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SUMMARY:A future zero carbon built environment? - Professor Philip Jones\,
  Head of School and Director of Architectural Science\, Welsh School of Ar
 chitecture
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CONTACT:Juan José Sarralde
DESCRIPTION:\nAbstract: \nGovernment policy in the UK and abroad is pushin
 g hard the carbon agenda\, with\nbuildings as a main target. The current f
 ocus\, to achieve zero carbon operating performance of\nnew buildings\, ha
 s generated a number of concerns\; what is zero carbon? What about existin
 g\nbuildings? What about embodied energy? Can the construction industry be
  innovative? How\nmuch does it all cost? Who will deliver it? This talk wi
 ll consider the possibility of a future zero\ncarbon built environment.\n\
 nBiography: \nPhil Jones is Professor of Architectural Science and Head of
  School at the Welsh School of\nArchitecture\, Cardiff University. He chai
 rs the Wales Low Carbon Research Institute\, a consortium of six\nWelsh un
 iversities with industry partners\, set up with support from the Welsh Ass
 embly Government to\nhelp it achieve its ambitious targets for reducing ca
 rbon dioxide emissions in Wales. He recently chaired\nthe EU COST Action C
 23\, ‘Low Carbon Urban Built Environments’ which looked at how its 19 
 EU\npartner countries are addressing the low carbon agenda at building and
  urban scale.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\,  Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope
  Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk
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