Developing energy efficient and zero carbon strategies for eco-towns: eco-towns energy worksheet
Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Explores the principles of developing a zero carbon strategy for an eco-town, which should be exemplar in terms of supplying energy efficiently, promoting renewable energy generation and minimising energy consumption throughout the year, and they should demonstrate how planning can make a significant and positive difference to controlling carbon emissions.
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Power supply/energy
- Environmental planning/land
- Other planning disciplines
- Renewable energy
- Climate change
Publisher History
The Town and Country Planning Association campaigns for the reform of the UK’s planning system to make it more responsive to people’s needs and to promote sustainable development.
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