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found out at Building’s two-day Net Zero Live conference
A selection of the panelists from Net Zero Live. Top row (L to R): David Pinder, chair at the Green Construction Board, Marion Baeli, partner at PDP London, David Bownass, head of UK net zero design consulting at JLL. Bottom row (L to R): Hannah Vickers, chief executive of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering, Scott Crease, residential leader at Max Fordham, Lynne Sullivan, Good Homes Alliance and Green Construction Board
Whether it is Boris Johnson setting out ambitious carbon cutting targets for the UK or US president Joe Biden hosting a climate summit - both of which took place last month – global leaders are finally starting to take environmental policy seriously and make it a top priority.
With the UK having been one of the first major economies to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to
net zero by 2050, developers and investors are acutely aware of the need to deliver net zero carbon buildings and it is imperative that all new and existing buildings are fit for purpose.
As part of our Net Zero Live conference we will hear from leaders from all levels of the project team as we understand the practical implications of delivering net zero buildings.
Topics discussed include:
How can we build net zero in to both the design process and the initial stakeholder decision-making processes?
By Jordan Marshall2021-04-29T08:55:00+01:00
Green construction board chair says business secretary indicated ‘equivalent’ scheme to be launched later this year
A replacement for the scrapped Green Homes Grant is expected to be announced as part of the autumn spending review, a senior figure in the Construction Leadership Council’s net zero team has revealed.
Speaking as part of the Net Zero Live conference, run by Building Design and sister publication Building, David Pinder, chair of the Green Construction Board, said business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng had told the CLC that he expected a replacement for the botched scheme to be announced later this year.
The UK government has set the ambitious target of ensuring that all new build homes are Net Zero by 2025, which places immense pressure on our current house building methods as we must evolve to meet these targets.
New legislation will require new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency but are our traditional housebuilding methods equipped to do this, or could it holding back the carbon agenda?
As part of our third Net Zero Live session our panel of experts discussed some of the key challenges and how we can best overcome these: