Publications

Advice and support for microgeneration installers in Wales

The Energy Saving Trust is working directly with microgeneration businesses to assist you in delivering the microgeneration installations required to help achieve the UK’s targets.

In English and Welsh.

Enhanced Construction Details: introduction and use CE297

This guide describes how to use the Energy Saving Trust Enhanced Construction Details. It aims to help housing designers, specifiers and builders gain credit for reducing heat loss through the non-repeating thermal bridges that occur between bu...

Enhanced Construction Details: introduction and use

This guide describes how to use the Energy Saving Trust Enhanced Construction Details. It aims to help housing designers, specifiers and builders gain credit for reducing heat loss through the non-repeating thermal bridges that occur between bu...

Enhanced Construction Details: thermal bridging and airtightness

This guide provides information and guidance relating to thermal bridging for use with the Enhanced Construction Details. It is a supplement to 'Enhanced Construction Details: introduction and use'.

The 100mm cavity wall debate

Report investigating whether cavity masonry still has a role to play in the rapidly shifting world of domestic construction.

Low carbon futures: zero carbon case studies

This publication summarises all currently known developments that meet, or propose to meet the zero carbon Level 6 standard of the Code for Sustainable Homes

Essex Energy Village, Colchester: a case study

The primary driver for the development was to test a range of different mass market renewable technologies to gain experience of the practical implications associated with their installation, and their benefits during operation.

Building the first Code level 5 home: a case study of Mid Street, South Nutfield

Information on the first 100% affordable housing scheme to achieve level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. The project was a collaboration between  Osborne Home and Raven Housing Trust.

Energy efficiency and the Code for Sustainable Homes: Level 3 (2008 edition)

This publication is the first in a suite of Energy Saving Trust guides that provide technical guidance on designing and building new homes that meet the energy requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes.This guide addresses energy efficienc...

Energy Efficiency and the Code for Sustainable Homes: Levels 5 & 6 (2008 edition)

This publication is the third in a suite of Energy Saving Trust guides that provide technical guidance on designing and building new homes that meet the energy requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes. This publication will help housing p...