News World’s first low-carbon concrete rating system launched 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…
News Hundreds of Dutch power projects at risk over nitrogen confusion Dutch grid operator Liander has warned that 317 of its construction projects are at risk because the government has delayed a decision on how to combat nitrogen pollution, the NL…
News China completes 2,000 ‘quiet communities’ to improve sleep China has completed work on the last of 2,132 “quiet communities” in a bid to tackle noise pollution and reduce the stress of city living, Xinhua reports. The Ministry of…
News ‘Rebuild quickly’: California governor waives rules to speed reconstruction California governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order intended to speed up reconstruction and reduce price gouging once the Californian wildfires are extinguished. The order will suspend aspects of…
News Mumbai builders ordered to erect 35ft-high metal walls around all sites In a bid to improve Mumbai’s dust-choked air, its city council has passed legislation requiring contractors to install 35ft-high metal enclosures around any site larger than an acre, and to…