Low carbon housing development held back by false cost perceptions, says BEIS report

By Daniel Gayne2022-12-06T07:00:00

Marmalade Lane Cambridge is made up of 42 custom build homes

Five-year study says sustainable development need not be expensive

False assumptions among about the size of capital costs are preventing major housebuilders from developing low carbon housing, according to a five-year government study.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Building for 2050 report was commissioned in 2017 with the initial intention of reviewing three or four low carbon developments built by major housebuilders.

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