'Whole Life Carbon': New roadmap lays out path to decarbonising the UK built environment

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The new Roadmap lays out policy recommendations for decarbonising new and existing buildings
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The new Roadmap lays out policy recommendations for decarbonising new and existing buildings

UK Green Building Council has published a guide to the specific emissions targets each sub-sector of the building industry must hit in order to help deliver on net zero goals

UK government and local authorities should introduce mandatory energy performance disclosure for non-domestic buildings and establish an ambitious retrofit programme to help rapidly decarbonise the built...

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