UK housing: Fit for the future? - Committee on Climate Change - February 2019

He is also the Editor of the journal, Water Resources Research, an advisor to the World Bank on water security, a member of the Public Voice Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and a member of the National Infrastructure Commission’s Expert Advisory Group. [...] Her other roles include: Economics Lead of the Valuing Nature Programme, the Convener of the British Standards Institute’s Committee on Assessing and Valuing Natural Capital, a Member of the Natural Capital Initiative steering group, and the Associate Editor of the Journal for Environmental Economics and Policy. [...] These feed into a wide array of current work the UK Government and devolved administrations are planning for 2019, including: the reviews of Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations, an update of the planning practice guidance in England, development of a roadmap for policy on heat decarbonisation, review of a per capita water consumption target in England and the Government’s commitment to h. [...] The way homes are designed and lived in affects both the level of greenhouse gas emissions from the buildings sector, and how exposed people are to the impacts of a changing climate such as hot weather and flooding. [...] Energy efficiency of the UK housing stock - SAP scores and EPC ratings The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), is the methodology used by the Government to assess and compare the energy and environmental performance of dwellings.