The potential of the Code for Sustainable Homes to deliver genuine ‘sustainable energy’ in the UK social housing sector
The potential of the Code for Sustainable Homes to deliver genuine ‘sustainable energy’ in the UK social housing sector
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《可持续住房准则》在英国社会住房领域提供真正“可持续能源”的潜力
DOI：
10.1016/j.enpol.2009.12.002
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发表时间：
2010
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影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
L. Coates
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作者：
A. McManus;M. Gaterell;L. Coates
由于人为的气候变化，环境问题将影响住房部门，因为它是主要的能源消耗和二氧化碳产生部门之一。对于新建住房而言，目前应对这一问题最重要的政策是《可持续住房守则》。社会住房部门有义务遵守这些标准，这就导致住房交付费用大大增加。在没有更多可用资金的情况下，该行业还面临着增加急需的住房建设的压力。该行业面临的困境是如何同时实现这两个目标。因此，任何政策，如《守则》，影响到该部门交付单位数量的能力，必须真正有效地实现其主要目标。本文探讨了目前的情况，初步分析了由于“低碳和零碳技术”的评估方式以及它们在现实世界中的表现，守则可能无法实现其“可持续能源”目标。这表明，需要进一步的研究和政策变革，为该行业提供可持续能源，并确保关键新住房的交付不受阻碍，同时也未能实现能源目标。
Environmental concern in light of anthropogenic climate change will impact the housing sector as one of the major energy-consuming and carbon dioxide producing sectors. For new housing, currently the most important policy to combat this issue is the Code for Sustainable Homes. The social housing sector is under obligation to comply with these standards, which entails a significant increase in the cost of housing delivery. The sector is also under pressure to increase much-needed housebuilding, without increased funding being available. The quandary facing the sector is how to achieve both aims. Therefore any policy, such as the Code, which impacts on the ability of the sector to deliver unit numbers must be truly effective at delivering its own main aim. This paper explores the current situation, with a preliminary analysis of how the Code may not be able to deliver its ‘sustainable energy’ goals due to the ways in which ‘low and zero carbon technologies’ are assessed and how they behave in real world situations. It demonstrates that further research and policy changes are needed to deliver sustainable energy for this sector and ensure the delivery of crucial new housing is not hampered whilst also failing to meet energy goals.