The Asia Pacific subsidiary of American-headquartered road construction company Verde Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with building materials producer Highway International to collaborate on a pilot programme…

Low-carbon cement is being used for the structure and foundation of the TM Tower in Benidorm, south eastern Spain, due to become one of Europe’s tallest residential buildings, rising 200m…

Volvo Construction Equipment and Hitachi Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote zero‑emission construction sites with electric machinery, clean power supplies, energy management and system integration. The…

Material manufacturer Paebbl and Dutch builder Heijmans have installed a 7m-long pedestrian bridge in Rosmalen, the Netherlands, which the team describes as the world’s first bridge built with CO₂-neutral concrete.…

A report in the British scientific journal Nature has found that the construction industry’s global carbon footprint has doubled over the past three decades and is on track to double…

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has published a report showing how construction firms can pair their sustainability targets with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) to show…

Spain has approved a €60m grant from EU funds to build a hydrogen-powered steel mill, which the World Economic Forum has described as one of the “five most important industrial…

Volvo Construction Equipment has joined an industry group – termed a “roundtable” – set up to promote emissions-free construction machinery. It was established by two Dutch associations, Emissionfree Network Infrastructure…

We know that the linear way we build now – where materials make a one-way trip from the earth to landfill – is dangerously unsustainable. It assumes too many infinites:…

Researchers from the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering have been given a $1.2m grant to develop environmental product declarations (EPDs) for asphalt made with ground rubber tires. Their goal…

The Biden-Harris administration this week unveiled a series of pledges made by some state and city governments along with cement manufacturers, construction firms, developers and tech companies to use lower-emission…

The Danish Energy Agency has launched tenders worth $4.2bn to build a carbon capture and storage network.   The tenders cover the capture, transportation and geological storage of fossil, biogenic…

Germany will have to spend €120bn if it is to make its public buildings carbon neutral by 2045, according to a report commissioned by the German Energy Agency (DENA). The…

Construction firms looking to cut their operational CO2 emissions shouldn’t wait for widespread plant electrification or the advent of green hydrogen because there are many ways to improve plant productivity…

Skanska Integrated Solutions will oversee design and construction on a $500m, decade-plus-long decarbonisation plan for Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The college, founded in 1769, has committed to reach…

Researchers from the University of Oxford say rebuilding Ukraine’s steel sector as a zero-emissions one would generate $77bn extra gross value added (GVA) over 20 years compared to restoring the…

Like many people, I’ve been concerned about the climate crisis for a long time. But also like many people, I could compartmentalise. Sometimes it’s top of my mind, other times…

In Saudi Arabia, construction has begun on the first overseas plant for Hoffmann Green Cement, a French start-up selling lower-carbon cement. Founded in 2014 and with €6m in revenues last…