• The Guardian view on the future of buildings: make do and mend | Editorial

    The Guardian view on the future of buildings: make do and mend | Editorial
    Demolition and construction are hugely carbon-intensive. Developers must change their waysA controversial decision by London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, to allow the demolition of a flagship Marks & Spencer store on London’s Oxford Street is one of the highest-profile instances so far of what is certain to become a wider debate about embodied carbon. This crucial term, which refers to the carbon emissions of a building over its lifetime, urgently needs to be brought into wider circulati

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