Analysing the Code for Sustainable Homes

During 2009, we continued to focus on understanding and addressing the full implications of upcoming sustainability driven regulation. We have developed extensive strategies for meeting legislative requirements such as the improvements required by revisions to UK building regulations parts L and F in 2010. In addition, we have identified the most cost effective and efficient ways of achieving the UK Government’s Code for Sustainable Homes levels three and four and have integrated these findings into our new house type range.

We engage regularly and actively with the UK Government and the Opposition as well as the Home Builders Federation (HBF) on a range of issues including the feasibility of achieving higher levels of the Code. In 2008, we undertook a detailed study of the requirements of the Code including a thorough analysis of low and zero-carbon technologies that we could use to achieve different Code levels.

For further details of Taylor Wimpey’s analysis of the Code, please click here