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Parliamentary hot air is measured

Updated on 10 July 2009

Source PA News

A lot of hot air comes out of the Houses of Parliament, scientists have proved.

The building loses more heat than Buckingham Palace, the Reichstag, Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly, costing the taxpayer £7,191 a year in wasted energy, new technology has discovered.

Scientists worked out the loss using infra red image analysis, which provides quantified C02 loss and heat loss through thermal image.

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