Cutting the green wash

By and Elaine Knutt Elaine Knutt2006-03-24T00:00:00

Bennetts Associates’ Wessex Water HQ, on the outskirts of Bath, completed in 2001. Only by responding to its initial disappointing environmental performance, was the design and construction team able to make the building.

Source: Peter Cook/View/Bennetts Associates

By not monitoring actual energy use of buildings, the construction industry is failing to substantiate its green claims.

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