Kitemark Home

Kitemark Home

Home is where the Kitemark is

Home is where the Kitemark is
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What is Kitemark Home?

Kitemark Home is a new certification scheme designed to enhance trust between home buyers and housebuilders. In our survey, 87% of house buyers said they would trust that the house is better quality if it held a Kitemark. Developers and builders can now assure that sustainability, quality and safety are embedded in their customers’ homes with Kitemark accreditation.

Kitemark Home will provide reassurance to the consumer that they own a home built with sustainability in mind, featuring quality marked products that are rigorously tested to the highest standards by accredited installers and builders. It will increase the potential for ‘right first-time’ delivery, blending multiple products in one solution to enhance the quality of new homes.

 

Aspects of Kitemark Home will incorporate themes relating to safety, security and sustainability within a home. These include:

Aspects of Kitemark Home will incorporate themes relating to safety, security and sustainability within a home. These include: Sustainable: The Kitemark Home will have a minimum energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of B; Thermal insulation, water pipes and fittings (potable, soil and waste, rainwater and heating); Renewable energy generation** where applicable; The Developer uses installers of heating, hot water and water supply systems who are certified as competent* Secure: Connected devices certified as cyber secure; External security lighting; Enhanced security windows and external doorsets; Roof tiles and flood products; The Developer uses installers of windows, external doorsets, roof coverings and roof structures who are certified as competent* Safe: Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; Cables, sockets, switches, EV (Electric Vehicle) chargers and electrical appliances; The Developer uses installers of gas appliances, fire detection systems, carbon monoxide alarms and electrical installations who are certified as competent* **applicable to new homes that use renewable energy as the main source of energy. This includes but is not limited to wind turbines, photovoltaic modules (solar panels) and/or thermal solar systems. *person or an organisation carrying out the works are registered to appropriate competent person schemes.

 

Benefits

Kitemark Home has been developed from a universal premise: that everyone should be entitled to live in a safe and secure dwelling that minimizes impact on the environment. The Kitemark Home scheme will send a unique signal to homebuyers that their home comes with safety, security, and sustainability built in. Kitemark Home can offer:

Reassurance of quality

Provide reassurance to the consumer that they own a home that features quality marked products, rigorously tested to the highest standards by accredited installers and builders.

Sustainability verified

Demonstrate that your homes have achieved a minimum EPC rating of B for energy performance by incorporating products, materials and appliances into the build specification.

Enhance and differentiate your brand

Differentiate your brand with a unique competitive advantage and show dedication to quality, customer care and sustainability of your homes. 

Recognition of competent workers

Showcase the craftmanship of your workers, contractors and builders by assuring that your homes have been built by workers that have been certified as competent.

The BSI Kitemark™ – trust and confidence

For more than 100 years, the BSI Kitemark™ has been recognized as a symbol of outstanding quality, safety and trust across a wide range of products and services.

Kitemark certification confirms that a product or service’s claim has been independently and repeatedly tested by experts, meaning that you can have trust and confidence in products and services that are BSI Kitemark certified.

Find out more about BSI Kitemark