Buildings with the highest U.K. performance ratings are using far more energy than those with the lowest ratings, according to recent data. It’s a disparity that shows the limitations of current green building standards. There’s a secret dogging British buildings with...
GREEN BUILDINGS: It is surprising that the biggest contributor to green-house gas emissions is the construction sector, with a share of 44.6 per cent. An effective initiative for sustainable development is needed by introducing environment-friendly green buildings. The government has...
A new generation of building materials aims to actively pull carbon out of the air Hempcrete : Hemp is making a comeback—again Industrial hemp has been used in construction since Roman times. But in the mid-twentieth century, it got lumped in with...
Dutch architect MVRDV has designed the “Sun Rock” development for Taiwanese utility Taipower. Based in Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, near to Taichung on Taiwan’s western side, Sun Rock will be used to store and maintain sustainable energy equipment. It will...
“Green buildings are perhaps the most important area on the path to carbon neutrality, but they’re also among the most difficult to achieve,” says Miguel Eiras Antunes, Smart Cities & Urban Transformation Global Leader at Deloitte. However, with new funds...
Mr. Neeraj Akhoury, CEO India, Holcim Group and Managing Director & CEO, Ambuja Cements Ltd, presents his perspective on the cement industry’s contribution to a circular economy. “As one of the most widely used building materials, cement contributes an estimated...
The pandemic response highlighted how a chronic lack of safe and affordable housing is one of the biggest drivers of health and wealth disparities in our world.
To reinvent affordable housing, we must focus on innovations that champion...
The article is written by Rusmir Musić, Upstream Operations Officer, IFC, assisted by Autif Sayyed, South Asia Lead, Green Building Program, IFC and Nandita, Education Consultant, Green Building Program, IFC January 4, 2022 Given the global pandemic, sustainability is no longer...
The House of Lords' Built Environment Committee is warning the UK Government that its approach to housebuilding is out of kilter with national commitments on levelling up and the environment, and that key ambitions won't be realised without better...
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has been recertified for its Terminal-2 (T2) as a ‘PLATINUM rated Green Existing Building Project’ for the period from 2021 to 2024 by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The recertification comes...
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