News China to spend $14 trillion on green power transformation 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…
News Atkins, IATA create carbon-measuring tools for airports 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…
News Esbjerg Port gets €940m to become green powerhouse 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…
News Besix to recycle materials in major Brussels office refurb 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…
News Skanska USA creates construction decarbonisation taskforce 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…
News Europe’s largest e-methanol plant to supply ships with green fuel Danish energy company Ørsted broke ground yesterday on Europe’s largest e-methanol plant in northern Sweden. The “FlagshipOne” project in Örnsköldsvik was originally developed by the Swedish e-fuels company Liquid Wind.…
News Cemex and Ecocem team up to test lower carbon building materials in France Mexican cement company Cemex has partnered with French rival Ecocem to test and implement lower carbon construction products in France. The team will work on the production of lower-carbon cementitious…
News Snøhetta designs urban farm for Hong Kong residential development Two of three “clubhouses” designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta for a large-scale residential development in Hong Kong have been completed. The Tea House and the Farm House have been added…
News Norway’s Blastr aims to build €4bn green steel plant in Finland Norwegian company Blastr Green Steel plans to invest €4bn in a Finnish steel mill with an integrated hydrogen production facility, the Bloomberg news agency reports. Blastr signed a letter of…
News Sustainable buildings enjoy ‘green premium’ of up to 25%, study says Research carried out for economic consultant Deepki has found that the value of sustainably built property can be as much as 25% higher than unsustainably built property. The ESG (environmental,…