Code for Sustainable Homes/Eco Homes
Our Service
Bowman Riley Architects qualified Code for Sustainable Homes assessor will work alongside you and help with every stage of the project. It is important to involve us from the planning stage. We offer an initial consultation at which point we will pre-assess the project and in consultation with you, develop a plan of action to ensure compliance with all the regulations and achieve the level applied for. Once we are sure the project will achieve the level required we will register the site with the Stroma Accreditation Scheme and advise them as to the level the site is aiming to meet.
We then produce a Design Stage assessment for lodging with Stroma and will monitor the progress during the course of the project.
When the site is completed we will check the design schedule against the completed works and if all criteria have been met we will lodge the findings with Stroma for final certification. In our experience more and more local authority building control services are requesting a minimum of Code Level 3, with our input, we believe we can assist you in achieving this in a cost effective way.
The Scope of the Code
Many house builders who currently use EcoHomes will find the credit system of the Code familiar. Users will notice that there are new mandatory minimum levels of performance that have been introduced across 7 key issues:
- Energy efficiency /CO²
- Water efficiency
- Surface water management
- Site Waste Management
- Household Waste Management
- Use of Materials
- Lifetime homes (applies to Code Level 6 only)
Experience
EcoHomes 2006 experience:
Yorkshire Housing:
The current requirement from the Housing Corporation is to achieve a ‘Very Good’ rating.
- 2 family traditional build dwellings in Bentham, Nr Settle achieved a ‘Very Good’ rating, complete May 2009.
- 5 family traditional build dwellings in Skipton achieved a ‘Very Good’ rating, complete July 2009.
- 16 family traditional build dwellings in Hellifield achieved a ‘Very Good’ rating, complete August 2009.
Places for People/Lovells:
- Assessment in progress for 51 timber frame family dwellings in Bishop Auckland, the requirement is to achieve a ‘Very Good’ rating, completed May 2010.
Code for Sustainable Homes experience:
Yorkshire Housing:
The current requirement from the Housing Corporation is to achieve a Code Level 3 rating; this is due to change next year to Code Level 4.
- Assessment in progress for 22 family timber frame dwellings in Norton the requirement is to achieve Code Level 3/4, started on site March 2009.
- Assessment in progress for 34 single person flats in Huddersfield the requirement is to achieve Code Level 3, started on site March 2009.
- We are currently working on 34 dwellings in High Bentham, started on site November 2009, due to complete November 2010. The project is to achieve a Code Level 3, to help achieve this requirement the use of solar panels on each dwelling is to be incorporated.