May 2011 South West Building & Construction 3 NEWS
RICS: Cultural change needed
DESPITE huge strides forward in the energy efficiency design of homes and offices in recent years, the RICS still has concerns - and they are as much about the people who occupy the buildings as the construction of the properties themselves. RICS South
West
spokesperson Debbie Walsh said: ‘The truth is that, when it comes to energy saving, construction techniques have progressed more rapidly than we have as
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individuals. We can build homes that require only tiny energy inputs to stay warm and we can build offices bristling with systems to cut fuel waste but we’ve not yet quite managed to build the universal energy saving human.’
The RICS argues that cultural change is needed alongside technical developments and that there will come a time when being seen to waste energy is unacceptable.
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