AQW 3324/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance what consideration he has given to making it mandatory for all new-build houses to include renewable energy sources, such as solar panels.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 21 September 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 21 September 2022
- Answer due by
- 6 October 2022
- Answered
- 29 September 20228 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
An interim uplift of the Department’s Technical Booklet guidance to Part F (Conservation of fuel and power) of the Building Regulations was published in March 2022.
This uplift supports regulation 43B (Nearly zero-energy requirements for new buildings) and has been carefully set so that on-site renewables, such as solar panels, are expected to form a key component of new houses subject to a building regulations application made from 30th June 2022.