{"id":82594,"date":"2020-09-17T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T11:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=82594"},"modified":"2020-09-17T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T11:02:44","slug":"homes-without-gas-nhbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/homes-without-gas-nhbc\/82594\/","title":{"rendered":"NHBC Foundation launches new guide for homes without gas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ‘2025: New Homes Without Gas’ guide from the NHBC Foundation<\/a> explains the key technical issues and discusses the choices housebuilders, designers and architects face when specifying alternative heating and hot water systems<\/h2>\n

The new guide explores the implications of designing and building low-energy homes without gas boilers.<\/p>\n

Current Government proposals indicate that from 2025, newly built homes will not be allowed to be heated with the use of fossil fuels under the \u2018Future Homes Standard<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

The standard aims to reduce the energy use of new homes and marks the beginning of the end for the traditional gas boiler.<\/p>\n

The guide outlines the technical elements for housebuilders to consider in designing and building \u2018no gas\u2019 homes, including what type of electric heat pump<\/a> to install, the benefits of \u2018heat networks<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Ensuring the industry has a skilled workforce to install and deliver alternate systems to meet all the new demand and importantly, consideration of how to market homes to potential buyers that do not have a gas-powered boiler or a gas cooker.<\/p>\n

According to recent figures, energy use in the UK\u2019s 29 million homes accounts for 14% of total UK emissions and that increased between 2016 and 2017. To meet the proposed carbon and primary energy targets the 2025 home must be designed and built to have minimal energy demand.<\/p>\n

To achieve energy targets the following elements should be considered:<\/h3>\n