All Future Homes Standard articles
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OpinionWill the new Future Homes Standard spell the end for traditional sash windows?
As the government prepares to publish the Future Homes Standard, Martina Pacifici explores the potential impact on traditional architecture — and why the humble sash window could soon be under threat
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FeaturesWhy the real carbon cost of our homes lies in how we build them
Thomas Lane asks whether the Future Homes Hub’s plan to tackle embodied carbon in housebuilding will have real impact
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NewsMiliband confirms solar panels will be mandatory on most new homes
Government will only allow ‘rare exceptions’ to requirements set to be included in Future Homes Standard
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FeaturesWhy most new homes still fail to meet the latest standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom Lowe reports
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FeaturesThe future standards initiatives imply action – but fail to provide key detail
Despite a huge response to its consultations the government has yet to give industry the guidance it needs for a national response to the climate crisis, Seb Laan Lomas and Joe Giddings write