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# Sustainable construction
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18359/
- Published: 2005-06-08T09:06:47.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:33:35.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

What would it take to move towards low or even zero carbon construction? Steve Piltz outlines the four Rs on openDemocracy:

\* re-use (brownfield sites)

\* recycle (construction materialss)

\* renewable energy

\* replenish (biodiversity)

Steve Piltz is writing about the UK, but the lessons are more widely applicable.

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