New buildings falling short of performance expectations; report offers a solutions framework

Data from Innovate UK’s Building Performance Evaluation Programme was analysed for a report advising constructors on strategies to ensure modern, low-carbon domestic buildings meet expectations, after findings that many do not. The work looked at 76 homes on leading-edge developments where high-performing design was a priority. The report showed that these buildings were falling short of performance expectations. Part of these expectations is the legal commitment by the UK to reduce...