An analysis of the UK government's strategy to control green house emission in the UK housing stock

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION1

1.1 Introduction1

1.2 Aims and objectives of the research2

1.3 Research questions2

1.4 Rationale for conducting the research3

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW4

2.1 Emission of carbon from UK housing sector4

2.2 UK Government's zero carbon emission aspiration4

2.3 Use of energy at the domestic level in the country5

2.4 Regulations for ensuring green buildings in UK6

2.5 Changes in UK building regulations at different times6

2.6 Climate Change Act7

CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY9

3.1 Introduction9

3.2 Overview of Research Approach9

3.3 Research tool to be utilized10

3.3.1 Unstructured in-depth interviews10

3.3.2 Secondary data collection11

3.3.3 Questionnaires11

3.4 Justification of research tools12

REFERENCES13

BIBLIOGRAPHY16

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction

In UK, different buildings and homes account for about 50% of the total consumption of energy and emission of carbon dioxide in the environment (Demerit and Langdon 2004, 325). The manner, in which a building is built, insulated, heated up, aired out, and the kind of fuel that is utilized by the inhabitants' leads up to the total consumption of energy by that particular building and; therefore, emission of carbon from that building.

Figure 1: End-use sector shares of total Consumption, 2007. (Source: Annual Energy Review 2007)

The UK government has been bringing in a number of strategies that have an aim to play a part in improving the efficiency of energy of the different buildings and homes in the country and conform to the targets of reduction in emission of carbon reduction. The different steps that have been taken by the UK include the following:

• Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for homes and ...