Sustainability News in Construction and Infrastructure
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As it seeks to create a roadmap to net zero by 2030, leading construction materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, in partnership with clean technology firm Coomtech, ha...
Rolls-Royce has secured Β£3m from the UK Government to build a demonstrator Direct Air Capture (DAC) system, which could play a vital role in keeping global temperature ri...
Global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill partnered with Prometheus Materials, a leader in zero-carbon building materials, to design and produce microalgae-based...
Why make the switch from diesel portable compressors to zero-emission electric air compressors?Β Here are the top 10 reasons why going electric is good for business: 1. Cl...
The Wave is an inland surf destination situated near Bristol, offering year-round consistent waves for people of all ages, background and abilities. Like a scene from a s...
National Highways has been challenged to prioritise high-quality and sustainable design as it delivers the biggest investment in the strategic road network for a generati...
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas,...
Trucking companies aren’t exempt from today’s environmental debate. From governments, targets for net zero and reduced emissions, such as Europeβs Fit for 55,...
Today, Cummins and Komatsu signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of zero-emissions haulage equipment. Building on a legacy of diesel engi...
If your car is nearing the end of its life, then you might be tempted to simply take it to a scrap yard and invest in something new.Β If youβre concerned about minimising...
Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a βplug-and-playβ biobattery that lasts for weeks at a time and can be stacked to improv...
Decarbonising the steel industry will require an increase in high grade iron ore production and improved beneficiation techniques, finds a new report from the Institute f...
138 electric vehicles will soon be able to charge simultaneously at Volvo Construction Equipment’s (VolvoCE) plant in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The installation, which is...
Vaughan Gething MS, the Welsh Minister for Economy, has visited FuelActive, to see first-hand how the companyβs clean fuel delivery system is reducing fuel consumption an...
A ground-breaking flameless combustion system which allows green off-grid electric car charging has been created by an entrant in a multi-million-pound competition funded...
Imagine a truck that only emits water vapor, produces its own electricity onboard and has a range of up to 1 000 km. Itβs possible with fuel cells powered by hydrogen, an...
Once completed, the Suki Kinari Hydropower project will deliver a much-needed 3 gigawatts of renewable power to Pakistanβs electrical capacity. And itβs not just the dam...
Highways engineers are being urged to increase the focus on surface water treatment at the design stage following the recent World Environment Day 2022. This yearβs World...
Low carbon asphalt is set to become a feature of UK roads as Tarmac makes the most significant sustainable improvement to its range of asphalt mixtures since the business...
Today, countries of all over the world strive for even higher efficiency of electricity consumption by adopting advanced mechanisms and standards in construction, install...
Thousands of financial and business professionals are set to showcase the valuable role the finance and investment sector can play in the fight against climate change at...
Airport owners and operators need to plan for the delivery and storage of hydrogen now if they are to be ready to fuel hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2035. This is accordin...
The research was carried out at the University of Birmingham and Royal Holloway, University of London with colleagues at Uppsala University, British Antarctic Survey and...
According to researchers from McGill University, airports are hotspots for airborne pollutants that are detrimental to human health and the climate. Studying air pollutio...
Researchers at the University of Queensland have found a species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale. Scientist...
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energyβs Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have uncovered critical new details about fusion facilities that use lasers to compress...
Energy Dome, a leading provider of utility-scale long-duration energy storage, today announced the successful launch of its first CO2 Battery facility in Sardinia, Italy....
One of the UKβs leading construction firms has bought six new JCB machines including a brand-new Stage V 220X which runs on innovative green HVO fuel. Purchased by Glasgo...
Tarmac, the UKβs leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, has begun a trial of a ground-breaking fuel conditioner as part of its ongoin...
Prometheus Materials, a leader in zero-carbon building materials, today announced that it closed its $8 million Series A financing round. The round was led byΒ Sofinnova P...
STAR Index will be attending Reset Connect on 28 & 29Β June at ExCeL in London as part of London Climate Action week (LCAW). LCAW brings together leading climate profe...
As a market leader inΒ mobile air compressors, Atlas Copcoβs Portable Air division knows exactly what it needs to do to play its part in meeting global climate change obje...
Shell has today launched Shell Bitumen CarbonSink, a new bio-component binder that locks carbon within roads instead of releasing it back into the atmosphere. The binder...
Volvo Construction Equipment will use the return of its iconic Volvo Days to highlight its purpose driven message of industry transformation. Using the theme of its recen...
The number of vehicles on UK roads have been steadily increasing in recent years, with 39.2 million licensed vehicles recorded in 2021 alone. With car emissions a major s...
In the latest step on its path toward carbon neutrality, Volvo Construction EquipmentΒ (Volvo CE) becomes the first manufacturer to deliver a construction machine built us...
A disruptive technology company has today confirmed it has made a major breakthrough in its search to innovate a ground-breaking βclean gasβ energy source that will not o...
The energy crisis has caused a wave of rising prices in economies across the globe. EthosEnergy, helps companies and power plants reduce operating costs and, decrease har...
Supplied by SMT GB, the HVO Volvo EC300E Hybrid excavators support Collins Earthworksβ long-term sustainability plans through 17% greater fuel efficiency and 90% lower ca...
European construction is estimated to generate 400 million tons of waste annually. By using digital models, in combination with circularity, 3,600 tons of carbon emission...
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