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- Planning, building and the environment
- The Environment
- Energy Performance of Buildings
- Why the measures are being introduced
Planning, building and the environment
Why the measures are being introduced
Nearly 50 per cent of the UK's energy consumption arises from the way in which our 25 million buildings are lit, heated and used. Even comparatively minor changes in the energy performance of and the way we use each building would have a significant effect in reducing energy consumption, and hence, carbon emissions.
Given the UK Government's support of the Kyoto Protocol and of its challenging targets for the reduction of carbon emissions, reducing the energy consumption attributable to buildings is a key policy objective.
