Sustainable Development
CIOB Consultation Responses
A key role for the CIOB is to work with governments, industry, education stakeholders, and the media to promote our standards and views. The following submissions have been developed and/or endorsed by the CIOB.
Date: | Title: | To: |
| January 2012 | Letter to Michael Gove MP in response to plans to drop BREEAM requirements for school construction and refurbishment. CIOB believes this is a misguided move that will harm long-term cost and carbon savings. | Department for Education (DfE) |
| January 2012 | Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) - While we support the aims of the Green Deal and ECO, there are a number of issues that require addressing if they are to succeed. We are concerned that the Green Deal in its current form offers no real incentives for consumers to actually install energy efficiency measures at their properties. On the reverse to this, there also appear to be few regulatory mechanisms in place to guide it into position. | Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) |
| December 2011 | Feed-in Tariffs for Solar PV - While CIOB agrees that the FIT required cutting given the spending implications and reduced cost of manufacturing PV, the cut of over 50% for small-scale PV within six weeks is simply too far, too fast. This will have a devastating impact on hundreds of businesses and thousands of individuals taking forward their solar PV plans on the expectation of the old tariff levels and previous cut-off point. | Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) |
| July 2011 | Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in support of introduction of Display Energy Certificates (DECs) to the commercial sector, spearheaded by the UK-GBC. | Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| July 2011 | Measuring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by UK companies - The CIOB believes that enhanced voluntary reporting should be explored, alongside mandatory reporting for the worst emitting companies that links to the CRC-scheme. In addition, the reporting should align itself with other Government policy and focus on carbon dioxide rather than all 6 Kyoto-identified GHGs. | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
| April 2011 | Costs and Benefits of Energy Efficiency Measures - The CIOB recommends that, in cases where refurbishment and retrofit need to be carried out, the simple and least effective measures, which provide some of the best results, should always be considered in the first instance. | The Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes (EEPH), on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) |
| December 2010 | IGT Low Carbon Construction - We welcome the review of low carbon construction, and call for Building Regulations to drive progress in greening the industry. | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) |
| November 2009 | Proposed Amendments to Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk | Comunities and Local Government (CLG) |
| September 2009 | Proposed Changes to the Standard Assessment Procesure (SAP) | Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) |
| April 2009 | Heat and Energy Saving Strategy | Departments of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) & Communities and Local Government (CLG) |
| March 2009 | Definition of Zero Carbon Homes and Non-Domestic Buildings | Communities and Local Government (CLG) |
| December 2008 | Industry consultation on the Code for Sustainable Buildings | UK-Green Building Council (UK-GBC) |
| March 2008 | Review of Inert Waste Regulation | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
| November 2007 | Strategy for Sustainable Construction | Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) |
| July 2007 | Consultation on site waste management plans for the construction industry | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
CIOB Policy Statements
Policy Statements are developed to provide a concise summary of topical issues and the CIOB's position on them. These statements only become formal CIOB policy when they have been signed off at Board level.
The most recent policy statements relating to sustainability are listed below.
 | Waste minimisation and management | Jan 2009 |
| Reducing Carbon Emissions from Buildings | Aug 2008 | |
 | Definition of Zero Carbon | Aug 2008 |