Riba says scheme targeting efficiency and heating of older 20th-century housing could cut emissions by 4%
From Kingstanding in Birmingham to Becontree in Essex, architects are calling for England’s draughty interwar suburbs to be wrapped in insulation in a national drive to slash carbon emissions.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has calculated that insulation, double- or triple-glazing and gas boiler replacement in 3.3m interwar homes which sprawl around England’s towns and cities, could cut the country’s carbon emissions by 4% – helping it towards the net zero target by 2050.
