CE3GIC – Green Innovation in Construction
Innovating for Sustainability
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Dr Tim Lees
October 2011
CE3GIC – Green Innovation in Construction
Week 3 – Case Study Group Work – The Code for Sustainable
Homes
GROUP 6 Brief (Role): Home Buyers Organisation
You work in as a senior director in the Home Buyers
Organisation (HBO). The HBO has recently been created
to represent home buyers. This includes both first time
buyers and those already on the property ladder.
Although your organisation is sympathetic to
environmental concerns its major focus in on the supply
and affordability of homes and representing buyers views
to the Government and Local Authorities. You have
decided to engage with the development of the
Government’s Code for Sustainable Homes which is intended to curb CO2
emissions and promote the development of more sustainable homes.
TASK 1
At the end of this group work you will have 2 minutes to feedback to the class.
Your first task is to assign someone to capture the group’s ideas and to provide
feedback at the end of the group work session.
TASK 2
Your objective is to create a framework for a ‘Code for Sustainable Homes’ policy.
You may use your imagination and be as creative as you like but you must include
the following information:
a) The key priorities relating to the Code from the perspective home
buyers/owners.
b) The areas in which performance specification will be set out or specific
approaches mandated in your Code.
c) Are there any other key features to your Code?
Remember that the goal of the Code is to reduce the carbon emissions from new
homes.
Note:
This work is NOT assessed and does not contribute to your module mark.
Dr Tim Lees
October 2011