Section: Sustainability & Eco Housing
New research reveals the sustainability of the social housing sector
Posted 27.06.17
Sustainable Homes: Article link
New research has sharpened the case for a more robust sustainability strategy for the housing sector across all tenures.
The study by Sustainable Homes, looked at the main sustainability issues in housing and provided evidence that environmental accreditation enhances performance in terms of sustainability and climate action.
Findings of the study include:
- Overall the sector is 49% sustainable - the figure describes how close the sector is to meeting science based targets. 100% would indicate that sustainable targets are being met
- The energy efficiency of homes is at 78% of what is needed to ensure carbon emissions are in line with UK climate change targets.
- Progress has been made by multi-tenure landlords on reducing emissions from their offices and fleet. However these savings are dwarfed by their Scope 3 emissions, which arise from housing stock, business travel, commuting, procurement and third party services.
