Opinion

If you ignore net zero you’d better be prepared to pay the cost

By 2021-06-24T06:00:00

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We are entering challenging but exciting times, writes Andrew Mellor

One of most-used terms in the industry currently is “net zero carbon”, with many making claims that their projects will achieve it without necessarily understanding what it means.

That is because there is not one definition – or certainly not one clear pathway to achieving it.

We have of course been here before, with the zero carbon standards for new homes that were intended to be introduced in 2016 but were scrapped by government in 2015.

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