%0 Report %1 Existinghomes2008 %A Killip, Gavin %D 2008 %K advice housing prj-sustainability %T Building a Greener Britain: Transforming the UK’s Existing Housing Stock %U http://www.existinghomesalliance.org.uk/media/FMBBuildingAGreenerBritain.pdf %X What is needed is a coherent strategy for the existing housing stock that mirrors the approach that is now being taken with new housebuilding: an ambitious future standard has been set (zero carbon new homes by 2016 in England; by 2011 in Wales; and advanced, Scandinavian-inspired standards in Scotland), with intermediate milestones. The house-building industry is now taking this ambitious target seriously and facing up to a period of major change. A similar long-term policy signal is needed in the refurbishment sector in order to give industry sufficient confidence to make the necessary investments to begin to meet the challenge. Investments are needed in training and skills just as much as in the development of products and supply chains.

@techreport{Existinghomes2008, abstract = {What is needed is a coherent strategy for the existing housing stock that mirrors the approach that is now being taken with new housebuilding: an ambitious future standard has been set (zero carbon new homes by 2016 in England; by 2011 in Wales; and advanced, Scandinavian-inspired standards in Scotland), with intermediate milestones. The house-building industry is now taking this ambitious target seriously and facing up to a period of major change. A similar long-term policy signal is needed in the refurbishment sector in order to give industry sufficient confidence to make the necessary investments to begin to meet the challenge. Investments are needed in training and skills just as much as in the development of products and supply chains.}, added-at = {2010-08-10T21:41:10.000+0200}, author = {Killip, Gavin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/270164ecd30690f9d98fae1c15fa211b5/nicoj}, institution = {The Federation of Master Builders}, interhash = {7c65955b8799b0915349d7913ebbd078}, intrahash = {70164ecd30690f9d98fae1c15fa211b5}, keywords = {advice housing prj-sustainability}, timestamp = {2012-08-06T22:08:36.000+0200}, title = {Building a Greener Britain: Transforming the UK’s Existing Housing Stock}, url = {http://www.existinghomesalliance.org.uk/media/FMBBuildingAGreenerBritain.pdf}, year = 2008 }