The BRE Manifesto 2024 presents a roadmap for the next government, advocating for world-leading standards to propel the nation towards a safer, healthier, and more sustainable built environment.
BRE Manifesto 2024
This eBook, authored by the Building Research Establishment (BRE), outlines the policies that should be central for an incoming government’s approach to delivering the standards that the UK’s buildings need.
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is an organisation dedicated to building science, operating on a profit-for-purpose basis. Since 1921, it has worked in partnership with governments to safeguard the safety and sustainability of the built environment.
What challenges does the UK-built environment face?
The next government should commit to world-leading standards for UK buildings and issue a White Paper on building standards within six months of the new government.
The UK built environment faces many challenges: a backlog of unsafe and unhealthy existing homes; a housing shortage requiring millions of new homes, which must be high-quality, resilient, and sustainable; and business buildings and infrastructure that do not meet the needs of the modern economy.
The building sector is not prepared to deal with climate change’s adverse effects
The building sector—the UK’s second-largest source of carbon emissions—is not decarbonising fast enough to keep on track with the net zero target and is largely unprepared to deal with climate change’s adverse effects.
These challenges can only be met through a new policy approach. A new building standards strategy can power investment in better buildings by providing long-term certainty for owners, occupiers, supply chains, and investors.
Read more about BRE’s recommended policies to transform the standards of Britain’s buildings in the BRE Manifesto 2024.
