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ART506 Dissertation 2019. Anthony Gwynne . 31 (v) Increases in thermal insulation brought about by the European Union Energy Performance Directive adopted by the United Kingdom in 2002 requiring new buildings to have zero carbon by 2020 will have a significant impact on the thermal insulation of new dwellings (including conversion of buildings into new dwellings) (www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2018/2002 ). (vi) More recently, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) (set up under the Climate Change Act 2008 to advise the UK Government on tackling climate change) , produced a report called ‘Net zero: The UK’s contribution to stopping global warming’ (Committee on Climate Change. 2019). The report recommended a new emissions target for the UK of net-zero greenhouse gases by 2050. This led to the UK Government announcing net-zero greenhouse gases by 2050. (vii) The Welsh Government are now exploring how to meet the 2050 decarbonisation targets (Green et al. 2019). To establish how the report would impact on the Building Regulations, this report author (AG) has carried out a face to face interview with a Research Fellow (RF) at Cardiff University one of the report authors. A copy off the full transcript is provided in Appendix L. A summary of the key questions raised and RF response are as follows: Questions 1 and 2 are not key and not included here . Question 3 . AG- Does net zero carbon emissions by 2050 apply to new and existing buildings? I raise this as an email mail I received from Colin Blick (2019) states the review is of new dwellings only? Answer : RF- • It applies to both new and existing dwellings