Elemental » KPMG http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental Communicating sustainable solutions for the built environment Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:02:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Links for November 23rd from 16:41 to 17:01 http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2009/11/27/links-for-november-23rd-from-1641-to-1651/ http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2009/11/27/links-for-november-23rd-from-1641-to-1651/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2009/11/27/links-for-november-23rd-from-1641-to-1651/ These are my links for November 23rd from 16:41 to 17:01:

  • All new buildings to be ‘near-zero-energy’ by 2020 – Too little, too late for existing buildings?: "MEPs were less successful in their attempts to force governments to upgrade the efficiency of existing buildings. Governments agreed to "develop policies and take measures such as targets" to transform existing buildings into near-zero-energy buildings when they are refurbished.
    The council rejected a proposal to immediately scrap a 1,000 square metre threshold above which existing buildings undergoing major refurbishment must meet minimum national efficiency standards. Parliament sources told ENDS the deadline for scrapping the threshold had been delayed until June 2013, if not later."
  • Footprint » RIBA joins with other institutes to mount a ‘Call for Action’ in Copenhagen – RIBA's five guiding principles directly aimed at the architecture profession:

    1. Support emissions reduction targets to achieve per capita emissions of less than 2 tonnes CO2 by 2050.
    2. Support requiring the majority of all new buildings in developed countries to be designed to be carbon neutral in energy use by 2020.
    3. Help to establish an international mechanism for the building sector to offset emissions from the use of energy in the built environment particularly from existing stock.
    4. Design to reduce the emissions generated by existing buildings in developed countries by 30 per cent by 2020.
    5. Assist the transfer of knowledge and technologies to developing economies.

  • KPMG: Global construction optimism is misplaced – Building – Doom: "One of the report’s authors, Fiona McDermott, UK head of building and construction at KPMG, said: “The optimism appears to be down to the strength of order books; work in the pipeline has either increased or stayed the same. But many firms are working through order books built up before the recession. So I wonder if the full effect has yet to hit them and the worst may be yet to come.” "
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