The Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, launched as a pilot last autumn, has serious flaws and will unintentionally encourage ...

Buildings, as the fundamental units of cities, account for over 30% of global energy consumption and carbon emissions. They also significantly influence ...

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UKNZCBS) is set to launch by the end of the year, with over 200 projects now ...

A project by the Hong Kong Construction Industry Council, CIC-ZCP was built to showcase the latest zero carbon building technology available in Hong Kong as well as give Hong Kong's residents a ...

A person, company or country is carbon neutral if they balance the carbon dioxide they release into the atmosphere through their everyday activities with the amount they absorb or remove from the ...

Elsewhere, a number of the biggest companies within the UK’s built environment sector, including JLL, Landsec and Wilmott Dixon, have jointly formed a new task group aimed at creating an industry-led ...

It's entirely unclear how we'll get down to net-zero embodied carbon. Embodied carbon amounts to about half a new building's ...

In a new study, IIASA researchers explore the concept of "net-zero carbon debt"—a measure for assessing who bears greater responsibility for minimizing the climate overshoot. Research shows that ...