I have just become aware of this bizarre ruling. Yes! Solar Twin I am with you on this. If the Government have a target for all new homes to be ‘Zero Carbon’ by 2016 I would assume that they mean zero carbon in use and occupation and not zero carbon in the homes’ complete life-cycle. [...]
Yesterday evening, The Building Centre hosted the 4th in the series, Energy Conversations: Zero Carbon…a goal too far? I was eager to hear what some of those at the forefront of sustainable building would have to say about the progress being made towards zero carbon homes. From the 2006 government consultation document Building A Greener [...]
APPROVED DOCUMENTS 2010 – F, J, L With October 2010 came many changes in the Building Regulations for England and Wales. These changes are aimed at reducing the carbon footprint and paving the way to zero-carbon buildings in the UK. Although this brings many new difficult tasks to designers and builders, it is essential for [...]
