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The Future Homes Hub has released a report addressing the embodied and whole life carbon emissions in the construction and maintenance of buildings.
The report outlines a plan to take industry from 2023 to 2025, when the Future Homes Standard is introduced, and will bring homebuilders, manufacturers, expert and government organisations together to:
- develop the tools homebuilders need to better understand and consistently/accurately measure embodied and whole life carbon
- work with manufacturers to provide clear information on their products and what carbon reductions they will achieve in the future
- develop benchmarks for the different types of homes we build
In the foreword, David Thomas, Chair of the Future Homes Hub, said:
I am hugely grateful to the wide range of government, expert and manufacturing organisations who have worked with homebuilders through the Future Homes Hub in recent months to produce this report. As we look forward to next year, I am excited to implement its findings and continue to work with colleagues across the homebuilding industry and beyond to find the best possible solutions to reduce carbon emissions from the homes we build.
We need all parts of the housing sector to pull together and reduce the embodied carbon of our buildings – it is essential to reaching net zero. I welcome the excellent work of the Future Homes Hub to rally housebuilders to start measuring and reporting their whole life carbon data. This is vital work, and will help the government, housebuilders and all parts of the supply chain make informed decisions that will reduce embodied carbon while delivering the homes this country needs.
