The city of Bath as seen from Beechen Cliff
The city of Bath as seen from Beechen Cliff - University experts will monitor, analyse and investigate the implementation and industry response to new sustainable building policies. University of Bath and Bath & North East Somerset Council have come together to help deliver the Council's new, cutting-edge set of sustainable construction policies, demonstrating their joint commitment to tackling the climate emergency. In early 2023, Bath & North East Somerset Council will launch new policies to address building emissions - the first in the UK to set net zero operational energy requirements for new housing, whilst also imposing net zero operational carbon standards for new non-residential buildings and capped embodied carbon emissions for both development types. To monitor, analyse and investigate the policy's implementation and industry response, a project will initiate a partnership between the council's planning team and the University's building carbon experts, led by Dr Will Hawkins. This partnership will be funded by the UKRI Policy Support Fund and was facilitated by the University's Climate Action Team. Buildings and construction pose a considerable decarbonisation challenge, accounting for around 39% of global emissions. For decades, University of Bath has pioneered research into the measurement and reduction of lifecycle carbon emissions in buildings, including the operational carbon in service and the embodied carbon in materials and construction.
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