Target Zero: Steel Construction Industry Target Zero Carbon Buildings

The BCSA and Corus have commissioned sustainability specialists Faber Maunsell / AECOM to deliver the "Target Zero" project assisted by cost consultant Cyril Sweett.

The five building types will be investigated in sequence with comprehensive guidance on each appearing at roughly three-month intervals from summer 2009.

The first reports will focus on the busy education sector, where the information is eagerly awaited.

"The schools study has already identified potential annual energy savings of £165 million nationally, equivalent to £22 per pupil," said Richard Barrett, BCSA President.

"The steel sector has a long history of providing the guidance designers need to make the best use of steel.

The latest information they require relates to sustainability and the reduction of carbon in buildings.

Target Zero is a focussed practical study to deliver that information."