Anchor Environmental Sustainability & Net Zero Carbon Strategy 2023 – 2026
• Exceeds 2022 Part L Building Regulations significantly, • Ensures that in aiming to reach net zero, our design standards do not fall below our Green Line standard. • Minimises the impact on resident affordability / running costs. In practice, our green line will be operated as a set of scenarios where we adjust the fabric, heating and renewable energy balance for a building only where technical, site or cost constraints require it. The Green Line ensures Anchor’s new homes meet very high fabric standards and seeks to minimise the impact on the cost of running the home as well as future retrofit requirements. In addition to our aims to cut carbon emissions and build new homes that are energy efficient, comfortable and affordable to run, we will: • Reduce the environmental impact of building new homes and enhance the biodiversity of new places • Support sustainable transport. • Design new homes to minimise exposure to climate risks such as flooding and overheating. • Design homes and locations that support independent living and a healthy, active, and sustainable lifestyle, reducing loneliness and isolation. • Define the “renewable” technologies in this context and ensure data set of capacity is complete. • invest in upskilling our colleagues and developing our supply chain relationships to support these aims. Over the next three years, we will also explore how embodied emissions in our construction supply chain can be measured and reduced, and wider construction impacts can be reduced.
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