For decades, the way people built and occupied homes changed very little. Traditional construction methods dominated the ...

Consistent Engineering Consultants is a Business Reporter client. The construction industry is responsible for 39 per cent of global CO 2 emissions. How can it transform itself and contribute to a ...

The 2030 deadline for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is fast approaching. We need fresh, bold ideas if we are to attain sustainable development for all. It is clear ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015, recognizes not only that peace and security are prerequisites for achieving ...

Minimizing environmental impacts makes good financial sense, write HELD Architecture's Kristina Held and Future of Neighborhood Development's Trent Michels. As urban populations grow and environmental ...

This article is authored by Henry Skupniewicz, head, Godrej Design Lab, Godrej Enterprises Group.

URB has unveiled plans to develop Africa's most sustainable city, a development that can host 150,000 residents. Known as The Parks, the city plans to produce 100% of its energy, water & food on-site ...

The president, creative visionary and business mastermind behind MODUS Development, Ed Gorman created a unique solution to eco-friendly urban living by combining his aptitude for technology and design ...

When striving for long-term sustainability, designers have latitude as to how complex a system they wish to design. Build sustainability into every aspect of the control panel’s life—design, ...

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...