GREEN BUILDING
THE LATEST STEP in the UK Government ’ s drive to cut red tape from the construction sector was to update Part L of the Building Regulations , whilst winding down the Code for Sustainable Homes , as part of the Housing Standards Review .
The move should make it simpler for construction companies to achieve energy and carbon performance standards by having a single point of reference – which will hopefully encourage more building .
At the same time , the Government has committed to reducing its greenhouse gases emissions by 80 percent before 2050 , and is leading the way in Europe with a target of zero carbon for all new buildings by 2016 . This is more ambitious than the recent EU directive that all new buildings be ‘ nearly carbon zero ’ by 2020 .
To achieve this , the Government has set out a number of ‘ milestone ’ targets along the way . Currently , the targets are to improve energy efficiency by six
28 July 2014