Future Homes Hub launches water efficiency report

The Future Homes Hub has today (April 17) launched a report to help inform the government’s long term approach to achieving water efficient new homes in England. The cross-industry organisation is calling for clarity on the government’s direction on water over the next ten years.

Water Ready - A report to inform HM Government’s roadmap for water efficient new homes - proposes “an ambitious but deliverable” roadmap towards building homes which use water efficiently. This is in the context of the Environment Agency’s latest water assessment, revealing that without early intervention, England faces a shortfall of around 5 billion litres of water by 2050, more than a third of the 14 billion litres of current public water supply.

The report sets out recommendations to addressing potential barriers to achieving water efficiency. Its central proposal is that government should publish a ten-year roadmap, setting out its increasing water efficiency targets through Building Regulations in 2025, 2030 and 2035.

“This would create the certainty and confidence for industry to invest, innovate and deliver even more water efficient homes,” the Hub stated.

It has proposed actions for the government and industry to achieve 90 litres per …