Coalition Government Needs to Commit to a Zero Carbon Future

Right now experts agree that the coalition government needs to commit to a Zero Carbon future for the well being of the UK. The construction industry has made huge progress on green buildings, but a wave of uncertainty is sweeping through the sector. In fact, just last week David Cameron said that this is going to be the greenest government ever.

However, energy used in homes around the UK and office buildings account for 43 percent of the UK’s carbon emissions. People are often surprised that this figure is so high, and that is because a lot of the current focus is on how munch energy is generated, rather than how the energy is used. Thus, experts are still interested to see how this Conservative and Liberal Democrat government is proposing to tackle this carbon hungry country.

Back in 2006, the previous government introduced the most progressive environmental policy of the new Labour years, according to some experts. It said that from 2016 every single new home built must be responsible for zero carbon emissions from the energy used in its operation. There has been confusion over the definition of this, but the overall principle is pretty clear. The government wanted people to build super energy efficient homes, then provide all the remaining energy needs from renewable energy.

Although some people are very quick to bash the new government’s energy plans, others are quick to back them. These experts point out that the new government has only been in office for a short time and people are already pointing figures at their policies. The Labour government was in charge for many years, and people are still staring at many of the same problems today. New routes have to be taken in order for peoples’ goals to be reached.