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This is absolutely right. Although the holy grail of sustainable building has become a preoccupation of many over the past few years, unfortunately most, if not all of us, have embarked on our journey without some pretty fundamental information. Like: where are we trying to get to? By when? And perhaps most importantly of all, where are we starting from? Because, let鈥檚 be honest, we haven鈥檛 the foggiest how most of our buildings really perform once they鈥檝e left the drawing board.

That鈥檚 why the industry needs to be on the front foot, measuring real performance, learning the lessons and helping to set the agenda, not just reacting to the latest government policy. That鈥檚 why the UK Green 黑洞社区 Council鈥檚 members have advocated the need for a new kind of Code for Sustainable 黑洞社区s to rationalise all the different and often conflicting policies, regulations, standards and tools into a clear route map of where we need to get to, by when, and how we should measure progress.

It鈥檚 clear to us that the industry is quite happy to embrace the stretching sustainability targets we need in exchange for a bit of clarity, consistency and practical delivery. So let鈥檚 not whinge about it; let鈥檚 get on and agree what needs to be done.

Paul King, chief executive, UK Green 黑洞社区 Council