Builders welcome offset plan for zero carbon homes

Jessica Shankleman
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Industry welcomes long-awaited government plans on Allowable Solutions for zero carbon homes

Builders could be allowed to buy carbon offsets from third parties to help meet a government target for all homes to be "zero carbon" by 2016. The Department for Communities and Local Government yesterday...

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