‘New homes less water efficient than those built in the 1930s’

Houses built before 1900 have a better boiler efficiency than those made between 1950 and 1982, as well as 1991 to 1995, a new study claims

‘New York’s skyscrapers are sinking the city’

Sea levels in the city have risen by 22cm since 1950, linked to both climate change and sinking buildings

Big Apple turns to carbon capture

New rules in New York will see building managers fined for not reducing emissions

‘Efficiency standards should be in place for all new homes’

That’s the view of the ADE, calling on government to implement new policy

HS2 contractor pledges to use net zero concrete by 2050

SCS has set short-term goals for buying 30% lower emission concrete in 2025, with this rising to 50% five years later

‘Nearly 12m UK homes need energy retrofitting in five years’

A campaigning network of urban local authorities has called for an investment of £10 billion over the next five years to make one million of England’s most deprived homes energy efficient

Tata Steel starts hydrogen blast furnace tests

It projects the pilot will lead to a 10% reduction in the carbon emissions per tonnes of crude steel made at its plant in Jamshedpur

Low carbon housing company bags £20m investment

This will see the firm build a new factory in Corby, which it claims will be able to manufacture 4,000 low carbon homes each year

Construction company switches to low carbon concrete for all sites

Its concrete uses ground granulated blast-furnace slag and pulverised fly ash, which are both industrial by-products that have a much lower carbon footprint

‘Net zero could see retail slapped with £90bn bill’

It will face the bill due to building upgrades from new net zero standards, a report has claimed