AQW 3324/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 21/09/2022
Answered On Date: 29/09/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.