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PropTech Innovation Challenge 2025
Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe is seeking ‘groundbreaking’ solutions to combat housing affordability and accelerate built environment decarbonisation [Deadline: 30 June 2025]
Tag: Sustainability
IF_DO gets go-ahead for hemp-based home in the New Forest
IF_DO has been granted planning permission for a ‘pioneering’ hemp-based single-storey house in the New Forest
Finalists in Glasgow canalside regeneration contest revealed
Three finalist teams have been named in a competition to regenerate a 2.1ha canalside site at Applecross Wharf and Baird’s Brae in north Glasgow
C40 Students Reinventing Cities 2025
An open international student competition is seeking low-carbon urban concepts to boost urban liveability on 11 sites around the world [Deadline: 20 March 2025]
Fewer than half of construction projects hitting sustainability goals
Under half of construction projects are hitting their sustainability goals, new research has revealed
Atelier Ten founding director Patrick Bellew to step down
Environmental engineer Atelier Ten’s founding director Patrick Bellew is stepping down after 34 years
Brighton commercial solar photovoltaics
Brighton and Hove City Council is recruiting a design team for a new commercial-scale, ground-mounted solar photovoltaics system [Deadline: 15 November 2024]
Manchester’s sustainability is a particular concern, says global city study
A study by Arup has urged Manchester to focus far more on sustainability issues or risk losing its global competitive edge
Holcim Foundation Awards 2025
The Holcim Foundation is now accepting entries to its annual awards programme featuring a $1 million prize fund [11 February 2025]
Could giant battery-storing skyscrapers be coming to the UK?
As intrigue grows around the first prototypes for battery-storing skyscrapers, Anna Highfield speaks to SOM engineer Bill Baker about how these buildings could ‘accelerate carbon payback’ and whether they have a future in the UK