climate change

To communicate the myriad climate benefits of digital twins, CDBB and Esri UK teamed up to create a ‘fictional city’ for COP26.

AECOM has been selected to manage construction of the first purpose-built offshore wind marshalling and manufacturing facility in the US.

Engineers began drilling 40 boreholes at Gloucestershire College’s Cheltenham campus in order to harness natural heat from the earth.

Anglian Water, BT & UK Power Networks have announced a collaboration with the National Digital Twin programme to develop a Climate Resilience Demonstrator.

Policy actions and solutions to help the UK to reach its 2050 net zero target have been outlined in a new paper by leading UK scientists.

Farming seaweed and growing algae from the by-products of whisky manufacturing are among 24 projects that have been awarded a share of £4m in government funding to boost biomass production.

Stephen Hemmings, head of environment and sustainability at drywall construction materials manufacturer Siniat explains how the sector can advance the circular economy by choosing deconstruction over demolition.

“This report should be a massive wake-up call for governments across the globe,” says Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of the UKGBC.

London’s ‘super sewer’ the Thames Tideway has become one of the first major infrastructure projects to report on how it will withstand the impacts of climate change.

Laing O’Rourke has launched global sustainability targets which include a commitment to decarbonise its operations by 2030 and to achieve equal numbers of men and women among its 5,500 staff.