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Bob/Freddie need a good strong intro here. MAYBE MENTION SOMEWHERE (“SCROLL DOWN TO SEE WHAT IS A ZERO CARBON HOME”) AND WE WILL HAVE THE BOXED OUT WHAT IS A SUPERHOME... TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ??????
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Bob/Freddie suggest we run the main story here??? Break it up with subheadings etc where possible...
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Bob/Freddie, Be good to get brief videos with various people, BOB, DAN, ANDREW KRUPA, STEVE
A Zero Carbon house addresses two issues:
Embodied Carbon (how much carbon is in the materials) and Operational Carbon (carbon produced by power/utilities used throughout the home's life).
Embodied carbon:
A material like concrete for example requires a lot of energy and releases a lot of heat to make, which releases carbon into the atmosphere, causing global warming etc. Timber, however, comes from trees which absorb carbon. So using timber for building helps sequester carbon, not release it.
There's a whole lot of different materials with different levels of carbon. Every material should have an EPD (environmental product declaration) to show this. (Like a box of cereal that has a nutritional label to show how much sugar etc it has). Not every single material we use can not have carbon in it, so we need to make sure that 'non-carbon' materials outweigh the 'carbon materials' to reach zero. Factors such as how much carbon is produced in transporting the materials to site can also come into play etc (although this is very small).
Operational carbon:
This is where Zero Energy comes into play. Relying on solar panels for example means you can power the lights etc without connecting to the grid, and making sure you use low-energy utilities. But we also need to make sure that the materials used in the house are durable and won't require regular replacements. Carpet, for example, may need to be replaced every decade or so, and so gets thrown away to landfill, and replaced by new carpet which contains more carbon. By this point, the house then would be responsible for the carbon in both the old carpet and new carpet.