Low Carbon Construction Action Plan
On 22 June 2011 the Government Response (PDF, 801 Kb) to the final report of the Low Carbon Construction IGT was published. This response builds on the very successful Strategy for Sustainable Construction and works closely with the grain of other key policy initiatives in which the industry is already closely collaborating with Government, such as the Infrastructure UK cost study and the Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group work on general construction procurement.
While encompassing all of the 65 recommendations, the Government response focuses on the key themes identified by the IGT:
- Demonstrating the benefits and opportunities of low carbon construction through leadership and cooperation across the private and public sectors.
- Creating greater clarity in a complex landscape, enabling the industry to better understand the opportunities that will be available to them in the future.
- Ensuring that we have the right framework of incentives and interventions to enable the market to flourish and the right levels of skills, research and innovation to enable and support growth.
The IGT’s recommendations will be taken forward through a joint Government and industry action plan.
This initial action plan sets industry actions alongside those of Government. The intention is to unify actions planned across Government that have direct relevance to the construction industry and to build a better understanding of what activity this may release from within the industry.
The delivery of the Low Carbon Construction Action Plan will be overseen by the Green Construction Board.
For more information contact: constructionigt@bis.gsi.gov.uk
