Retrofit revolution can cut emissions and deliver £7.5bn energy savings for UK
Retrofitting the UK s building stock with low-carbon solutions could reduce national energy costs by £7.5bn a year, create more than 150,000 jobs over a 10-year period and cut carbon emissions by 20%, MPs have been told.
The banks warn that a piecemeal, short-term approach would hinder the amount of finance that is funnelled into retrofitting efforts
Bankers for Net-Zero was set up in July last year. Barclays, Triodos, Tide, Handelsbanken and the Ecology Building Society in became the first banks to sign up to the commitment. The initiative sees banks lead cross-sector discussions with businesses and policymakers to outline ways to de-risk the net-zero and unlock capital to assist with the green recovery.
Simon Wyatt looks at the challenge for construction, while
Thomas Lane considers the future of whole life carbon assessments
As the coronavirus threat finally starts to recede, the approach of COP26 should come to dominate the conversation in 2021. As it does so, we need to consider what that means for the built environment.
Postponed from November 2020 because of the global pandemic, and due to take place in Glasgow between 1 and 12 November, the delay has given the industry more time to prepare. Which is just as well, because we needed it.
A year ago, when we were still blissfully unaware of the chaos that the next 12 months would bring, there was almost no conversation around COP26 emanating from the industry. Interest in net zero carbon solutions was starting to grow, but it had not yet reached the fever pitch in demand that we are starting to experience.
A STUDY has claimed that over 33,000 jobs could be created in Lancashire if the government commits to a green economy. The analysis has been published by UK100, a group of over 100 mayors and local authority leaders, and was collected by the University of Leeds and the LSE Grantham Institute. It claims that in total 1,211,158 jobs, 33,536 of them in Lancashire, could be created across the UK in the construction and manufacturing sectors, which would come as a relief to industries that have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic. UK100 director Polly Billington said: “Across the UK, the move to a greener economy will create thousands of new jobs in every local community.
Bloomberg reports discussions about a new domestic insulation programme are underway in the top echelons of government as fresh research highlights low-carbon home retrofits could generate hundreds of thousands of jobs
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng are said to be pushing for a new green homes retrofit programme in the wake of the recent decision to slash funding for the Green Homes.
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