EU DEBATES TOUGH NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS STANDARDS
July 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL, ALAN OSBORN and LEE ADENDORFF
IT is hard to argue against the need for energy efficient buildings, especially those that generate more energy than they consume via solar panels, geo-thermal and other alternative power systems. But the best way of regulating developers and their utility partners so that they choose the most energy efficient construction and integrated infrastructure is very much an open question. In Europe, there is no firm consensus, maybe as befits a continent with weather systems and construction materials as varied as those ...
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