This page covers new housing but will in due course also cover other new building work.

Code for Sustainable Homes

Nu-Build, Stoke-on-Trent College

The Code for Sustainable Homes was introduced in 2006 to drive a step-change in sutainable home building practice. The Code supports the government target that all new homes will be zero carbon from 2016 and the step changes in Building Regulations Part L leading to this.

Major areas of consideration within the Code are:

• Category 1 - Energy/CO₂
• Category 2 - Water
• Category 3 - Materials
• Category 4 - Surface Water Run-off
• Category 5 - Waste
• Category 6 - Pollution
• Category 7 - Health and well-being
• Category 8 - Management
• Category 9 - Ecology

More detailed information on these categories may be obtained from the Code itself which is downloadable from this page.

The Green Guide

BRE's Green Guide provides designers and specifiers with easy-to-use guidance on how to make the best environmental choices when selecting construction materials and components.

The Green Book Live

Green Book Live is a free online database designed to help specifiers and end users identify products and services that can help to reduce their impact on the environment.

Zero Carbon Hub

This site will facilitate the main stream delivery of low and zero carbon homes. The UK Government has set out an ambitious plan for all new homes to be zero carbon from 2016. The Zero Carbon Hub will help you understand the challenges, issues and opportunities involved in developing, building and marketing low and zero carbon homes.