Podcast: Also hear from Maria Smith on policies to get us to net zero

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Episode 5 of our Building Talks… Net Zero podcast series features an interview with Ben Houchen, Tees Valley mayor, on his ambitions to make the region a hub for the government’s so-called “green industrial revolution”.

Houchen is a strong advocate for hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage technology, and in this episode he criticises recent Whitehall policy that delayed any decision on whether to develop hyrdrogen as a fuel source until 2026.

Ben Houchen at Teesworks

Ben Houchen at Teesworks

We hear why he is so critical of the strategic decision to back heat pumps and why he calls for a “technology agnostic” approach to net zero research and development.

We also hear from Maria Smith, who is director of sustainability and physics at Buro Happold, who was up at COP26 and who was involved in Built Environment Declares’ recent survey of the sector’s attitudes to radical net zero policies.

Cundall的合伙人西蒙·怀亚特(Simon Wyatt)为我们提供了专业术语的常规讲座,这一次他解释了“碳封存”这个术语,即捕捉和储存二氧化碳的过程,这通常与树木生长有关,然后将这些树木变成木材。但如何才能获得最大的效益,碳核算应该如何运作?

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