Carbon nanotubes are large molecules of pure carbon that are long and thin and shaped like tubes, about 1-3 nanometers (1 nm = 1 billionth of a meter) in diameter, and hundreds to thousands of ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

The Zero Carbon Hub has published its report on the zero carbon homes consultation. The industry-led body held a series of interactive workshops earlier this year offering industry representatives the ...

The recently revised definition of ‘zero carbon’ for new homes announced within the Budget’s Plan for Growth came as a shock to all of us who have been supporting the drive towards zero carbon ...

Revisions to the government’s definition of zero carbon homes will result in increasing demands for low carbon electricity, it has emerged. The committee that monitors the government’s progress in ...

While the government’s new definition of zero carbon has been largely criticised I would argue that we have ended up with a logical and pragmatic solution for UK housing in the current financial ...

What is a net-zero carbon target? A “net-zero” target refers to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by a selected date, but differs from zero carbon, which requires no carbon to be emitted as the key ...

Emma Hines, senior manager of sustainable construction at Lafarge Tarmac, argues that the absence of a zero-carbon standard for non-domestic buildings has resulted in uncertainty, due to a lack of ...