot of work - and a big opportunity.

Whether involved in newbuild or refurbishment projects, designing, specifying, planning, building or installing, the Energy Saving Trust Housing programme provides free technical and practical guidance to help you achieve the UK targets.

Publications update

We have just published a refurbishment case study on the Sheffield EcoTerrace project. The house went from an EPC of band E to a band A. We have also published the latest edition of the Insulation Materials Chart. View these, other top publications and search our entire database here.

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House type scenarios

In conjunction to our Sustainable Refurbishment guide (CE309), these ‘House Type’ scenarios show the base case and improvements for refurbishing an existing dwelling to a high level of energy performance.

Energy Credits Calculator

The Energy Credits Estimator has been produced to help familiarise housing professionals with the potential approaches and features necessary to achieve a range of energy credits within the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Download the new tool now