Buildings and Climate Change
Buildings alone are responsible for 38% of all human GHG emissions (20% residential, 18% commercial). It is the industrial sector which contributes the most to Climate Change.
But according to the IPCC, it is also the sector which presents the most cost effective opportunities for GHG reductions.
Read more about this topic: Carbon Neutral Building
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