What Colour is your Building?

In conclusion

This book has attempted to do two things: to put the whole carbon footprint of office buildings into perspective, and to identify practical opportunities to reduce energy consumption and CO₂e emissions. The carbon footprint, which can also be a reasonable proxy for energy resource consumption, comprises the CO₂e emissions due to operating, embodied and transport energy.

Energy consumption is not visible in most office buildings or board rooms. Until government and the property sector acknowledge that actual performance is more important than good intentions (design ratings), make energy data publically available, and then invest ...