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| 1. ''Environmental policy - carbon footprint - construction - infrastructure.''
| | A desire to hold money to allow an individual or firm to take advantage of potential investments which offer a higher rate of return. |
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| In the context of buildings and other physical infrastructure, residual carbon is the carbon footprint remaining after all feasible methods for reducing carbon impacts have been reasonably exhausted.
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| A net zero carbon balance can then be achieved by purchasing offsets for the appropriate amount of residual carbon. | |
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| The amount of offsets purchased should be published.
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| (UK Green Building Council.)
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| 2. ''Environmental policy - carbon footprint.''
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| Similar measures in other contexts.
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Carbon footprint]] | | * [[Liquidity preference]] |
| * [[Carbon offsetting]]
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| * [[Corporate social responsibility]]
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| * [[Embodied carbon]]
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| * [[Emissions]]
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| * [[Environmental concerns]]
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| * [[Greenhouse gas]]
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| * [[Infrastructure]]
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| * [[Net zero]]
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| * [[Operational carbon]]
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| * [[Renewables]]
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| * [[Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting]]
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| ==External link==
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| [https://www.ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Net-Zero-Carbon-Buildings-A-framework-definition.pdf Net Zero Carbon buildings - UK Green Building Council]
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Revision as of 14:30, 9 June 2016
A desire to hold money to allow an individual or firm to take advantage of potential investments which offer a higher rate of return.
See also