Priority five: Encouraging sustainable design and construction

Outcome

Lower carbon emissions from homes and buildings while providing thermal comfort.

What this means

We will encourage developers and home owners to adopt the highest possible standards and innovative solutions for sustainable design and construction, whilst driving forward and developing our own best practice projects through current investments in schools and social housing.

Key objectives

• Develop sustainable and renewable energy sources in physical regeneration programmes.
• Encourage and promote best practice sustainable design and construction.
• Encourage new build to meet low or zero carbon emissions standards.