The CfSH is a good start

The background technical behind Cat 3 is based on the old eco-homes and, in it's current state, is an abomination that will cause designers to select short term solutions in favour of long term ones. I have queried this with BRE and await a response: Will let you know.

houses, houses! what about the other side of the coin? we have a huge stock of other inefficient and above all inefficiently used institutional and commercial buildings. Questions: do we need to heat churches for for occassional and usually sparse use, just how much of their time do schools stand empty etc. Society actually has far too many buildings. Empty buildings and those not in fullest use, should be taxed with the money going to improve the stock we must have. Most office buildings and factories could easily be used much more efficiently. In terms of creating more sustainable urban areas (greater density and more intensive use) should we still be building single storey retail sheds or hospitals with nurses accommodation sitting alongside rather than on top?

Building industry seems very short term to me. One example is shop fitting. Every few year they rip the lot out, skip it, then re-install something fairly similar using rubbish materials that don't wear well, hence the need to repeat the process again in another few years time. You could say the same about chipboard carcassed fitted kitchens being replaced every 10 years or so. Householders constantly wasting money and resources re-decorating and altering things. Why can't things be built properly, with some thought about how the interior will wear in the first place? Use of natural materials which still look good after they have taken a few knocks and scratches is the keys to reducing resource use and costs over the long term.