{"id":388014,"date":"2025-07-10T10:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=388014"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:50:22","slug":"towns-to-be-blighted-with-empty-office-blocks-under-net-zero-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=388014","title":{"rendered":"Towns to be blighted with empty office blocks under net zero rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Energy efficiency targets threaten to render two thirds of commercial property unusable by 2030.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towns across Britain face being blighted with empty office blocks under proposed net zero energy efficiency rules, experts have warned. The Telegraph<\/a> has the story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly two thirds of offices across the country would fail to meet proposed <\/em>energy performance certificate (EPC) targets<\/em><\/a> by 2030 without significant investment, according to findings by property consultancy Carter Jonas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers warned that without \u201curgent\u201d investment, older and lower-quality offices \u201cface a future of declining value, rising vacancies and operational obsolescence\u201d. The conclusion was based on analysis of 120,000 buildings across the country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towns and cities in England\u2019s regions are the most at risk of being left with unusable buildings because these areas traditionally suffer weaker investment and tenant demand than London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under government proposals devised in 2021, offices and other commercial properties can only be rented out if they have an energy efficiency rating of at least C from 2027 and either A or B from 2030.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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