Cooper u-turn on review of zero-carbon regulations

摘要

A review of the use of off-site renewables in meeting the zero-carbon homes target for 2016 has been launched a week after the communities department ruled out the possibility of any change. The review will be conducted by a 12-man zero-carbon task group, to be headed by Mark Clare, the chief executive of Barratt Homes. It will report in to the 2016 taskforce chaired by Yvette Cooper, the housing minister. Last month the Treasury and the communities department said power provided by off-site renewable technologies would not count towards the energy rating of zero-carbon homes, a decision that industry figures said would make meeting the target impossible.