{"id":34360,"date":"2022-09-21T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34360"},"modified":"2022-09-20T17:13:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:13:05","slug":"climate-conscious-architects-want-europe-to-build-less-time-on-ms-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34360","title":{"rendered":"Climate-Conscious Architects Want Europe To Build Less: Time on M&S demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"An unusual conservation battle is brewing on Oxford Street, London\u2019s busy shopping avenue as Marks and Spencer wants to knock down its flagship store\u00a0 while group of architects and local activists are mobilised to save the store\u2026 because of the climate.<\/h3>\n

image:Gary Rogers \/ Marks and Spencer. Commons Wikimedia https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f0\/Marks_and_Spencer_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1466040.jpg<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026\u2018embodied carbon\u2019 from the construction industry makes up a staggering 11% of global carbon emissions\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Time<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

\u2026To build a new building, you need materials like steel and concrete, the production of which releases vast amounts of carbon dioxide. And you also need lots of fossil-fueled energy to transport and assemble them. Critics say M&S\u2014as the retailer is affectionately known in the U.K.\u2014is about to throw away a perfectly good set of buildings (three make up the site, built in the 1930s, \u201860s and \u201880s), which could be refurbished instead. Unnecessary demolitions and re-builds, they argue, aren\u2019t compatible with the U.K.\u2019s target to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions by 78% by 2035, and reach net-zero by 2050.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t continue to develop in a 20th century fashion,\u2019 says Simon Sturgis, an architect and environmental consultant. \u2018Buildings are resources that we need to value: whether it\u2019s a nice art deco structure or a pretty grim 1970s block, is not the point.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an unprecedented move, in April, the U.K.\u2019s housing minister ordered a halt to M&S\u2019 demolition while the government considers evidence over their redevelopment\u2019s carbon footprint\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u2026 in the last few years, as the urgency of cutting emissions has grown, attention has shifted to all the carbon emitted during construction, before a tenant even gets the keys to a building: this so-called \u201cembodied carbon\u201d from the construction industry makes up a staggering 11% of global carbon emissions according to the World Green Building Council (WGBC), a nonprofit.<\/p>\n

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