Redrow ceo to co-chair FHS implementation board

Redrow ceo Matthew Pratt has been appointed as co-chair of the Future Homes Standard (FHS) implementation board. Alongside Catherine Adams, director of building systems and net zero at DLUHC, Pratt will lead the board, bringing together housebuilders and industry partners to anticipate, identify and monitor key issues and actions required to deliver the Future Homes Standard 2025. Members of the board also include HBF md Neil Jefferson and Richard Smith, head of standards, innovation and research at NHBC.

Over the next three years the board is to focus on driving greater collaboration across the sector to meet climate and environmental goals, with water efficiency improvements, biodiversity net gain and improving sustainability metrics, the key priorities alongside the successful delivery of the FHS.

Pratt said: “Transitioning to new, low carbon forms of energy is vital for both the industry and our customers. As housebuilders, we are in a unique position to deliver high quality, more efficient homes for customers, that also respond to the climate needs of our country. It will continue to be one of Redrow’s highest business priorities, and something we actively invest in through new technologies and partnerships. No individual business can achieve the pace of …