Ministry of Defence: Buildings

(asked on 25th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 15 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what target his Department has set for all defence buildings to be built to a net zero emissions standard.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 2nd November 2021

Following the recent publication of the Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach and Strategy for Defence Infrastructure, Defence is considering how best to move forward with Defence building standards to meet the lowest practical level of carbon emission.

As an important first step, we have already introduced new standards for Service Family Accommodation, Single Living Accommodation and Offices, that reflect forthcoming changes to Building Regulations based upon interim targets for carbon emissions. Defence will continue to work towards our ambition to achieve net zero emissions buildings pending further research on what measures would be most effective and appropriate to deliver net zero building standards.

Reticulating Splines