Sustainability News in Construction and Infrastructure
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a climate-focused construction tech company, released a comprehensive report analysing the state of waste management in the construction industry. This industry-first rep...
In an important milestone for the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme, a five year contract to provide monitoring and evaluation services h...
Cemex announced today that Cemex Ventures, its corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in Carbon Upcycling. Carbon Upcycling’s patente...
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation introduced its AI-enabled, blockchain-based Supplier CO2 Emission Monitoring System (SCEMS) to manage the carbon emissions of it...
waste is a problem. Most plastics can’t be recycled, and many use finite, polluting petrochemicals as the basic ingredients. But that’s changing. In a study published tod...
Recently, XCMG’s XGC11000A crawler crane has successfully completed the hoisting and installation of the world’s first 2.7 MW efficient and compact tandem double-wind tur...
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT, President Kim, Byung-Suk) made a ground-breaking achievement in the field of ecological building t...
As the world hunts for technological solutions to climate change, the UK construction industry has seen the number of environment patents it files fall 56% in ten years,...
New Catalyst could help produce Sustainable Hydrogen from Water A team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has developed a new cataly...
Scrap metal services are an integral part of the construction industry. They allow for the efficient reuse of materials, thus reducing waste and costs associated with new...
Research findings from all around the world show that concrete roads have an important role to play in tackling the challenges of mobility and road infrastructure. From 2...
Leading construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has today published its ambitious journey to net zero. The strategy follows the launch of the business’ susta...
Komatsu Ltd. has developed a new concept medium-sized hydraulic excavator that combines a hydrogen fuel cell and Komatsu-developed key components to achieve carbon neutra...
As consumer trends shift and industries modernize, environmental, sustainability, and governance (ESG) standards no longer strictly apply to public companies trading in t...
Volvo Construction Equipment will showcase its large line-up of zero-emission machines as it joins more than 40 construction industry manufacturers and infrastructure-foc...
With the arrival of the compact automatic wastewater-recycling device, Elematic is underlining the ability of its production technology to make precast concrete elements...
OCL Regeneration has announced the launch of a new recycling centre in Medway’s Hoo peninsula, dedicated to asphalt, concrete, and other road and construction materials....
Gray steel or aluminium gantries for stationary toll systems on highways have been the industry standard for decades. However, the negative impact of steel on the environ...
QM Recycled Energy has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor of German company B2 Square’s Bio Bitumen. This is a completely new method of manufacturing aspha...
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. has announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy awarded US$3.2 million to Solar MEAD, a joint project headed by CEMEX, Sandia National Labora...
Ferrovial, the sustainable infrastructure and mobility company, and RWE, a world-leading renewables player, have agreed on a partnership to analyse the joint development,...
A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air. As carbon dioxide continues to...
Yara Marine has secured the three hundredth vessel contract for FuelOpt, its automated propulsion optimization system. The order strengthens Yara’s presence in the rapidl...
The shift towards net zero emissions is gaining traction as businesses and countries alike become increasingly aware of the need to address climate change. This transitio...
JCB has made a major breakthrough in proving the wider appeal of hydrogen combustion technology by installing one of its super-efficient hydrogen engines into a 7.5 tonne...
Prometheus Materials, a leader in sustainable building materials, has achieved foundational certifications ASTM C129 for nonloadbearing CMUs and ASTM C90 for loadbearing...
The winning bidders who will take their projects forward as part of the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme have been announced by Roads Mi...
Fortescue’s decarbonisation journey has taken a major step forward today, with WAE Technologies completing and delivering to Australia the largest battery of its kind, re...
VivaCity, the transport technology scaleup transforming cities into smarter and more efficient places to live and work, has today announced its partnership with Nottingha...
JCB is set to showcase its super-efficient hydrogen combustion technology on the international stage for the first time ever with a debut in North America. The wraps will...
A new report by Sweco found it possible to reduce costs for raw material by approximately EUR 6 billion per year in Europe through circular use of excavation material. Mo...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the City of Krakow are expanding their long-term cooperation, this time with a public-private partnership (PPP). The financing agre...
Norman Willemsen, Chief Executive Officer of Kebony, a global leader in the production of sustainable wood, today spoke out in support of European Commission’s President...
Anglo Scottish Asset Finance Ltd has been appointed by Newcastle City, and Gateshead Council to deliver the financial assistance scheme to support businesses affected by...
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. and CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s corporate venture capital unit, announced their investment in Waste to Energy Advanced Solutions, a clean energy start-u...
RUDN University environmentalists have proposed a new catalyst for converting methane into hydrogen – an alternative energy carrier. The catalyst itself is a simple...
Lafarge Canada has been consistently advancing in their journey to Net-Zero. The largest provider of sustainable and innovative building solutions in Canada has announced...
An environmentally sustainable building material which could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the construction industry is being developed with the support of...
has joined the Department of Energy (DOE) Better Plants program that works with leading U.S. manufacturers to achieve voluntary energy performance improvement goals. The...
Despite the cost-of-living crisis and the number of other challenges the construction industry is currently faced with, businesses and individuals alike are continuing to...
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