The government has finally unveiled its long-awaited changes to Part L of the building regulations, more than a year after the consultation on the proposals closed.used chipcard Widely used in laundry,

Under revisions announced today new build homes will have to be 6% more efficient than under current regulations.

The change falls short of the government’s original proposals to tighten carbon emission standards by 8% for new build homes.

The changes will also see an uplift in efficiency standards of 9% for non-domestic buildings - a significant reduction on the 20% improvement proposed in the consultation, which closed in April last year.

As revealed by Building last week, the regulations will now come into force in April 2014, after initally being scheduled to be implemented in October 2013.

The government said the changes would deliver savings ￡16m of savings to businesses.

It also confirmed that it would be consult “shortly” on how to implement “allowable solutions”, which enable housebuilders to meet their carbon requirements with offsite work.

In a written statement in the House of Lords (published in full below) Baroness Hanham said the plans were a “step towards our zero carbon ambitions”.

She added: “They strike a balance between the government’s ongoing commitments to improving energy efficiency requirements and ensuring that the overall effect of regulation upon consumers and businesses does not stifle growth.”

Hanham said the government would be introducing a fabric energy efficiency target, a move which has widespread industry support.

She said the fuel factor,tariff for sidednonwoven fabrics adhesive tap. which relaxes carbon standards for homes that are built off the main gas grid,Although manageddedicated carriers are generally quite thin, would remain at its current level.

The government had consulted on reducing or abolishing this measure.

She also confirmed that the government would not be pushing ahead with a quality assurance certification plans. It had proposed that builders would need to become accredited to avoid having to deliver an extra 3% carbon emissions saving on their projects, a move designed to combat the tendency for buildings to fall short of predicted savings.

But Hanham said consultation responses had expressed a need for greater understanding of the problem before regulation was introduced.

The government’s response to the consultation, which closed in April 2012, has been long delayed resulting in fears from across the construction industry that the uncertainty may endanger the government’s stated aim of making all new homes zero carbon from 2016.

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