Urgent upgrades

2006-05-05T00:00:00

Michael Squire (Soapbox April 28) is quite right that higher energy conservation standards for new buildings will have little effect in the short term. An annual 1% replacement/growth of stock is far too slow to tackle the looming energy and environmental crisis. What is needed is the urgent upgrading of ...

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