Stuart Patience, senior associate specialising in Solar PV at Hollis explains how the industry can overcome the barriers to solar energy adoption in the UK
In the UK, buildings account for around 23 percent of all carbon emissions, with 30 percent of those coming from commercial buildings.
As we are all aware by now, buildings are a major contributor to climate change. In the UK, they account for around 23 per cent of all carbon emissions, with 30 per cent of those emissions coming from commercial buildings – both in terms of new build construction and the energy demand from existing buildings.
We’re perhaps less aware of just how much energy the sun generates. I was shocked to discover that in a single hour, the amount of sun power that strikes the earth is more than the entire world consumes in a year. And in a single year, it exceeds all known energy reserves of oil,…
Overcoming the barriers to rooftop solar energy
