An Empty Homes Foundation report
(Taken from the ‘Key Findings’)
This study compared the CO2 given off in building new homes and creating new homes through refurbishing old properties. The key findings are: Reusing empty homes could make an initial saving of 35 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per property by removing the need for the energy locked into new build materials and construction. Over a 50-year period, this means there almost no difference in the average emissions of new compared with refurbished housing. Download report from planningresource.co.uk
