The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) welcomes three new additions to its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment: ARA Asset Management Limited, B+H Architects and Currie & Brown.
Departments ‘don’t have resources to design effective net-zero policies’
Institute for Government says ministers must learn lessons from the debacle over the Green Homes Grant cancellation
The award-winning Goldsmith Street low-carbon housing development in Norwich, by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley. Photo: Tim Crocker
01 Apr 2021
Ministers will fail to achieve the government’s goal of making the UK a net-zero carbon-dioxide emissions economy by 2050 unless conflicting departmental priorities on domestic heating policy are resolved and funding is improved, the Institute for Government has said.
The think tank said the “debacle” surrounding last month’s cancellation of the Green Homes Grant – just nine months after its high-profile launch – underscored the need to properly align government energy policy across major departments.
4 firms join WorldGBC s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment
LONDON, February 11, 2021 World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has announced four new companies - Siemens, global real estate company City Developments Limited (CDL), top Australian property group Charter Hall and Filipino sustainable real estate group NEO - as signatories to its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, signalling global industry leadership to decarbonise the built environment and combat climate change. The Commitment now has a total of 132 signatories, with 98 businesses and organisations, 28 cities and six states & regions. The businesses and organisations signed up to the Commitment now account for over 5 million (tCO2e) of portfolio emissions.