Letter: Tax system should encourage buildings to save the planet FOREIGN Edition

Currently it is hard to differentiate between the worst "gas- guzzling" and the best "green" buildings, so there is no market force. But a new EU Directive (2002/91/EC) requires buildings to have energy performance certificates. We must relish this opportunity and go much further...

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Published inIndependent (London, England : 1986)
Main Author Dave Hampton, Bridget Fidler, Bill Gething, Sonny Masero, Andy Middleton, Robin Nicholson, Sue Roaf, Anthony Turner, Peter Warm, Robert Webb and Mark Whitby
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Independent Digital News & Media 14.08.2003
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Summary:Currently it is hard to differentiate between the worst "gas- guzzling" and the best "green" buildings, so there is no market force. But a new EU Directive (2002/91/EC) requires buildings to have energy performance certificates. We must relish this opportunity and go much further, to create real incentive to move towards low-carbon buildings. This is our vision: DAVE HAMPTON, Chair, Construction Industry Council Sustainable Development Committee; BRIDGET FIDLER, Strategic Co-ordinator, the Strategic Forum for Construction; BILL GETHING, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Architects; SONNY MASERO, Sponge; ANDY MIDDLETON, The TYF Group; ROBIN NICHOLSON, Edward Cullinan, Architects; Professor SUE ROAF, Oxford Brookes University; ANTONY TURNER, Carbon Sense; PETER WARM, Environment Conscious Building Services; ROBERT WEBB, XCO2; MARK WHITBY, Whitby Bird; London SE1
ISSN:0951-9467