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How Lendlease Plans to Reduce, Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The property developer and builder aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2025 and absolute zero by 2040. Here’s what its head of sustainability says other firms can do to reach aggressive targets

Diana Kightlinger
July 29, 2022

Amsterdam Moves to Mandate Wood Building. Here’s Why.

Innovation
Emily Beyda

Inspired by the environmental advantages of wood construction, the European city recently passed groundbreaking legislation mandating that all new buildings constructed after 2025 consist of at least 20% wood or other biobased material

Can Construction Solve Its Concrete Conundrum?

Innovation, Projects
Diana Kightlinger

Concrete is the most common material used in construction, but manufacturing its primary binder—Portland cement—causes greenhouse gas emissions, putting pressure on the industry to find a more environmentally sustainable solution

Is Concrete Seawall Construction the Answer to Coastal Threats?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

Rising tidal activity, in part driven by climate change, increasingly threatens coastal communities. Officials are assessing shore defenses around the country, including considering seawalls. But are such structures the answer, or are there more effective alternatives?

Construction Equipment Undergoes a Power Shift

Innovation
Diana Kightlinger

The evolution from diesel to electric offers advantages that include lower fuel consumption and emissions—and improved ownership cost and health

What Can Engineers Do To Strive Toward Net-Zero Engineering?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

Engineers have a crucial role to play in making the built environment greener, particularly when it comes to delivering infrastructure that impacts the world around us. In an interview with Bluebeam, expert Tim Chapman of Arup and the Institution of Civil Engineers spells out what needs to be done.

What Is Embodied Carbon in Construction and How Can It Be Reduced?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

The construction industry needs to address not only the operational carbon of a building – what it emits throughout its use – but the embodied carbon in buildings, which is linked to the materials used to deliver it, along with the construction activity itself.

This Architect Designs Stunning Treehouses. Here’s How He Does It.

Innovation, Projects
Emily Beyda

Forget the rickety backyard treehouses—these tree-based structures are lavishly designed and come packed with stunning structural and design features (from 2021)