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…

In a bid to match the electricity European customers use to power their phones and computers, Apple says it will add 650MW solar and wind projects in Europe by 2030.…

Microsoft is backing green cement manufacturer Fortera in a bid to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon building materials across its global datacentre operations. The strategic investment, made through the company’s…

Vinci Energies has signed an agreement to buy Romanian electrical infrastructure engineer EnergoBit, which specialises in electrical substations, overhead transmission and distribution lines, and network monitoring and automation. Founded in…

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…

On April 16th, 2025, the Trump administration conducted a targeted attack on offshore wind in the US. The Bureau of Ocean Energy management (BOEM) issued a formal and meticulously worded…

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…

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has unveiled what it calls the world’s first global system for rating the carbon footprint of cement and concrete. It says the scorecard…

Austria’s Strabag has appointed Stefan Kratochwill as its new chief executive with immediate effect following the sudden death of its former chief executive, Klemens Haselsteiner, on 17 January. Haselsteiner, aged…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend Spanish utility Naturgy €1bn to increase renewable power generation by 2.3GW, enough to power over a million homes. Naturgy will use the money…

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, will lend $301m to a developer in Mexico to build “affordable, green housing”. The loan is going to developer and…

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 US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday raised nearly $93m in an auction for two lease areas for wind power sites off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and…

An eight-storey, 45,000-sq-m hospital building has been completed at Canberra Hospital, the first in Australia to run fully on electrical power. Built by Australian developer Multiplex, the Critical Services Building…

Spanish contractor Acciona has leased a latest-generation hydrogen fuel cell generator from a UK company to replace diesel engines on a construction project in Madrid. UK fuel-cell developer AFC Energy…

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…