Columnist Rudi Klein writes in about our Green Construction Board feature

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I refer to Vern Pitt鈥檚 excellent article on the Green Construction Board (鈥淚t鈥檚 not easy being green鈥�, 20 June, page 22).

I was astounded to read that the board had dropped (as one of its actions) a project to determine whether 鈥渋t is possible to deliver, using collaborative working principles, a sustainable retrofit of a school that achieves a 70% reduction in carbon emissions for the same capital cost as refurbishment to 微密圈 Regulations standards鈥�.

If this was the only thing the board had done (and in doing so, had managed to achieve the 70% reduction) that would have made a real difference. The consensus in the industry is that procurement innovation embracing collaborative working from the outset - with supply chain expertise fully engaged - will help reduce carbon and improve energy efficiency.

I urge the board to link up with the on-going work on one of the government鈥檚 model procurement options using integrated project insurance.

Professor Rudi Klein, via email

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