Ranald Boydell, Heriot-Watt University
In order for the UK to meet its climate change commitments, all houses, old and new, must be zero-carbon by 2050. Currently, houses account for about 28% of all carbon emissions worldwide, half of which comes from the energy used for heating and air conditioning.
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