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Zero Carbon House
How do you even begin to define Zero?
Government redefines zero as it abandons green homes commitment
‘Zero-carbon homes’ was a dubious pledge under the last government, but with the coalition the tag loses any semblance of reality
What does zero look like to you? Is it:
a. 0
or
b: 56%?
If the answer is a, you are an ordinary mortal. If the answer is b, you are a government minister, possessed of supernatural mathematical powers.
In July, housing minister Grant Shapps made what seemed to be a crystal clear commitment:
“This government are committed to ensuring that all new homes post-2016 can be zero-carbon.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/nov/26/zero-carbon-homes
Now days everything must be ” politically correct ” Zero is what they say it is, not what it has been in the past.. We re-write history to fit our needs.
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Precedents in Zero-Energy Design: Architecture and Passive Design in the 2007 Solar Decathlon $30.78 âMichael Zaretskyâs Precedents in Zero-Energy Design is such an important book ⦠it will help readers recognize that design comes before technology â and renewable energy systems alone canât solve the problems we faceâ â John D. Quale, Assistant Professor of Architecture and ecoMOD Project Director, University of Virginia The world is currently facing an en… |
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Zero-carbon Homes: A Road Map $42.58 Housing is a major contributor to CO2 emissions in Europe and America today and the construction of new homes offers an opportunity to address this issue. Providing homes that achieve “zero carbon”, “carbon neutral”, “zero-net energy” or “energy-plus” standard is becoming the goal of more innovative house-builders globally, whilst energy providers seek to decarbonise the energy supply to new and e… |
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The Zero-Carbon House $18.94 ‘Zero Carbon’ is an abstract concept for most people, but we have lived energy-profligate lifestyles for too long on finite fossil-fuel resources. We now face potential environmental catastrophe from climate change and global warming, with a continuing exponentially expanding global population that doubles every four decades. The capacity of the planet to reabsorb carbon dioxide is about two to th… |
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