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Building Research & Information, a specialist publisher, has brought out a special edition on making serious strides in cutting emissions from buildings. Last week's New Scientist reported on it (for subscribers only I'm afraid), interviewing one of the writers, University of Toronto professor Danny Harvey. From their work the academics estimate that it would be possible to reduce CO2 emissions from buildings by 29% by 2020.
That would increase by a further 4-7% if agreement such as Kyoto pushed up the price of fossil fuels. The academics are well aware that it's just theory and it's a huge challenge to achieve such an aim. "Everyone has to be heading in the right direction," Robert Lowe, a buildings researcher at University College London and a contributor to the work, tells the New Scientist. And right now, he adds, "Nobody is doing that quick enough."
You can buy the whole special edition for £153 or individual articles for £14 a pop.
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