Tuesday, 21 April 2015

New Sustainable Home Building Standard Is Announced

After over a year of disruption since government announced “winding down” of the Code for Sustainable Homes, a new home building standard has finally been announced.  It is called the Home Quality Mark (HQM) and is being developed by BRE. HQM is intended to be a mark of reassurance and quality for people who will live in a new build home.  The quality is rated using a five star system and three further value indicators namely environmental, economic and, crucially, well-being.  Read more on the Sustainable Homes website.

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