RC114 SeptOct 2024 - Magazine - Page 10
BUILDINGS
THE RETROFIT CHALLENGE
The transition to net-zero includes building retrofits
by Mark Douglas Wessel
TELLING OBSERVATION made by the World Economic
Forum is that cities, where over half of the planet9s
population now live, only cover three per cent of
the earth9s land su rface. Yet they account for 70
per cent of all carbon emissions.
And as noted in a UN Environment Program
report, the buildings and construction sector are
