The consultation will help prepare for quite significant changes, including steps that would make conventional boilers using the highest carbon intensity fuels, such as home heating oil, unviable in most new buildings.  It explores expectations for low-carbon heating, such as heat-pumps or heat networks for new buildings and considers wider issues, such as embodied carbon in materials and background assumptions in assessment methodologies.

The response draws on the CIOB’s body of policy work in the field of sustainability, with particular mention given to ventilation, electric charging, and the importance of embedding circular economy principles in the construction sector