Question reference: S5W-27260
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 4 February 2020
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 February 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing financial incentives to developers to enable the accelerated construction of new homes to certified Passivhaus standard.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that, from 2024, new homes constructed must use renewable or low carbon heat. We are working with the construction sector to develop regulations to achieve this, and will consult upon our approach. In developing these regulations, we will consider what financial incentives could be offered to developers to accelerate construction of homes before 2024 to meet the low carbon and renewable heat standard.
Homes certified to Passivhaus standard have been delivered through the Scottish Government’s Affordable Housing Supply Programme.