Certifications Residential – How BREEAM Residential and BREEAM In-Use Can Support Net Zero Carbon Buildings?
As part of the UK’s mission to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the construction industry has stepped up to the task of reducing the emissions of the sector through efficiency savings, renewable energy, and offsets. The Green Building Council has set out a framework for how organisations in the industry can work towards […]
Net Zero Buildings: The Operational Stage
Net Zero Buildings As part of the government’s aim for the United Kingdom to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, all new buildings are required to be net zero carbon by 2030. The construction and building sector have the mission of measuring, reducing, and offsetting carbon emissions in the industry. Then by 2050, all […]
Net Zero Buildings: The Construction Stage
To meet the UK’s aim of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the construction and building sector has been tasked with the responsibility of measuring, reducing and offsetting carbon emissions in the industry. All new buildings are required to be net-zero carbon by 2030 and all existing ones by 2050. This mission is split into […]
Net Zero Carbon Buildings For Practices & Developers
Climate change has drawn an unprecedented amount of media attention in recent years thanks to movements like that of The Extinction Rebellion. This, paired with the Government’s motion to declare a ‘climate emergency’, have truly underlined the urgency to address carbon emissions. According to the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), global emissions must be halved […]