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Momentum grows in low energy refurb & new build consultancy

A raft of policies has made cutting energy use and carbon emissions from UK buildings a priority. But questions remain about whether clients will make the necessary capital investments and whether there is sufficient engineering capacity to deliver what is required. Geraint Roberts reports

01-Mar-10  Nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions come from the built environment, accounting for more than roads, railways and airports combined. But only relatively recently has the government begun to give as much attention to the sector’s emissions as it has done to industrial emissions. The starting gun was fired in 2006 when then housing minister Yvette Cooper set a goal for all new housing built in England and Wales to be “zero...

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