1、EC BIDTall Buildings:Rising to the Net Zero Challenge A pathway to a sustainable future with reference to London and New YorkJune 2023Tall Buildings:rising to the net zero challenge23Tall Buildings:rising to the net zero challengeContents EC BIDForewords 4City of London Corporation 4EC BID 5Executiv

2、e summary 6Introduction 9What do we mean by tall buildings?10Why do we build tall?14How do we build tall?16Comparison:City of London and Lower Manhattan tall building clusters 19London and New York 20History of the tall building clusters 24Cluster today 30Maximising the contribution of Tall Building

3、s 43Identifying the challenge 44Reducing construction carbon emissions 46Decarbonising built assets 48Carbon emissions through the life of a building 50Responsibly offsetting 52An Introduction to Resilience 55Key Opportunities 59Opportunity 1-Increasing retrofit feasibility 60Opportunity 2-Take a ne

4、w approach to new tall buildings 64Opportunity 3-Creating a resilient city by maximising collective influence 68Next Steps 75Next Steps 76Appendices 79About EC BID 80About Arup 81Glossary of terms 82Acknowledgements 83References 84Tall Buildings:rising to the net zero challenge45ForewordsCity of Lon

5、don CorporationForewordThe tower cluster in the City of London and the one in Lower Manhattan are internationally recognised centres of commerce,innovation,and economic growth.Despite occupying relatively small land masses,both areas punch well above their weight.The Eastern City tower cluster is ho

6、me to over 80,000 jobs with economic output in excess of 11 billion per annum.While there is rightly much talk about the economic strength of the Square Mile,and these awe-inspiring vertical communities we have created,we must also face up to the impact they have on the environment.For those of us i