Dr Marika Rošā, an expert on energy efficiency from the Technical University in Riga, wishes that everyone would just stop talking about it. “I think the term energy efficiency shouldn’t be used anymore because people don’t care about it.” Her colleague Nicholas Stancioff, the founder of NGO Ēkubirojs, which is behind the so-called deep
In Massachusetts and elsewhere, advocates and policymakers are increasingly turning their attention to “embodied carbon” contained in building materials. Massachusetts lawmakers and municipal leaders are increasingly pushing for measures that would lower the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building materials. “We’ve seen a lot of new interest and momentum,” said Rebecca Esau, manager
The New Zealand government unveiled plans for a program which aims to tackle greenhouse gas emissions in the building and construction sector, and potentially futureproofs the built environment against the impacts of climate change. Initially, the Building for Climate Change program will focus on the expansion of insulation and glazing requirements in new