The Green Construction Board recently highlighted the changes the construction industry must make if the government’s carbon reduction targets are to be met.
Ambitions of a 50 percent cut in built environment emissions by 2025 and at least an 80 percent reduction in national greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 are extremely challenging.
According to the Board’s recent ‘2015 Routemap Progress’ report, ‘capital carbon’ – a measure that includes the carbon footprint of the industry’s own processes and transport emissions – “has shown a trend for gradual increase across most construction sectors as economic growth has taken hold since 2009”.
