Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 6930

Housing: Temperature

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that building regulations take into account the need for homes to be resilient to extreme (a) heat and (b) cold.

Answer

Rushanara Ali
A new requirement was introduced as part of the Building Regulations in 2021 to reduce the risk of overheating in new residential buildings. The requirement came into effect in June 2022 and means that new residential buildings must now be designed in suc...

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