This is Year Zero

摘要

The government's call for all homes to be zero carbon by 2016 has sent the industry into green overdrive. In the month since the announcement firms have been forced to ponder just how this will affect their long-term business plans. At a Home Builders Federation (HBF) summit last week, housing minister Yvette Cooper told the industry that she wanted "a revolution" in the way houses were built. This could mean anything from local energy networks in all new developments to the installation of solar panels as standard.