UK takes bronze in green building league
The UK has climbed to third in a global league table of green buildings, according to a major new report from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) that highlights Norway and Brazil as the two countries that have made the greatest progress towards developing a zero-carbon built environment.
The 2009 RICS Global Zero Carbon Capacity Index draws on data from the International Energy Agency to analyse the energy efficiency of households, offices and domestic transport, as well as investments in renewable energy and the development of effective policies for promoting low-carbon buildings.
The report concludes that the UK has climbed one place in the index to third, primarily as a result of policy improvements such as government targets for zero-carbon homes and introduction of the new Code for Sustainable Homes.
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