Facilities Management Association

Ever tighter constraints on energy efficiency arising from a rapidly evolving policy environment are initiating radical changes in the way that buildings are designed, built and operated. In the UK in 2010 the Carbon Reduction Commitment will introduce mandatory cap and trade legislation to all large private and public sector organisations and from 2016 all new residential buildings must be net zero energy. Current revisions to the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive will include the requirement for all new buildings to be net zero energy from the end of 2018: this is especially problematic for buildings in high density metropolitan environments. Locally, the Greater London Authority has recently upgraded its requirements for all new builds to generate 20% of their energy needs from on-building and onsite renewable sources.

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