commentWorld Business Council Aims for Climate-Neutral Buildings
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced in March of this year an initiative to take all new buildings off the grid and lessen their carbon footprint by 2050. In a press release for the project, which also includes partners United Technologies Corporation and Lafarge Group, the WBCSD stated that “By 2050 new buildings will consume zero net energy from external power supplies and produce zero net carbon dioxide emissions while being economically viable to construct and operate.”
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The project includes three phases: documenting existing green building successes and setbacks, identifying present and future opportunities, and presenting a unified industry strategy for realizing those opportunities. Each phase will take one year to complete, according to WBCSD.
With roots in the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, the WBSCD is a coalition of 180 international companies drawn from 35 countries and more than 20 industries.
More information is online at www.wbcsd.org.
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