Developing service
A developing service for the technical performance and embodied-carbon evidence within a wider Healthy Homes brief.
Homes England's Healthy Homes guidance sets core requirements and good-practice enhancements across inclusivity, amenity, efficiency, comfort and control.
Briary is developing a structured service around the technical areas that connect to our existing work: energy performance, overheating, ventilation, water, building fabric, construction evidence and embodied carbon. The current published Healthy Homes framework identifies a whole-life carbon assessment for homes and wider development infrastructure following RICS WLCA version 2 (2023) as a core requirement. It also identifies an upfront embodied-carbon target below 400 kgCO₂e/m² for modules A1–A5 as a good-practice enhancement. The applicable funding agreement, programme documents and Homes England process still control project-specific scope and acceptance. Briary does not claim to award Healthy Homes status, certify a development or replace the wider design, health, accessibility, landscape and place specialists the project may need.
Read the published Homes England Healthy Homes guidance alongside the project agreement.
The team should provide the funding or programme documents, project commitments and Homes England correspondence that control the submission. We map those requirements to evidence owners rather than rely on a generic checklist.
SAP, Part L, Part O, Part F, water, air testing and as-built information can support parts of a wider Healthy Homes response. Each output retains its own methodology and approval boundary.
The published framework's core WLCA requirement and A1–A5 good-practice target should be mapped to the live project agreement. Where commissioned, we can structure quantities, sources, data quality, contingency and results around the current applicable RICS method. A selected One Click LCA import workflow is described as compatible only after a representative import has been tested.
A controlled evidence matrix can identify where one project record supports several requirements without copying conflicting versions into separate reports.
For repeat house types or multi-phase programmes, an initial pilot can test the information model, responsibilities and reporting format before it is applied more widely. Any acceptance remains with Homes England and the relevant programme process.
The Healthy Homes framework covers more than the energy and carbon work. Agree the project-specific requirements and evidence owners with the wider team; Briary’s technical pack does not replace the funding or acceptance process.
Applicable items, owners, source documents, status and outstanding actions for the commissioned technical scope.
Baseline, assumptions, hotspot review and suitable reporting dataset where included.
Existing performance evidence indexed and checked for consistency without claiming independent certification.
Lessons, data gaps and proposed controls before wider rollout across types or phases.
Getting started
Current Homes England guidance, funding agreement, project commitments, templates, correspondence and submission dates.
Site, phase, plot, house-type, tenure and design-variation schedules.
Energy, overheating, ventilation, water, fabric, product, quantity and construction information relevant to the agreed scope.
Named project roles and evidence owners across design quality, health, accessibility, landscape, sustainability and delivery.
No. Briary supports defined technical evidence. Homes England and the applicable programme process decide acceptance.
No. The published framework is broader and includes health, resilience, sustainability, affordability and place considerations. Briary's service is limited to the technical areas agreed in scope.
The published Healthy Homes framework is defined, but project agreements, templates, evidence owners and acceptance routes still need to be confirmed. Briary's support offer is developing, so we propose a controlled pilot scope rather than overstate a universal deliverable.
Use the edition, jurisdiction and assessment route that apply to the project. Publication of newer guidance does not automatically change an existing project’s requirements.
Send the programme documents, development structure and existing technical evidence so we can define a careful pilot scope.