February 20, 2008—The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has urged the industry to improve the measurement and sharing of data on sustainability performance if it is to meet challenging environmental targets.
Paul King, the organization’s chief executive, said there is too little consistent measurement of industry performance to drive forward the sustainability agenda.
“People just aren’t measuring how they are performing,” he said. “We can’t begin to benchmark without realistic statistics.”
But King said it’s not just the construction industry that has to up its game, adding that there has been a period of inertia on progress towards zero-carbon homes by 2016 within the government.
