Goal of zero-carbon for all new housing is still achievable, claims body
The UK Green 黑洞社区 Council has said that zero-carbon for all new housing by 2016 should still be a government target. It was reacting against calls to scrap the goal by the RICS last week.
鈥淭his is not the time to scrap the zero-carbon target,鈥� a spokesman told an architectural magazine. 鈥淭he whole point of setting out the future direction of the 黑洞社区 Regulations is to drive innovation and bring down the cost of zero-carbon solutions. The 2016 target is tough, but still achievable.鈥�
The RICS had previously called on the government to rethink its unrealistic target, in response to the consultation on the definition of zero-carbon homes and non-domestic buildings, which began at the end of 2008. It claimed only a 70% reduction of emissions in all new homes is achievable by 2016.
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