Driving change in the UK built environment: A review of the impacts of zero carbon buildings policy in the UK

PLEA 2008 - Towards Zero Energy Building: 25th PLEA International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Saunderson, Jules ^a   Parnell, Tessa ^a   Leahong, Chani ^a   Wildfire, Clare ^a  

^a Fulcrum Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Code for sustainable homes; Low and zero carbon construction; Policy; Sustainable construction; Sustainable development; Zero carbon

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC POLICY;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE HOMES; ZERO CARBONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85067770493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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