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News Release from: AECB Sustainable Building Association | Subject: Meeting 2016 zero carbon targets
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 December 2007
Helping builders meet 2016 zero carbon
targets
House builders and property developers turning to AECB (The Sustainable Building Association) for guidance on how to achieve higher environmental standards.
These include some of the leading UK home building companies, several of which have recently been praised in a sustainability report for their significant progress in addressing environmental issues The report, launched by Housing Minister Yvette Cooper, urges home builders to develop strategies for addressing climate change so that they are able to meet the standards required and deliver genuinely sustainable homes
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 11 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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AECB: The sustainable building association, congratulates the government on its ambitious green agenda for new homes and the aim for zero carbon homes by 2016.
It found that, despite their endeavours to build more sustainably, housing developers need to rapidly accelerate their efforts if they are to achieve the 2016 zero carbon homes targets The AECB is the longest standing independent sustainable building organisation in the UK and has been providing expert training, support and advice on all aspects of green construction for almost twenty years.
As well as growing interest from major housing developers, the AECB has seen awareness of sustainable building rise significantly across all sectors in recent years.
The membership base includes a broad spectrum of organisations and individuals, from large construction firms and building professionals to architects and eco self-builders.
Members have full access to a technical online forum on the AECB website ( www.aecb.net ) and are able to use the new CarbonLite Programme for designing low energy buildings (see www.carbonlite.org.uk ).
Chair of the AECB, Chris Herring, said, "The report confirms that home builders are making attempts to create sustainable buildings, which is encouraging".
"However, it is important that they don't rely on green gimmicks in order to meet the challenging 2016 targets and it is also crucial for energy use to be monitored post-occupancy".
"This is something that the AECB actively promotes and facilitates as it is the only way to be absolutely certain that a building is genuinely energy-efficient and real progress is being made".
Members of the AECB team of sustainable building practitioners will soon be available to meet on stand E263 at the forthcoming EcoBuild exhibition, the largest sustainability event ever held in the UK .
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