Buildings

Policies pushing for clean transport, buildings, industry and energy in global cities could slash greenhouse gases and air pollution, C40 finds

Developers could be required to deliver 'biodiversity net gain' when building new homes or commercial estates under new government plans

Operator Merlin Entertainments to phase out plastic straws at all its owned attractions worldwide by the end of 2018

ENGIE wants to turn Rugeley Power Station, which closed in 2016, into a sustainable village featuring more than 2,000 renewables-powered smart homes

Volvo and Skanska have been testing a range of prototype equipment, in a bid to create the world's first emissions free quarry in Sweden

Poll of 2,000 construction sector participants across five continents points to growing demand for smart, efficient, green buildings in the coming years

There's money to be made from draughty homes, says Richard Miller of Miller-Klein Associates

Home at the developer's new Kidbrooke Village development features transparent glass canopies which generate solar energy

Technology designed by atmospheric chemists fitted at station to highlight UN Sustainable Development Goals on cities and communities

Energy efficiency could prove a climate saviour according to the IEA, and yet the policy action needed to help realise huge savings is weakening