Construction has begun on the 17.5-acre “One Beverly Hills”, a mixed-use project with a hotel, two residential towers, retail pavilion, conference centre and botanical gardens, designed by UK-headquartered architect Foster…

Rome has settled on a plan to turn an old military technology factory on Via Guido Reni in the Flaminio district into a forest-themed science museum. Italian architecture firm ADAT…

Dublin-headquartered low-carbon cement maker Ecocem has obtained a European Technical Assessment (ETA) for its cement, which the company says achieves a 70% reduction in CO2 compared with the average European…

The design of a 50,000 sq m terminal for Florence Airport has been unveiled by Rafael Viñoly Architects, complete with a 19-acre rooftop vineyard. Thirty-eight rows of vines will be…

A 255,000 sq m airport terminal designed by Chicago architect SOM has opened at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, increase its capacity by 25 million passengers. Terminal 2 contains a…

The Mitsubishi Corporation will invest $690m in developing the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands, Nikkei Asia reports. The Japanese industrial conglomerate has teamed up with Dutch renewable…

Costain’s Professor Julian Hasinski has been selected to chair Nato’s first ever study into how the group should mitigate and adapt to climate change. The study led by the Nato…

Three big construction sector bodies in Europe yesterday published a manifesto on achieving carbon and resource neutrality, outlining a long-term plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions and use less materials.…

French green-hydrogen specialist Lhyfe has been chosen by the Port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire to build a green hydrogen factory in Montoir-de-Bretagne at the mouth of the Loire River. It’s expected…

Investors have scrapped plans to build a green hydrogen plant in northern Germany because of high construction costs, broadcaster NDR reports. Set to be built in Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, the plant…

Canadian architect Provencher_Roy is toasting the completion of a pair of bridges it designed in Montreal made with concrete 10% comprised of ground, recycled glass. Calling it a world first,…

Standard Bank of South Africa (SBK) says it will launch a $1bn fund to promote the country’s transition to renewable energy. The bank will work on the project with Stanlib,…

Belgium this week granted environmental permits for a North Sea energy island and work will begin in March next year with a view to completion in August 2026. The aim…

China is planning to invest around $13.7 trillion in its electricity sector between 2020 and 2060, reports the Xinhua news agency. Quoting a State Grid Corporation book, Xinhua said the…

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has teamed up with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to create digital tools for airports to estimate the embodied carbon in new…

Pension fund PensionDanmark has agreed to invest €940m in the Danish port of Esbjerg to expand its renewable energy capacity, including €780m to build fabrication works for wind turbines over…

Besix Belgium-Luxembourg has won a contract to comprehensively renovate “The Hive”, a 60,147-sq-m office building in central Brussels owned by BNP Paribas Fortis. The client wants to bring more daylight…

Skanska USA has partnered with the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) to create a taskforce focusing on decarbonisation and carbon reporting, with the aim of creating a standardised guidebook…