The UK housing sector has become comfortable talking about sustainability in the past decade. Terms such as Net Zero, embodied carbon and biodiversity net gain have evolved from esoteric topics to more mainstream, particularly as UK Building Regulations push housebuilders to higher levels of sustainability.
But do the Regulations go far enough? Some developers, architects and investors, feel that ‘sustainability’ alone is no longer sufficient. Can housebuilding be greener – and can the industry deliver zero-bill homes or regenerative residential architecture at scale?
Last month, Jerry Tate, Founder + Director here at Tate + Co, and Jon Di-Stefano, CEO at Greencore Homes were interviewed at UKREiiF by Karen Fletcher, editor of The SectorScope magazine. The architect and housebuilder were invited to explore the notion ‘Niche to mainstream: Can low-carbon housing scale up?’.
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Niche to mainstream: Can low-carbon housing scale up?