Whole life carbon assessment – new global standard published
A new edition of the Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment (WLCA) standard has been launched. First published in 2017 for the UK’s built environment sector, this 2023 edition is a global version of the standard that provides a greater understanding of the carbon costs and benefits of design choices in construction and infrastructure […]
All UK domestic electricity to be wind-powered within 10 years, PM pledges
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans for every home in the UK to be powered with electricity from offshore wind farms within a decade. Addressing the Conservative Party’s virtual conference, he unveiled a £160m fund for the wind energy sector. He announced that the Government has increased its 2030 target for installed offshore […]
Carbon neutral deadline revised by UK Government
The UK has increased its commitment to reduce carbon usage by 80% by 2050 to a commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050. This is expected to be achieved by adopting Hydrogen as an alternative to gas, and using renewable sources for electricity generation, with a greater utilisation of GSHP and Air Source heat pumps. […]
London set to be greenest city in the world
The Mayor of London has unveiled his plans to transform the capital into the ‘greenest’ city in the world by 2050. His ambitious scheme includes targets to improve air quality, increase the use of renewables and halve food waste with the overall aim of becoming carbon neutral. The London Environment Strategy (LES), published after extensive research […]
Is all CO2 created equal?
If biomass from wood is actually “carbon neutral” then perhaps biomass-produced CO2 emissions are better than those from coal and other fossil fuels. Wood will decay and release carbon into the atmosphere at some point, however not the same stands for coal and fossil fuels. Both biomass and fossil fuels produce CO2, although the emissions released […]
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