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Experts to track carbon dioxide emissions in British homes, businesses
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  • LONDON (AFP) Apr 12, 2005
    A group of British experts on Tuesday launched a program to track the amount of carbon dioxides generated in hundreds of houses and businesses, as part of a government-backed scheme to cut "greenhouse gas" emissions and fulfil international pledges.

    The four-year Carbon Reduction in Buildings (CaRB) initiative aims to create new models of energy use, which will help predict the levels of carbon dioxide generated by homes and industries.

    "It is critical that ways are found to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide from residential and business properties in the UK," said Kevin Lomas, leader of project at De Montfort University.

    De Montfort is part of a consortium of five universities that has teamed up with the government and commercial partners to carry out the 3.1-million-pound (4.5 million euro, 5.9 million dollar) scheme.

    Britain is committed to reducing its carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent of the country's 1990 levels by 2010, rising to 60 percent by 2050.

    "The CaRB project is going to be a fundamental part of helping the UK to create a low-carbon future and slow down climate change," Lomas said.

    The project's survey of hundreds of houses should enable experts to measure the effects of implementing energy efficiency initiatives and renewable energy technologies, he said.

    As a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, Britain has separately pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12.5 percent by 2012.




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