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Buildings hold the ‘big bang’ key to meeting carbon targets

If Britain is ever going to meet its national carbon-reduction obligations, its commercial, industrial and public buildings need to improve from an average of an E energy rating today to C by 2020 and A by 2050, warns the Carbon Trust.

January 11th 2010, 2:51 am

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Buildings hold the ‘big bang’ key to meeting carbon targets — If Britain is ever going to meet its national carbon-reduction obligations, its commercial, industrial and public buildings need to improve from an average of an E energy rating today to C by 2020 and A by 2050, warns the Carbon Trust.