Green retrofitting 'must have government support'

Office design news from Morgan Lovell

Published on 11-01-2010

The government needs to get behind any plans to carry out green retrofitting of domestic and non-domestic properties across the UK, it has been claimed.

Thomas Lingard, deputy director of Green Alliance, said measures to reduce the environmental impact of office interior and residential space should be fully supported if the government has any hopes of meeting its carbon reduction targets over the coming years.

He commented: "What we really need is a hard commitment from [the] government to bring in policies which will make these kinds of retrofits more attractive."

According to the Guardian, many of Britain's firms are partnering with top academic institutions to develop projects that will overhaul household energy, water, transport and waste provision to drastically cut carbon emissions.

The publication noted HSBC, French energy firm EDF, Thames Water, Marks & Spencer and waste management firm Biffa have all signed up to the scheme which is being organised by Arup's global planning chief Peter Head.

Posted by Ian Johnson.