For some time we have been debating in the office about Code for Sustainable Homes and Passivhaus, we feel strongly that the Code tends to receive breaks in terms of government backing where Passivhaus is forgotten about to a large degree. As a result we felt it pertinent to create a petition to try to help rectify this imbalance. Rather than saying one solution should be in place of the other. Lets be reasonable and use both when each is appropriate.
Please let us know your thoughts and sign up to the petition below.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Passivhaus-S-D/
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Allow stamp duty exemption on passivhaus certified buildings.
Recently the government allowed an exemption for stamp duty on homes which meet the Code for Sustainable Homes level 6. This is a positive move to encourage growth in low carbon buildings, however, the UK is currently experiencing a huge growth in interest of passivhaus buildings. The passivhaus system and CSH are not directly comparable as they use different technology to analyse performance, however it is clear that the passivhaus system has created more low carbon buildings worldwide than the CSH. CSH is currently being re-written to become more like passivhaus, this recognition should be shown in a relief of stamp duty for passivhaus certified buildings.
