NET ZERO REVAMP BILL TO BE £130BN
Daily Record|August 01, 2024
Government adviser warns green buildings cost is underplayed
DAN VEVERS
NET ZERO REVAMP BILL TO BE £130BN

DECARBONISING Scot-land's homes and offices could cost £130billion, an expert has warned four times higher than a Holyrood estimate.

Stephen Good, boss of construction industry body Built Environment Smarter Transformation, warned the SNP government's forecast of a £33billion bill to green retrofit Scotland's buildings was a major underestimate.

The findings came in a Just Transition Commission report into how to finance a net zero revolution.

This story is from the August 01, 2024 edition of Daily Record.

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