Creating a sustainable future through property
Louisa LeRoux, Net Carbon Zero Programme Manager for the GPA, looks at maximising energy efficiencies and reducing carbon emissions across property portfolios.
The Government Property Agency maximises the use of sustainable, clean technologies and low and zero carbon energy across the Government's office and warehouse portfolio wherever possible.
The property industry has a huge role to play in reducing carbon emissions and maximising energy efficiencies as the world tackles climate change.
The Government has updated plans to achieve Net Zero by 2050 with the UK setting the world’s most ambitious climate change target. In June 2021, the new target was published in law that would reduce Scope 1 emissions by 78 percent which means that the UK will be more than three quarters of the way to Net Zero by 2035. As the delivery body for the Government’s office and warehouse portfolio strategies, we have committed to reaching the same target for Government buildings - the ones that we manage - by 2032, three years ahead of the Government’s target.