Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking on the development of the energy efficiency elements of the Home Energy Model for the new homes standard.

The Government is developing the Home Energy Model (HEM) to support net zero and housing goals, including the requirements laid out in the Future Homes Standard (FHS).

HEM and the FHS ‘wrapper’ will together make up the HEM: FHS assessment methodology. HEM is completing final refinement and testing with industry and technical stakeholders ahead of its introduction as an approved route for demonstrating compliance with the FHS.