2022 Objectives
Immediately implement those sections of the CEE plans focused on this area, in particular.
2. Add to these the following recommendations (a number of which have been made in the responses to the CEE plans and Local Plans):
4. Create new council housing, using the model developed in Leeds and Exeter (see Case Studies) meeting net-zero standards, while helping to address the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the county.
- Set true net-zero carbon homes standards through the Local Plan (DC). (BCP to match this rather than ‘seek to influence’.). All new houses to be zero carbon homes.
- Ensure housing strategies and policies incorporate reduction of carbon emissions (DC).
- Develop trials and pilots of localised offsite manufacturing for new build and retrofit (DC).
- Work in partnership to deliver programmes to improve energy efficiency of housing stock, particularly for those in fuel poverty. Enforce minimum energy standards in the private rental sector (DC & BCP). Educate sectors on energy efficiency (DC).
2. Add to these the following recommendations (a number of which have been made in the responses to the CEE plans and Local Plans):
- Initiate a review of all housing to identify the scale of the issue and upgrade the insulation of all homes to required standards (anticipated to be c.25,000 per year). Switch to electric heating for all buildings.
- Move beyond ‘encourage designs and layouts which lend themselves to low-carbon solutions’ and ‘advice and guidance on zero carbon standards (DC)’ to ensure developers meet zero carbon standards (Dorset CAN).
- Promote the choice of aspect, layout and vegetation which maximises the direct use of energy from the sun (Dorset CAN).
- Promote the use, in construction, of bio-based materials which have low embodied energy and which lock-in carbon, such as timber, clunch (a traditional building material of chalky limestone rock) and straw.
- Support the roll out of energy-efficient electrical heating systems, e.g. heat pumps (Friends of the Earth estimate around 64,000 houses in Dorset and 71,500 in BCP will require this).
- Explore and share stories where local residents have installed better heating/lighting controls and smart meters etc. and reduced their energy demand and bills
4. Create new council housing, using the model developed in Leeds and Exeter (see Case Studies) meeting net-zero standards, while helping to address the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the county.