Posted 23.02.22
UK Green Building Council (UKGBC): Further reading
UKGBC has published a study demonstrating how housing developers can achieve a 20% embodied carbon reduction across low-rise residential developments through simple masterplan-level design interventions, which are cost-effective and achievable now.
The UK government has committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050?and, alongside this - build 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s.?
Given that existing homes are already responsible for 16%?of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, the residential sector has a critical role to play to slash emissions and help achieve net zero ambitions.
UKGBC's new report, titled Building the Case for Net Zero: A case study for low carbon residential developments, examines the design and cost implications of minimising embodied carbon for a real-world, low-rise residential scheme in Southwest Cambridgeshire.
It shares valuable insight into the role 'master planning' - such as roads, utilities and energy infrastructure - can play in the wider transition to 'net zero', an area which many developers often overlook.
The full report can be downloaded via the above link.
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