Climate targets require 'one building retrofitted every minute'

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Energy Saving Trust research highlights scale of challenge for UK's built environment

One building will have to be given a green makeover each minute from now until 2050 if the UK is to meet its emissions targets, according to new research illustrating the enormous renovation challenge...

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