Environment

Net-zero housing will require changes to the concrete industry, not just in manufacturing standards but also changes in purchasing habits The concrete industry is one of many looking at new manufacturing methods to reduce its carbon footprint – and net-zero...

• Alleges use of state apparatus to dispossess him of property • Complainant refused to appear in court, says attorney-general The Group Managing Director of Master’s Reality International Concept, Mr. Olaide Adebowale Omotola, has petitioned Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu,...

 The World Bank report is another wake-up call A disturbing report released last week included more  Nigerian cities among the ‘20 Ranked Fastest Growing Cities Worldwide’. Seventeen of these 20 fastest growing cities are in Africa and Nigeria has four of them,...

Avant Homes has acquired a 17-acre parcel of land to build a £60m development of 192 new homes. This will be the first phase of homes of a regeneration scheme near Leeds called Skelton Gate. Joint venture Templegate Developments, between Evans...

A West Sussex council is taking its case to stop 475 homes being built on "vital green" land to the High Court. Plans for the development in Goring-by-Sea were approved on appeal by a planning inspector after being rejected by...

What to expect when you’re expecting the Fed’s rate hikes to hit housing, stocks and other ‘sure’ things Inflation has turned out to be not-so-transitory, and the Federal Reserve has its knives out. Well, its hammer, anyway. Raising interest rates —...

The Kaduna State Government says it will allocate another land to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, at Kangimi village following disagreement over alleged encroachment by the ABU College of Agriculture and Animal Science in the Mando area of the...

Going by the rising cost of building materials, many real estate developers have embarked on upward review of prices of housing units in their stock. According to findings by the Nigerian Tribune, most  of the developers have jacked up  their...

Africa plans to build a 8,000-km-long green wall to fight against climate change running for decades across the Sahel region. Called “Great Green Wall”, the green wall will spans the Sahel region from Senegal in the West, to Djibouti in...

Ben Griffiths, SHE and operations director, Rye Group, looks at the ways construction and demolition companies are keeping their operations environmentally friendly, despite the perception that they can do little to be green In the eyes of the public, the relationship between demolition...