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existing buildings. As we report on page 7,
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must apologise in advance. The USA Special street by street”, as he puts it. It would be easy to
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Editorial Panel
services in the States are gearing up for the achieve this dream of a nation of near-zero
Laurence Aston, Director of Mechanical
Engineering, Morgan Professional Services
major cash injection that is promised by the carbon homes.
David Clark, Partner,
Max Fordham Consulting Engineers
new administration in the White House, and For both government and the industry, this
Patrick Conaghan, Partner, Hoare Lea the industry there can means a joint strategy on
Consulting Engineers
look forward to a public-
Kate Fletcher, Associate, Arup
The UK
what realistically can be
David Hughes, Building Services Consultant,
sector bonanza. done, with the technology
MTT Consulting
In Britain we also have should and public funding
Philip King, Director, Hilson Moran
the prospect of major
Chani Leahong, Senior Associate, follow the
available, to radically
Fulcrum Consulting investments in public increase home energy
Stephen Lisk, President Elect,
infrastructure, with
Americans’ lead by
efficiency. The industry
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Professor John Swaffield, CIBSE President
schools and hospitals set to
talking up
needs to be pressing for
Ged Tyrrell, Managing Director, be the main beneficiaries.
Tyrrell Systems its prospects
government action to
While some of these help provide a range of
Ant Wilson, Director, Faber Maunsell |
AECOM
programmes are said to technologies – such as solar
Morwenna Wilson, Graduate Engineer, Arup
be snarled up in problems surrounding the or photovoltaic panels and heat pumps – and to
Terry Wyatt, Consultant to Hoare Lea
Consulting Engineers
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) – in particular, make them mandatory for public buildings.
the squeeze that the credit crunch has placed on Americans might say this is a no-brainer for
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