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UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) chairman Geoff Arnold comments on Grant Shapps’ zero carbon homes plan.
“Timber frame construction gets a big boost this week with Housing Minister Grant Shapps’ announcement. Shapps confirmed that future Building Regulations will concentrate on getting the fabric of the building right; which is great news for timber frame. The Minister is essentially saying that leaky, poorly built homes with fancy renewable energy systems will, in time, no longer be acceptable – the emphasis should be on putting the fabric first. We only need to look at the social housing market to appreciate this point – social housing regularly achieves Code 4 and it’s no surprise that these homes, plus homes achieving Code levels 5 and 6, are timber frame.
“The future of house building is firmly in the hands of local decision making and local delivery and this is a very positive move. It gives developers much greater flexibility to try and achieve the 2016 target. It’s all well and good central government setting the standards but it’s a positive step to see government accept that delivery has to be led by local decision makers if zero carbon homes are to be a reality.
The priority now is for developers to get behind Shapps’ vision - forget high-cost retrofits and inflexible design –the path is well and truly laid for timber frame.”
Source: RealWire on pressbot.org | Date: 2010/07/30 - 0:00 | 324 Hits