Is the TEK Building System sustainable over the lifetime of the property?
It is widely recognised that there are four main global sustainability issues: global warming, non-renewable resource depletion, toxic pollution and ozone depletion, and that these global issues far outweigh any local sustainability issues in their need for immediate attention and potential impact from inaction.
Recent studies have shown that the first three issues are essentially one. The extraction and consumption (burning) of fossil fuels is by far the most significant contributor to global warming, non-renewable resource depletion and toxic pollution.
60% of fossil fuels are used to heat buildings in the UK, half of this in housing. Therefore as far as housing is concerned sustainability comes down to two main issues: reduce fossil fuel use and specify zero ODP products.
By far the most economical method of reducing fossil fuel use is to reduce space heating demand. The investment for renewable energy sources only becomes convincing once space heating demand is minimi
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