Uk Buildings To Meet Carbon Standards Or Be Demolished

Jan. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- According to BIS, the buildings constructed in UK towns and cities during the sixties and seventies may need to be demolished to meet new carbon emission standards. To date, the government has had no strategy to deal with existing commercial properties; it has them for new ones. The targets introduced stipulate that all new commercial buildings must generate zero carbon emissions from 2018.

The British Property Federation has calculated that buildings alone generate almost 50% of all carbon emissions in the UK - 27% from the 26 million residential dwellings and 17% from the 2 million non-domestic buildings.

The BIS wants to eradicate carbon emissions from the building industry. The aim is to help the government hit its targets of cutting UK carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 based on 1990 levels. To achieve this goal, the BIS said that there may be no choice but to pull down many sixties and seventies-era buildings as it could simply prove impossible to refurbish them to a sufficiently high standard.

Energy-saving technology installation to lead refurbishment effort

The BIS said it could be possible to rescue some better-constructed ones by replacing their roofs, for instance. Modern refurbishment measures such as installing plastic windows and wall insulation were not suitable for many historic buildings. However, other measures such as introducing more efficient boilers, voltage optimisation and installing metering are all ways to make reductions and can be paid for using Carbon Trust Loans.

Interest-free Carbon Trust Loans to pay for energy-saving technologies

Carbon Trust Loans are now available interest-free from between £3,000 to £500,000 for companies seeking to lower their carbon emissions. The loans are provided on an unsecured basis and you can borrow a sum flexible to your business needs. Repayments are offered on a 12 to 48 month basis.

Envido has just been approved as a company that can apply on behalf of our clients for the Carbon Trust loans. The money must be borrowed for technologies that directly save carbon and the more carbon that a business saves, the bigger the loan the business can get from the Carbon Trust. Loans must be paid back within 4 years but the payback period on the technology can be longer.

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