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      • The Future Homes Standard is a set of rules that will come into effect in 2025 to ensure new homes produce less carbon emissions. Ahead of the Standard coming into effect, a technical specification will be consulted on in 2024 by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities  (DLUHC), ahead of implementation in 2025.
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  2. Jun 15, 2022 · Check what’s changed with the new building regulations and what’s coming with the introduction of the Future Homes Standard in 2025. New regulations came into force in England on 15 June 2022. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are introducing their own changes.

  3. Feb 1, 2023 · In 2025, compliance with the Future Homes Standard (FHS) will become mandatory. Its aim is to ensure that new homes built from 2025 will produce 75-80% less carbon emissions than homes built under the current Building Regulations.

  4. Jan 5, 2024 · What is the Future Homes Standard? The Future Homes Standard, renamed the Future Homes and Buildings Standard in December 2021, will complement the Building Regulations to ensure new homes built from 2025 produce 75-80% less carbon emissions than homes delivered under the old regulations.

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    • The Future Homes Standard consultation

    This consultation has concluded and primarily relates to the 2021 uplift to the Building Regulations. Please see the technical consultation on the 2025 Future Homes and Buildings Standards (published in December 2023).

    The government hosted a public consultation from 1 October 2019 to 7 February 2020 on proposed changes to the Building Regulations. This is the government response to that consultation.

    Consultation on the uplift to standards of Part L of the Building Regulations and changes to Part F. This uplift is the first step in achieving the Future Homes Standards.

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    This consultation sets out our plans for the Future Homes Standard, including proposed options to increase the energy efficiency requirements for new homes in 2020. The Future Homes Standard will require new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency; it will be introduced by 2025.

    This document is the first stage of a two-part consultation about proposed changes to the Building Regulations. It also covers the wider impacts of Part L for new homes, including changes to Part F (ventilation), its associated Approved Document guidance, airtightness and improving as-built performance of the constructed home.

    Supporting documents:

    •Impact assessment

    •Approved Documents L and F: draft guidance

    •Research into ventilation and indoor air quality in new homes

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  5. Dec 14, 2023 · The new definition of ‘commencement’ is being adopted and the regulations proposed to apply to all new homes including those that were exempted from the 2021 standards. By the looks of it, our Ready for Zero report, which many of you contributed to, has helpfully informed this consultation.

  6. The Future Homes Standard (FHS) is revolutionising new builds in England from 2025. Homes will slash carbon emissions, prioritizing eco-friendly heating, and boasting superior comfort.

  7. Jan 21, 2021 · The document outlines what changes will be made and at what pace. The new Future Homes Standard should ensure that all new homes built from 2025 will produce 75-80% less carbon emissions than homes delivered under current regulations.