Advice Toolkit Launched for Green Building

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A new green building toolkit has recently been developed by the Better Buildings Partnership. Designed to help offices make their buildings greener, the toolkit will be offered to companies throughout London.

The toolkit has been launched to help measure carbon dioxide output from construction as well as how much energy is used.

Reports state that over a third of the total carbon emissions in London come from office buildings.

The mayor or London, Boris Johnson, has stated that this toolkit will also help to reduce energy bills for those that use it.

Project delivery director of the London Development Agency, Martin Powell, says that knowing how they use energy will put companies in a better position to cut down on their carbon emissions.

It will help them to see how measures such as double glazing could allow them to turn down heating and save hundreds of pounds a year. It will also help to highlight the benefits of newer green technologies such as renewable energy.

Powell added that “The Better Buildings Partnership’s new toolkit will help them do that and will help move the commercial property sector toward an agreed set of standards and measurements.”