Steps to zero carbon emissions!

To coincide with HOK’s Emissions:2010 campaign, here is some exciting news about upcoming webinars being offered by the USGBC on Carbon Emissions Reduction strategies.

Register today for the U.S. Green Building Council's new Carbon Reduction Webinar Series and take the first step toward achieving "zero emissions" for your company or your building projects. In partnership with climate change experts from Pew Center on Global Climate Change, World Resources Institute, and CTG Energetics, Inc., and media partner Stamats Commercial Buildings Group, USGBC brings you its newest webinar series.

The Building Sector: Kyoto Is Easy!!

Here is a powerpoint from Busby and Asccociates Architects describing some solutions needed to be able to meet the C02 emmisions targets of Kyoto Protocol. "8% of the worlds C02 emmissions come from the production of cement!" Producing one tonne of cement emits approximately one tonne of CO2.

The Kyoto Protocol is an agreement made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases, or engage in emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of these gases. Kyoto Protocol - Energy policy of the United Kingdom - United Kingdom Climate Change Bill