Category: Net Zero
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Making brilliant places in a post-carbon world
I have worked in and around the design of buildings for over twenty years. During that time, I have seen how much of the attention has moved to being low carbon. Building Regulations, industry standards and the whole sector discusses it. Most organisations have specifications and strategies to get to net zero and we are…
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The Solar Eclipse
Solar is so much cheaper than every other generation technology and getting cheaper. Is it inevitable and wonderful that the entire world will end up running on solar power connected across the world? We are in the mid stages of a global energy revolution where we are moving to using almost 100% renewable energy. We…
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Climate Change Policies need to understand how Energy Systems Work
There is a lot of stuff going on in the world of energy in buildings and we are slowly moving in the right direction. We have tried every other option, but we are finally acknowledging that we need to electrify heating in almost all buildings. The Building Regulation updates are going to lock that in…