Links - Environment
Environment and Energy Related Sites
Buildings have been linked to environmental damage due to the materials and energy they consume in construction and use. The sites listed here aim to give you more information on the environmental impact of buildings and methods of reducing that impact.
One key environmental impact is global warming arising from carbon dioxide emissions. Sites relating to this feature prominently
The
Carbon Trust
Website of the organisation set up to promote low carbon technologies.
Enhanced
Capital Allowance (ECA)
With the aim to discourage the use of carbon
based fuels the ECA scheme aims to encourage the use of low carbon technologies
by giving tax relief when energy efficient equipment is purchased.
Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI)
The government department responsible
for renewable energy and energy policy.
Energy
Saving Trust (EST)
This organisation was set up by the government
in conjunction with industry with the aim of lowering UK carbon dioxide emissions.
One example of its work is the offering of grants and subsidies towards the cost
of energy efficient equipment in domestic buildings.
Energy
Efficiency
Site detailing governments energy efficiency best practice
programme.
Radon
Department of environment, food and rural affairs web site giving information
on radon concentrations in the UK
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