Sustainability News in Construction and Infrastructure
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As organisations, people, and governments alike continue to search for new ways to minimise their carbon emissions, the topic of renewable energy has once again climbed b...
Bespoke powder blending solution provider, Cemblend, today announced it has struck a collaboration agreement with OCL Regeneration to develop the application of Hoffmann...
Cenntro Electric Group Ltd., a leading EV and alternative fuel technology company with advanced, market-validated electric commercial vehicles, will unveil the Logimax H8...
Shell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Connect Plus – a consortium that includes Edge Orbital Holdings Ltd, Balfour Beatty and Egis Investment Pa...
The Sydney Build Expo has confirmed that Climate Resilience and Sustainability will both be key themes for next yearβs event set to take place at the ICC Darling Harbour...
With the “Green Gantry”, Kapsch TrafficCom introduced a gantry made from local and renewable resources that paves the way for sustainable road infrastructure...
Thatcham Research is working closely with Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd and a consortium of specialist industry partners to develop a hydrogen version of Toyotaβs i...
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group announced that it has won nine awards at CES 2023 Innovation Awards for its next generation technologies. This achievement recognizes...
How can we remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from fossil-fuel power plant exhaust before it ever reaches the atmosphere? New findings suggest a promising answer li...
Lafarge Canada was proud to announce an in-kind donation of ECOPact low-carbon concrete, with a market value of over $50,000 CAD, to the construction ofΒ Pic Mobert First...
Biotecture has designed and installed a green hoarding for repeat client Mace on the construction hoarding of the new Stonecutter Court development in London. Stonecutter...
Bradfords Building Supplies has taken its first delivery of Tarmac bagged cement loaded on green Pallet LOOP pallets into its Glastonbury branch, kicking off the first en...
In 2019, the UK parliament passed legislation which requires the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and effectively make the country net zero. Net zero...
Argonne collaborates with US laboratories on research to identify promising biofuelsΒ for different engine types. Biofuel is closer to becoming a cost-competitive, climate...
European Union Ambassador Peter Cavendish believes that Africa and the Caribbean can be the green hydrogen producers of the future.Β In addition, Secretary-General of the...
Air quality is a major cause for concern in the UK, especially when it comes to motorways and the surrounding areas. Vehicle emissions cause air pollution, including the...
Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced today at COP27 expanded integrated workflows for embodied carbon calculation in the Bentley iT...
Volvo Construction Equipment has announced its intention to invest SEK 360 million, approximately $32.7million, into its production facility in BraΓ₯s, Sweden between now...
Yanmar has been on its zero-greenhouse gas emissions path for over a decade. The scale of the challenge is huge β and success will be driven by economic considerations mo...
βThe Future in Roadbuilding β Smart. Safe. Sustainable.β This was the motto of the joint appearance by the Wirtgen Group and John Deere at bauma 2022. With 97 exhibits β...
Construction projects are a big part of any society. They can be the reason that your town is growing, or they can be what keeps it thriving.Β Construction projects also...
Loop Energy™, a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells for commercial mobility, joins Rampini Carlo SpA, an Italian bus manufacturer, in unveiling its fi...
While less than 10 percent of plastics are recycled globally, new technologies for chemical recycling are emerging that may rapidly advance progress in the area. For deca...
Station has switched from diesel to electric for its brand-new fleet of JCB materials handling machines. The company – which shreds over 55,000 tonnes of paper per...
Nothing less than the future of the concrete industry β and the worldβs climate β is at stake in a research project trying to devise ways to make low-carbon concrete viab...
A Yale University led study details the severe degradation and deforestation caused by gold mining in tropical forests, as well as the biophysical challenges associated w...
Polyethylene plastics, in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape β are notoriously hard to recycle. Theyβre sturdy and difficult to break down,...
Scientists estimate that more than 95 percent of Earthβs oceans have never been observed, which means we have seen less of our planetβs ocean than we have the far side of...
RUDN agronomists studied the microbial waters and soils in the Arctic and found some of the detected microorganisms are able to βdigestβ oil hydrocarbons that are dangero...
Climate change isΒ compounding risksΒ of food insecurity, displacement, and natural disasters across broad regions of the African continent, with vulnerable populations fac...
WithΒ recent reportsΒ indicating the United States needs 20 times more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations than whatβs available today,Β Paired PowerΒ announced the launc...
In a first for the automotive industry, the models of the NEUE KLASSE due to be launched from 2025 onwards will feature trim parts made of plastic whose raw material cont...
and CRH have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) whereby both businesses will work together to develop and deploy decarbonisation solutions and technologies to acc...
What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? Itβs a question thatβs gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown. The oceanβs deep...
Power management company Eaton will display its Vehicle Group’s innovative portfolio of internal combustion solutions for commercial vehicles Sept. 20-25 at the IAA...
CO2 and methane can be turned into valuable products. But until now the catalysts required for such reactions quickly lose their effectiveness. TU Wien has now developed...
The sun continuously transmits trillions of watts of energy to the Earth. It will be doing so for billions more years. Yet, we have only just begun tapping into that abun...
Solar panels, also known as photovoltaics,Β rely on semiconductor devices, or solar cells, to convert energy from the sun into electricity. To generate electricity, solar...
To reduce natural resource usage and its trucksβ environmental impact, Renault Trucks is taking steps to transitioning its industrial operations to a circular-economy app...
Granite has joined The Road Forward, an initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to achieve net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements by 2050. The...
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