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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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