RLB_UK_Riders_Digest_2013

UK CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION
Benefits of the Code?
Benefits for Residential Developers
A mark of quality: The Code can be used by home builders
to demonstrate the sustainability performance of their homes,
and to differentiate themselves from their competitors.
Regulatory certainty: The levels of performance for energy
efficiency indicate the future direction of building regulations,
bringing greater regulatory certainty for home builders,
and acting as a guide to support effective business and
investment planning.
Flexibility: The Code is based on performance, which means
it sets levels for sustainability performance against each
element, but does not prescribe how to achieve each level.
Home builders can innovate to find cost-effective solutions to
meet and exceed minimum requirements.
Approximate Cost
Low High
Increases for Code
Three Bedroom £ £
Compliance
Semi Detached
Home:
The table shows the approximate Code Level 1 250 450
extra over cost increase for
Code Level 2 850 1,250
achieving different levels of the Code Level 3 2,750 3,000
Code for Sustainable Homes, for
Code Level 4 6,500 8,250
a Three Bedroom Semi Detached
Code Level 5 25,500 30,000
House, based on 2006 Building
Code Level 6 28,000 41,000
Regulation Compliance.
Benefits for Social Housing Developers
Lower running costs: Homes built to Code standards will
have lower running costs through greater energy and water
efficiency, so helping to reduce fuel poverty.
Improved comfort and satisfaction: Homes built to
the Code will enhance the comfort and satisfaction of the
residents.
Raised sustainability credentials: The Code will enable
social housing providers to demonstrate their sustainability
credentials to the public, tenants and funding bodies.
How does the Code relate to an Energy
Performance Certificate (EPC)?
EPCs cover an energy performance whereas the Code covers
nine areas of sustainability. The energy rating of a home that has
achieved 4 stars will have an energy performance equivalent
to EPC band ‘A’. A home which achieves 5 or 6 Code stars
exceeds the maximum EPC rating.
The EPC rating has been designed to cover all homes – from
the oldest listed dwellings, to the most modern, energy efficient
homes. As a result, homes achieving a rating under the Code
for Sustainable Homes will register on the EPC scale between
A and C.
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(Extra Over 2006 Building Regulations Compliance)