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Legislation Forcing Change:<br />

Climate Change is <strong>for</strong>cing an Industry accused<br />

of being ‘reluctant to change’ into adopting new<br />

technologies which reduce our ‘Carbon Footprint’<br />

The <strong>Code</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Sustainable</strong> Homes represents<br />

a ‘Step - Change in <strong>Sustainable</strong> Home <strong>Building</strong> Practice’<br />

The standard <strong>for</strong> key elements of design and construction which affect <strong>the</strong><br />

sustainability of a new home. It will become <strong>the</strong> single national standard <strong>for</strong><br />

sustainable homes, used by home designers and builders as a guide to<br />

development, and by home-buyers to assist in <strong>the</strong>ir choice of home.<br />

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Passive House is a per<strong>for</strong>mance based building<br />

standard resulting in a house that consumes as<br />

little as 10% of <strong>the</strong> total heating and cooling energy<br />

used by a house built to <strong>the</strong> 2006 building code.

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