{"id":3739,"date":"2020-06-02T15:03:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurebuild.nl\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2020-09-24T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:22:24","slug":"putting-the-climate-emergency-front-and-centre-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurebuild.nl\/en\/putting-the-climate-emergency-front-and-centre-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Insider Newsletter &#8211; Guest Editor,  Duncan Baker Brown\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3739\" class=\"elementor elementor-3739\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7831c390 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7831c390\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a4aebad\" data-id=\"3a4aebad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c4fa250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4c4fa250\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd68f65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd68f65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/71\/2020\/06\/Duncan-resized.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3740\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/71\/2020\/06\/Duncan-resized.jpg 560w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/71\/2020\/06\/Duncan-resized-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f8ba63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f8ba63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Industry Insider Newsletter - Guest Editor, <br>Duncan Baker Brown<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ffa4ecc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ffa4ecc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These are utterly incredible times for everybody. Governments all over Planet Earth are responding to the Coronavirus pandemic like no other human-made event in history. Wouldn\u2019t it be wonderful to think that this ability to pass legislation, to mobilise people and resources for good, could lead to a similar effort to tackle the climate emergency and the construction industry\u2019s part in it?<\/p><p>We are primed to do the right thing. Over 75% of UK citizens live in UK regions where the local authority has declared a climate and ecological emergency. Politicians have then committed to being Net-Zero Carbon by 2030 or 2035, without really knowing exactly how to get there! However some people have a bit of a clue. The UK Green Building Council, the RIBA, and the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI), pretty much agree on the much-reduced \u2018embodied\u2019 and \u2018In-use\u2019 energy benchmarks that will take the construction industry on a very steep decent towards Net-Zero Carbon by 2050. This is significant as our industry accounts for about 45% of annual carbon emissions, 50% of raw material consumption and 60% of the UK\u2019s waste. If we can change the way we design, build, inhabit, maintain and de-construct our built environment we will make a huge difference.<\/p><p>Keep well and safe.<\/p><p><strong>Duncan Baker-Brown<\/strong>,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 19px\">Senior Lecturer University of Brighton and Co-Founder, BBM Sustainable Design<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 19px\">Date: 16 April 2020<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry Insider Newsletter &#8211; Guest Editor, Duncan Baker Brown These are utterly incredible times for everybody. Governments all over Planet Earth are responding to the Coronavirus pandemic like no other human-made event in history. 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