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28 November 2016 • 1 min read

UK Green Building Council's John Alker discusses the scale of the green building challenge facing the UK

The third in a new series of video interviews sees BusinessGreen sit down with John Alker, campaign and policy director at the UK Green Building Council, to assess the outlook for the built environment...

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