Zero Carbon definition

Zero Carbon means that all industrial sources of CO2 have been converted to run on zero carbon emitting energy sources and that no more carbon emissions are being added to the atmosphere from any additional source to the natural carbon balance of the planet that existed before industrialization.

Zero Carbon means [TBC]

Zero Carbon means no internal combustion engines, no gas heating, no flying etc. This was the reason why STAP believed 2030 was completely unattainable.

Examples of Zero Carbon in a sentence

• Reason – in order to ensure that the development complies with the 'Low and Zero Carbon Buildings’ Supplementary Guidance.

• Details of how waste is to be managed should be provided as part of the sustainability statement required through Policy 3 Low and Zero Carbon Buildings.

• No development within any particular phase or block shall take place unless a matters specified in conditions application comprising a scheme detailing compliance with the Council's 'Low and Zero Carbon Buildings' supplementary guidance for the buildings within that particular phase or block has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.

• The details shall accord with the advice set out in "Biodiversity for Low and Zero Carbon Buildings: A Technical Guide for New Build” (Published by RIBA, March 2010) or similar advice from the RSPB and the Bat Conservation Trust.

• In both these cases, all funds appear to be spent on domestic fuel poverty and retrofitting projects.Our interview with the officer from London Borough of Merton, author of The Implementation of London’s Zero Carbon Target and carbon pricing mechanisms49, revealed the importance of having council staff with the right skills and capacity to get their carbon offset regime up and running.

• The Bishop of Norwich (The Rt Revd Graham Usher) replied on behalf of the Chair of the House of Bishops: Diocesan Boards of Finance and Education have a vital role in achieving Net Zero Carbon, both with assets under their direct management (such as clergy housing, offices and transport) and also supporting their churches and schools.

• The target in the Routemap to Net Zero Carbon for 2026 is for 40% of all churches to be registered, and 30% to have gained an award.

• Why are we doing this?The Interim Climate Change Committee is the precursor to the proposed Climate Change Commission, expected to be established in late 2019 under the Zero Carbon Bill1.

• Certify through PHIUS+ Source Zero, PHI Plus, PHI Premium, International Living Future Institute’s Zero Energy Petal, Zero Carbon Petal, or Living Building Challenge.

• And I am sure members can be more imaginative than the soggy fishfingers we used to get on Fridays for school dinners! I propose that this proposal might be best promulgated through the Environmental Working Group which I chair, rather than the House of Bishops as such, since the EWG has good links to dioceses through the network of Diocesan Environmental Officers and can locate the proposal within the wider context of our multi-faceted strategy for reaching Net Zero Carbon.

More Definitions of Zero Carbon

Zero Carbon means that no carbon dioxide emissions are being produced from a product/service e.g. zero-carbon electricity could be provided by a 100% renewable energy supplier.