Future Homes Standard 2025: Building Zero-Carbon Homes with Confidence
How Hubb.Pro Supports Compliance, Capacity and Cost Efficiency under the Future Homes Standard
Navigating What Comes Next
Preparing Developments for the Future Homes Standard
The Future Homes Standard reshapes how new homes use and manage energy.
Hubb.Pro turns complex requirements into clear, buildable design strategies that keep your schemes compliant, cost-efficient, and ready for what’s next.
Applying the Future Homes Standard with Confidence
Meeting the Future Homes Standard isn’t simply a compliance task — it’s a design, delivery, and cost challenge that affects every decision made on site.
Hubb.Pro translates evolving FHS requirements into actionable design strategies through detailed simulation and data-led insight, helping developers achieve compliant, cost-optimised, and grid-ready schemes.
Design Performance
Fabric Efficiency
Model U-values, glazing, and ventilation strategies to meet energy demand limits.
Thermal Bridging
Identify detailing improvements that minimise losses and boost performance.
Design Verification
Generate compliant documentation to streamline Building Control approval.
Low-Carbon Heating
Compare air source, ground source, and hybrid systems for compliance and cost.
Renewable Integration
Assess PV, battery, and heat recovery options to enhance SAP ratings.
Infrastructure & Delivery
Cost Control
Balance technical compliance with budget certainty across all development stages.
Grid Capacity
Model electrical load to avoid oversizing and connection delays.
Future Readiness
Design infrastructure to support EV charging, heat networks, and future upgrades.
Demand Modelling
Understand realistic peak diversity across mixed-use or phased developments.
Regulatory Alignment
Stay current with FHS, SAP 11, and incoming ENA/DNO connection standards.
How Hubb.Pro Supports the Future Homes Standard
Optimises compliance and cost
Data-led simulations reveal the real energy and grid impacts of new designs, proving compliance at the lowest viable cost.
Reduces grid anxiety
Probabilistic models show that actual peak demand is often half of industry assumptions, avoiding unnecessary network upgrades.
Enables faster decisions
Results in hours, not weeks. Identify the most efficient options before committing to land bids or detailed designs.
Builds collaboration and confidence
Shared outputs bring developers, consultants, and IDNOs together to make decisions grounded in evidence.
Core Platform Capabilities
Dynamic Simulations
Run detailed “what-if” scenarios comparing technologies and designs under realistic operating conditions — not static calculations.
Intelligent Assumptions
Keep projects moving. Smart defaults fill missing data while maintaining analytical integrity.
Modular Architecture
New analytical features integrate seamlessly as standards evolve, keeping the platform future-ready.
Decision Support
AI-driven insights highlight trade-offs across cost, capacity, carbon, and compliance, guiding clear, confident choices.
Serving Diverse Stakeholders
Developers
Local (up to 25 units)
Virtual expert filling knowledge gaps.
Regional (25–500 units)
Accelerates cross-department information flow.
National (500+ units)
Ensures consistency and scalability across projects.
Consultants & Engineers
Utility Consultants
Precise load profiles for DNO and IDNO applications.
MEP Engineers
Stress-tested baselines reducing iteration cycles.
Quantity Surveyors
Early CAPEX breakdowns to inform budgets.
Solution Providers
Manufacturers
Demonstrate performance within real-world simulations.
DNOs
Early visibility for tailored commercial offers.
Energy Assessors
Single source of truth for compliance data.
Project Lifecycle
Stage 1
Viability
Minimal inputs; instant clarity. Estimate peak power demand, energy use, on-site generation potential, and network upgrades. Results in hours, not weeks — enabling smarter land bids and early risk mitigation.
Stage 2
Scenario Appraisal
Compare multiple design options in depth. Enhanced inputs and rich analytics (demand profiles, peak loads, solar performance) with AI-generated summaries highlighting key differences.
Stage 3
Detailed Design
Replace assumptions with confirmed specifications and drawings. Data completeness scoring (Preliminary → Intermediate → Detailed) tracks readiness and confidence for DNO submissions and delivery.
Maturity Scoring & Decision Gates
- Progressive Validation: Scores reflect input completeness and simulation depth.
- Confidence-Based Governance: Multi-run probabilistic results deliver P50/P90 confidence.
- Stage-Gate Alignment: Use maturity scores to guide transitions from viability to handover.
Each project evolves through clear data-driven milestones:
Preliminary → Intermediate → Detailed
Five Always-On Analysis Tabs
Visible from project start, deepening with each stage:
Capacity
DNO-ready data on infrastructure needs, peak loads, and import/export profiles.
Cost
Parametric CAPEX/OPEX estimates refined as design matures.
Compliance
Continuous checks against UK Building Regulations (Parts L, F, O, S).
Carbon
Operational CO₂ tracking with on-site generation offsets.
Comfort
Indoor temperature, ventilation, and overheating assessments ensuring occupant wellbeing.
AI-Powered Intelligence
The integrated AI assistant transforms static outputs into interactive analysis sessions:
Which hour had the absolute peak demand?
Why does Scenario 2 cost more than Scenario 1?
How was this carbon figure calculated?
Natural-language responses explain methodologies, highlight trade-offs, and prompt richer inputs — turning complex simulations into actionable understanding.
Hubb.Pro enables smarter, faster decision-making at every project stage through a single, data-driven source of truth.
Transforming Housing Development
Project Stages
From early viability and scenario appraisal to detailed design and delivery.
Analysis Tabs
Capacity, Cost, Compliance, Carbon, and Comfort — integrated and always evolving.
Stakeholder Value
Transparent collaboration across developers, consultants, and providers, built on shared, evidence-based insight.
A high-tech yet user-friendly platform that simplifies complex trade-offs in housing energy strategy — helping teams achieve optimal outcomes while fostering clarity and collaboration from feasibility through to completion.