zero carbon

Very often in the entertainment industry the question will be asked, what are you doing to make (insert movie, concerts, etc. name) green? The response is usually recycling, carbon offsets, biofuels, renewable energy, and the list goes on. WWF has taken a different approach to this question when making their recent commercial. Lets watch…

"Dale Vince, founder of UK-based green energy company Ecotricity, was pretty opinionated when we interviewed him last year, and his promise of a revolutionary new domestic wind turbine certainly cought our attention.

Masdar City, the world first zero-carbon city, will look strikingly different from today's urban hubs. There will be no sky scrapers or cars. Instead, the city will consist of low-rises lined with solar panels to take advantage of the near-constant sunshine. It's 50,000 residents will move around the 2.4 square miles of the city a series of transport pods which function much like horizontal elevators.

The government says the regulation is designed to "help kick start the market for zero-carbon homes, encourage microgeneration technologies, and raise public awareness of the benefits of living in zero-carbon homes".

Home buyers can save up to £15,000, but the building industry warns that not many are likely to benefit soon.