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The Committee is looking at regulations which impact on new-build housing in Scotland.

The would require companies which build houses to submit an "energy and environmental design statement". This would have to be submitted together with an application for a building warrant.

The regulations would also require an "energy and environmental construction statement" to be submitted at the same time as a completion certificate.

Both new statements would have to show how the building design, and the completed building, meet building standards requirements relating to:

• heating
• ventilation
• overheating risk
• energy demand
• building insulation envelope
• heating system
• insulation of pipes and ducts
• artificial and display lighting
• mechanical ventilation and air conditioning
• commissioning building services
• metering
• statement of sustainability
• electric vehicle charging

The new statements would need to be submitted from 31 March 2028.