Webinar
Future Homes Standard - are we ready?
The Future Homes Standard (FHS) represents the biggest shift in UK housebuilding in a generation. With a firm commitment to low-carbon heating, the margin for error has officially vanished. Designing a home on paper is one thing, but ensuring that high-efficiency heat pumps, stricter fabric standards, and new Part F ventilation strategies actually deliver in reality is a completely different challenge.
While the FHS stops short of mandating physical performance testing, relying solely on desktop assumptions leaves a dangerous "performance gap" that risks leaving buyers cold and developers facing costly call-outs.
In this session, the team at Build Test Solutions will cut through the policy noise to look at some case studies covering what is actually happening on site. We will share raw data and insights from recent field trials, showing you exactly where new builds are falling short and how pioneering developers are getting it right.
What is Covered:
- The Heat Pump Reality Check: Why exact sizing and aligning with peak heat load demands are non-negotiable to avoid underperforming systems.
- Fabric & Ventilation Tensions: Navigating the realities of tougher airtightness, insulation, and Part F requirements without creating unintended consequences.
- Case Studies: A deep dive into our recent party wall heat loss case study along with other insights from the field in relation to heat pump deployments and positive findings from early FHS trial sites.
- Why Measure if it’s Not Mandated? How data-driven testing protects reputations, satisfies increasingly savvy buyers, and closes the performance gap for good.
Who the session is aimed at:
- Retrofit coordinators, assessors, and contractors
- Building surveyors, clerk of works and consultants
- Housing associations and local authority asset managers
- Contractors and installers
- Architects and building performance specialists
