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- Healthy urban living built on Blue Zones science
News: Designed to help residents live longer and happier, new Blue Zones housing in Utrecht to be healthiest neighbourhood in the Netherlands. - Electric construction battles flood risk in ArnhemNews: Fully electric construction helps city of Arnhem fight flood risk on banks of the Rhine, with zero-emissions dyke reinforcement.
- Future of construction is clear: DEI or D-I-EOpinion: As certain big brands drop Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Jim McClelland explains why the doubters are wrong: DEI is here to stay.
- Landmark wooden building on Helsinki waterfrontNews: Landmark new wooden building design on Helsinki waterfront will be home to forest industry brand and most sustainable hotel in Finland.
- Carbon-negative aggregate on road to net zeroNews: Carbon-negative aggregate tested for use in asphalt resurfacing on strategic road network in England, to shrink footprint of highways.
- Innovation call for crowd management in citiesNews: Indian city of Varanasi invites innovators around the world to pitch crowd management solutions for ancient spiritual centre of Kashi.
- Planning for sustainable wood-first placemakingNews: In a win for sustainable placemaking, planning permission has been granted for the biggest timber-structure neighbourhood in the UK.
- Solar-thermal innovation for iconic London hotelNews: Famous London hotel partners with pioneering solar-thermal manufacturer to invest in cutting-edge heat decarbonisation technology.
- New US protocol created for low-carbon cement
News: For construction, the development of a new US protocol for low-carbon cement marks a key step down the road towards decarbonisation. - Is Net Zero the first casualty in fight for votes?Opinion: As an electioneering UK Prime Minister guns down green policy, Jim McClelland asks: Will Net Zero survive this ballot-box battle?
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