The report suggests policies to help to cut energy usage and reduce carbon emissions from UK buildings.
A new report from the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University today outlines its strategy to transform the UK's built environment. The report suggests a raft of recommendations to enable the government to come closer to meeting its legal obligations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from buildings to zero by 2050. The report, Achieving Zero by Brenda Boardman, covers all energy use in all buildings - homes and businesses. The strategy aims to create healthier, more comfortable buildings to live and work in, lift millions of people out of fuel poverty, and improve the UK's energy security. Report author Brenda Boardman, who is an Emeritus Fellow of the Environmental Change Institute, suggests a strong legislative framework to reduce energy demand together with a range of supportive policies will help to cut energy usage and reduce carbon emissions from UK buildings. The measures would also cut the cost of annual energy bills, particularly important for the millions of householders who live in fuel poverty, says the report. Among the key recommendations and aims are: * The government should introduce progressively more challenging, legally-binding standards of energy efficiency for properties, based on Energy Performance Certificates.
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