Greener buildings could affect housing market

Posted 2008-01-5

According to the Home Builders Federation (HBF), environmental issues could affect house buying in the future.  Each new house will need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) to ensure the house is well insulated and energy efficient.  On top of this the government is offering stamp duty exemptions for carbon neutral homes as part of its “Building a Greener Future” policy.

John Slaughter, direct of external affairs at the HBF said:

“I think that [the EPC] will have some influence on perceptions of purchases. And obviously, if you go back to point about hiking energy prices at the moment, then people will always take more notice things in that climate. The benefit of the EPC is that it will actually raise awareness of the benefits of good levels of energy efficiency and insulation would have – not just running costs but [for the] comfort of the house and so forth.”

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