Sustainable design, climate change and the built environment

Source:Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
"Tackling climate change involves creating sustainable places. The construction and use of the built environment currently accounts for around half of national carbon emissions. But there are planning, design and management solutions to climate change, if we use design as a problem-solving process. This briefing paper sets out what CABE will do to address the issues of sustainable design and climate change, and the action we think is urgently needed from the public and private sectors. It is intended for policy makers in central, regional and local government, public sector bodies, and key players in the construction and development industry."