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The Construction Products Association and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) are teaming up to implement the government鈥檚 policy of making all new housing zero carbon by 2016.

The two bodies will use next week鈥檚 environmental housing summit to unveil a 120-month timetable to achieve carbon emission-free homes. This conference is to be co-chaired by housing minister Yvette Cooper and Stewart Baseley, the HBF鈥檚 executive chairman.

Michael Ankers, the Construction Products Association鈥檚 chief executive, said the timetable, which will be published in the spring, will lay out on a month-by-month basis what needs to be done to achieve the government鈥檚 goal.

He added that the Construction Products Association鈥檚 involvement was vital because many of the steps needed to achieve sustainable housing had to be taken by suppliers.

He also welcomed the government鈥檚 decision, announced before Christmas, to put John Callcutt, the chief executive of English Partnerships (EP), in charge of a review of eco-friendly housebuilding. Callcutt said last month that he would not return to EP after the report was completed.

The former chief executive of housebuilder Crest Nicholson, said his review would look at the structure of the housebuilding industry and the way it was financed.

鈥淭here is nothing that is off limits,鈥� said Callcutt. 鈥淭he financial sector, the supply chain and their stakeholders all have to be brought in. They are all vital parts of having an integrated approach to solving the problem.鈥�

The financial sector, the supply chain and their stakeholders have to be brought in

John Callcutt

Alan Cherry, the chairman of Countryside Properties, echoed Ankers鈥� welcome of Callcutt鈥檚 review.

鈥淗e is very experienced as a developer and will know how developers can be encouraged to deliver on sustainability,鈥� he said.

Callcutt鈥檚 departure from EP clears the way for the organisation鈥檚 merger with the Housing Corporation.

好色先生TV understands that the Treasury has approved the merger following the submission by the communities department of a revised cost鈥揵enefit analysis for the exercise.

This shows that the costs of setting up the new organisation, such as redundancy payments, will require increased public funding until 2011 or 2012. After that the efficiencies resulting from having a single body will begin to generate savings.

Speaking before Christmas, Baroness Ford, the chairwoman of EP, said a decision about whether to set up the new organisation would be made within the 鈥渘ext few weeks鈥�.