Delivering on the Climate Emergency: Towards a Net Zero Carbon Built Environment

This book focuses on the transition towards net-zero carbon built environments to deliver on the climate emergency. It provides an evidence-based roadmap and proposes guidelines to achieving targets covering emerging technologies, materials, innovative design, regulations and policies.

“This book provides much needed insights into the scale and nature of the challenges we all face in reducing the impact of built environments on our shared climate. It plots safer pathways forward for reducing operational and embodied energy in construction and refurbishment, starting with reducing the need for heating and cooling energy in the first place. All we need now is for politicians and society to understand the urgency of understanding and following its advice. It should be mandatory reading for all designers, planners and developers in Australia.” (Sue Roaf, Emeritus Professor of Architectural Engineering at Heriot Watt University, Scotland, UK)

“The Net Zero Carbon Guide is a remarkably complete and lucid survey of issues related to the Australian commercial and residential building stock, especially aspects related to embodied energy and emissions. Students or specialists who need to augment their knowledge (or be reminded about things they have forgotten) will findthe book especially valuable.” (Nils Larsson, FRAIC, Executive Director, iiSBE, Canada)