Retail buildings can be carbon-free by 2020

Retail Bulletin: A new report by the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) revealed that it is possible to reduce carbon emissions from energy use down to zero in the majority of new non-domestic buildings, but that companies will have to pay above their baseline costs to do so. The report emphasizes that to achieve zero-emissions, onsite, near-site and offsite renewable solutions must be employed and this means that costs could mount. However, these vary widely depending on the situation, with preliminary models suggesting that the premium could range from 30 per-cent or more down to as low as five or ten percent over current baseline costs.

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