'Let's beat the carbon targets'

摘要

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is demanding the construction industry cut carbon emissions from the built environment by 50 per cent over the next ten years. Paul King, UKGBC chief executive, wants to smash the 34 per cent carbon emissions target for 2020 set out in the Climate Change Act 2008 and in doing so create more work for architects and the construction industry. Architects have welcomed the proposals, which are also backed by developer Lend Lease. Rab Bennetts, director of Bennetts Associates, said: "This is a positive step. We need ambitious targets because we believe that carbon reduction is important and the industry has to play its part through the buildings it makes.