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To: The Government
REINSTATE THE ZERO CARBON HOMES PLAN
We believe that the government should reinstate the plans to make sure that every new home built in the UK is carbon neutral. The plans had the backing of a range of different groups and its viability has already been demonstrated by the number of affordable, carbon neutral homes that have already built.
Why is this important?
In 2006, the then Chancellor Gordon Brown put into place a plan that would ensure that by 2016, every home built in the UK would be carbon neutral. The plan, which had backing from homebuilders, architects and green campaigners alike, was scrapped by the government earlier this year.
The viability of the plan has been demonstrated by architecture firms and homebuilders who have successfully built many carbon neutral homes already in an affordable and practical way.
Scrapping this bill is a huge step backward on the UK’s target to live up to the requirements of the Climate Change Act that state that we, as a nation, must reduce our carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.
Currently, the CO2 emissions from housing account for almost a third of all of the carbon emissions in the UK, and this figure is set to rise to more than 50% by 2050 if we don’t make drastic changes to the way in which we build our new homes.
Homes in Britain are currently, according to an EU study, among the least efficient in Europe when it comes to heating. This means more fossil fuels being used and more greenhouse gases being emitted.
If we could reinstate the zero carbon homes plan, we believe that we could make dramatic changes to this, reducing our carbon emissions by up to a third and getting us well on the way to meeting the target for 2050.
If you agree, then sign this petition and hopefully with enough voices calling for the same change, the government will listen and see sense.
How it will be delivered
This Petition is supported by London Architects http://architectureforlondon.com/
