Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Questions from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities:

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Building safety – technical issues What are the opportunities and risks presented by Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), including its role in supporting greater energy efficiency in future? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Building safety – technical issues What does evidence from other countries tell us about technical building safety issues, e.g. the key points of failure resulting in fire spread and/or risk of structural collapse in high rise residential buildings? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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The regulatory regime What is the role of the regulation of buildings in a COVID-19 endemic world? What does an ‘endemic-prepared’ building look like? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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The regulatory regime What are the wider costs of a major building safety incident? What might the impacts be on undermining resident, insurer and bank confidence in the construction industry and in the built environment? And what are the consequences of this e.g.in terms of property valuations, or ability to secure a mortgage? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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The regulatory regime In terms of product testing, what evidence exists for ways in which designers can effectively test and evidence whether combinations of products forming ‘systems’ are safe (e.g. using digital modelling)? What is proportionate and feasible? What requirements could be placed on manufacturers to support designers when putting a system together? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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The regulatory regime How should we measure whether the overall system enables redress if things go wrong? Are there effective routes for residents/leaseholders/others to be compensated for historic and new defects? And for those who design/build defective premises to be held to account? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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The regulatory regime How should we measure the overall effectiveness of the regulatory regime? What evidence is there to show what an effective regulatory body looks like? How is the impact of regulatory interventions best evaluated, and what factors are key to it succeeding? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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The regulatory regime What more can be done to quantify and/or monetise the costs and benefits of building safety regulatory reform? Are there existing systems which are relevant here? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change and levelling up What are the most effective ways to identify and measure climate risk to communities? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change and levelling up What wider factors do we need to consider to ensure that the geography of adjustment to a net zero economy works to the advantage of ‘left behind’ places? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change and levelling up What are the skills challenges and opportunities related to net zero, and how do they differ by geography? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change and levelling up How does the scale of contribution needed to achieve net zero vary for different types of places? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, housing investment and housing quality What does the latest evidence show in terms of how best to deliver net zero and also bring health benefits, such as improved air quality? Can better metrics be developed for monetising the health benefits of the move to net zero homes that can be used in business case appraisals? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, housing investment and housing quality What are the most effective ways to assess the health impacts of buildings, and what does this mean for the oversight of the thermal environment, ventilation, noise etc? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, housing investment and housing quality What are the interactions between housing quality, safety, and zero carbon? Where might synergies, tensions, or unintended consequences arise when tackling these priorities? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, net zero and housing What is the role of local government in influencing people’s decision-making on energy improvements? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, net zero and housing What factors incentivise or disincentivise people to make energy improvements? What are relevant examples of how people’s behaviours have changed (e.g. to invest in energy efficient measures)? And what are the most effective ways to provide trusted advice to individuals to inform their decisions? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, net zero and housing What are the current and innovative technologies which could help retrofit existing dwellings or otherwise achieve net zero and build in resilience to climate change goals through the built environment at least cost? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, net zero and housing What factors increase the risk of gaps between design/modelled performance, and actual energy or other performance of buildings? Of these factors, which are the most significant in terms of the ‘performance gap’? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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Climate change, net zero and housing What might be the impacts of the drive to reduce housing stock emissions on housing supply and affordability? What is the evidence, including unintended consequences? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
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