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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...
Itβs back! The volunteer run βUnconferenceβ Mobility Camp returns for its 5th year. Taking place in Bristol on Thursday 29th September, Mobility Camp is an annual βunconf...
Imagine a fairy-tale bridge, nested in a spectacular rock formation of a nature reserve in Saxony, Germany. This is the site where JΓ€hnig GmbH Felssicherung handles an ex...
Managing and procuring materials in the construction industry is rapidly becoming a concern, due to material shortages and rising costs. For example, letβs talk about asp...
Jacobs is recruiting 600 people to respond to the U.K. and Irelandβs ambitious climate response goals for energy transition and decarbonisation. The new jobs will superch...
A year after receiving environmental certification according to ISO 14001, it is clear that Hamm AG, based in Tirschenreuth, is in a good position in terms of environment...
What could be done with $125 million to reduce the environmental harm being done by off-road equipment? The California Air Resources Board (CARB) aims to find out and has...
National Highways and The Wildlife Trusts have joined forces to launch a new Β£6 million Network for Nature programme that will improve habitats across England, benefittin...
Construction plays a vital role in enabling social and economic progress, but it must accelerate action on decarbonisation to meet the Paris Agreement objectives through...
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water. The suitcase...
Gilbarco Veeder-Root today announces a strategic technology partnership with PDC Machines, to bring best-in-class hydrogen refuelling solutions to market. Their strategic...
Lee Waters MS, the Welsh Governmentβs Deputy Minister for Climate Change, will give a keynote presentation at this yearβs HAUC(UK) Annual Convention on the 18th and 19th...
Innovative noise cameras will provide evidence for police to take action against rowdy motorists, helping communities to enjoy peaceful public and residential spaces. A s...
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., announced today that it has successfully tested a process that converts flue gases emitted by the cement kiln into carbon nanomaterials, thereby tr...
Power management company Eaton has announced its Vehicle Group has certified 88% of its global facilities as βzero-waste-to-landfillβ (ZWTL), having cut the amount of was...
The work, published in the journalΒ Optics Express, uses a sapphire optical fibre β a thread of industrially grown sapphire less than half a millimetre thick β which can w...
The need for negative emissions technologies to address our climate crisis has become increasingly clear. At the rate that our planet is emitting carbon dioxide β adding...
The production of reduced-temperature asphalt, which is also known as low-temperature asphalt, warm asphalt or warm mix, is nothing new β the process was already tested b...
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