This snapshot, taken on 07/08/2010, shows web content selected for preservation by The National Archives. External links, forms and search boxes may not work in archived websites.
A selection of images representing communities.
Direct contact 0303 444 0000Following the change of government we are reviewing all content on this website.
In the 2008 Budget, the Government announced its ambition that all new non-domestic buildings should be zero carbon from 2019. At the same time, Government announced an ambition for new public sector buildings (including central Government buildings, hospitals, prisons and the defence estate) to be zero carbon from 2018 - a year earlier than other non-domestic buildings.
Non-domestic buildings account for around 17 per cent of the UK's carbon emissions. Action on new buildings will go towards meeting the UK's carbon reduction targets, drive innovation and help make the UK less vulnerable to energy supply threats.
These proposals apply in England, and will principally be delivered through the Building Regulations. Building Regulations are a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and will be devolved to Wales at the end of 2011.
The non-domestic zero carbon ambitions are closely related to the target for all new homes to be zero carbon from 2016. Just as for homes, a zero carbon non-domestic building will be one which is highly energy efficient and which uses a range of on-site low and zero carbon technologies to meet an overall carbon reduction target. Its remaining emissions will be covered by off-site measures called 'allowable solutions'.
Following an initial call for evidence in the December 2008 consultation on the Definition of zero carbon homes and non-domestic buildings (see below), Government published further proposals on the zero carbon non-domestic ambitions on 24 November 2009. A link to the proposals and impact assessment is below.
