Greens Claim Borough Set To Miss Zero Carbon Target
Say council has failed to account for construction related emissions
One of the many construction sites currently in Brentford
The Green Party in Hounslow is saying that the council is set to miss its target of zero carbon emissions by 2030 due to the amount of building activity in the borough.
The council has ambitious new housing start targets including for the provision of affordable homes due to the growing problem with homelessness but it has failed to take into account the carbon cost of its massive building program, according to Stephen Clark, Green Party candidate for Brentford West in the 2022 council elections.
He said, “We fully support the council’s desire to solve the housing problem, but each home built in concrete and steel produces carbon emissions approximately double what would be emitted by building timber-framed low-rise housing”.
He points out the houses to be built on Orchard Road, Brentford to high environmental standards and asks why all new builds can’t adopt these ‘PassivHaus’ standards?
According to the Green Party’s planning expert in Hounslow, Tony Firkins, “Cement, the main component of concrete emits about 8% of CO2 emissions worldwide, according to Chatham House,” plus, he adds, “there’s the steel! That’s another 5% of global CO2! So we have to be very aware of their use in construction of buildings in the borough – as well as the emissions from the buildings in use due to their space heating and hot water”.
The Greens believe that the council has neglected to take any of this into account in its Climate Action Plan?
The council has been approached for comment.
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July 30, 2021
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