This can be largely underestimated for most timber products.. We must also acknowledge that sustainable foresting cannot produce enough timber to respond to global construction needs.
http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesReusing buildings and achieving Net Zero.The UK government has committed to reducing carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, and to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
This means that all industries, including construction – estimated to produce around 40% of total UK carbon emissions – will need to make a big effort to reduce their environmental impact.Due to the many benefits offered by adaptive reuse architecture, the practice should be embraced as part of the industry’s shift towards more sustainable design.. Over the last few years, the construction industry has focused on the improvement of Building Regulations (including planned changes in Part-L in 2022 and 2025) and the adoption of more ambitious standards and carbon targets for new construction, following initiatives from LETI, RIBA and UKGBC.The impact of existing buildings, however, has been left unattended.
New initiatives, however, are highlighting the importance of adaptive reuse, which focuses on the refurbishment.of existing buildings (retrofitting) in order to help the UK meet its carbon targets.. To give a sense of the scale of the importance of adaptive reuse: according to LETI’s analysis, 80% of residential buildings that will exist in 2050 have already been built; and most of the buildings currently under construction will need to be partially or totally retrofitted before 2050.. A substantial proportion of the carbon emissions from existing buildings can be reduced by adopting simple retrofit measures, which could potentially be subsidised by the government.
These would include: adding thermal insulation, upgrading windows or exchanging gas boilers for electric heaters and air source heat pumps..
There are multiple benefits to promoting a national-scale retrofit of existing buildings.‘The radiology is very close by.
Physiotherapy’s really close by.So it’s easy to get hold of people.’.
Of the building’s general layout, Kirsty Cobden comments that usefully, ‘Everything goes round in a circle.There are no dead ends, so you don’t have to go back on yourself.