Influencing Government policy

• Our research underpinned the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) 2014 report
• The CCC’s 2017 update report escalated the issue to a priority for government action
• In 2018, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee report called for a change to Building Regulations

Building guidelines, standards and regulations

• We helped steer the Government’s project to confirm the benefits of changes to the Building Regulations
• We worked with industry partners to quantify the reliability of models and CIBSE Technical Memorandum (TM59, 04/17) for predicting overheating risk in new homes
• Loughborough academics and alumni contributed to shaping the proposed new Building Regulations for England and Wales

Spreading the word – public engagement activities

• Four TV appearances
• Three radio discussions
• Several mainstream press articles