UK Green Building Council set zero carbon challange to the industry

New guidelines have been set out by the UK Green Building Council this week in a bid to cut emissions by 50 per cent by 2020.

In a speech to the industry body’s annual conference UK Green Building Council chief executive Paul King urged the industry to recognise the role it can play in delivering on UK targets for carbon cuts by 2020 .

Mr King said "Taking on this challenge would create thousands of new jobs, boosting the UK economy and supporting our recovery....It would benefit business and consumers by reducing their energy costs while improving the comfort of our homes and buildings. And it would help the UK government deliver on the commitments it has made and even go beyond those."

Under the Climate Change Act, the government is committed to reducing the nation's CO2 output by 34 per cent by 2020.