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Summary

Building a Greener Future: Policy Statement (2007) announced that all new homes will be zero carbon from 2016, and said that we would consult again on the detailed definition. Budget 2008 announced the Government's ambition that all new non-domestic buildings should be zero carbon from 2019. This consultation proposes a definition of zero carbon new homes, based on high energy efficiency, on- or near-site carbon reduction, and allowable solutions for dealing with the remaining emissions. The paper also sets out current Government thinking on zero carbon new non-domestic buildings.

The Zero Carbon Hub, an industry-led delivery body formed to take forward practical delivery of the zero carbon homes policy, is holding in February 2009, a series of events to support the consultation on the definition of zero carbon homes (see link on right).

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