Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 56675
Received: 27/11/2021
Respondent: Claire Preston
The plan for net zero housing does not pay sufficient attention to embedded carbon emissions. The draft talks of a need to 'demonstrate actions to reduce life-cycle carbon emissions.'. But this requirement is not strong enough. It needs to stipulate how much emissions should be reduced and over what timescale. Also, inadequate attention has been given to restoring old buildings rather than building new. As the attached report shows reusing empty homes could make an initial saving of 35 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per property by removing the need for the energy locked into new build materials and construction
The plan for net zero housing does not pay sufficient attention to embedded carbon emissions. The draft talks of a need to 'demonstrate actions to reduce life-cycle carbon emissions.'. But this requirement is not strong enough. It needs to stipulate how much emissions should be reduced and over what timescale. Also, inadequate attention has been given to restoring old buildings rather than building new. As the attached report shows reusing empty homes could make an initial saving of 35 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per property by removing the need for the energy locked into new build materials and construction