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The @IPCC_CH #WG3 report buildings chapter is punchy. Calls for downsizing taxes because growth in residential floorspace per head is the biggest driver of CO2 in buildings 1990-2019 (56%). @UKGBC @ArchitectsCAN
Report rubbishes the idea that hydrogen will heat buildings - cost 'much higher' than cost of heat from heat pumps.
And focuses on reducing #UpFrontCarbon by building less floorspace, more efficiently, and replacing steel, brick and concrete with timber (and using less fossil fuel to make materials). And concludes there are sufficient forests and fields in Europe to provide timber & insulation
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