International

US president Barack Obama has announced that two solar energy companies will receive a total of almost $2bn in loan guarantees

Markets in five major countries for solar thermal declined last year thanks to the recession, says a study

Atkins has been appointed to implement Bahrain’s sustainable National Planning and Development Strategy

A student engineering project that brings renewable energy to rural Rwanda has won the IEEE Presidents’ Change the World competition

US President Barack Obama has pledged to establish a more sustainable energy policy in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office on 15 June

Designing a new station for the British Antarctic Survey has thrown up methods and techniques now being applied in UK buildings

The UNFCCC says that progress has been made during the Bonn climate change talks this month, and is optimistic about the UN climate change conference in Cancún

Construction has begun in Kolkata, India, on the winning design of the 2006 Living Steel World Architecture Competition

Around two thirds of Americans support signing an international treaty to cut US CO₂ emissions by 90% by 2050=

Architects Woods Bagot and engineers Buro Happold have unveiled a new model for large-scale sustainable and “zero carbon” construction called the ZERO-E

Guatemala’s plans for a national power grid that harnesses hydroelectricity and solar power have been boosted with an $11m grant from Japan

The first development in China to be registered for assessment under BREEAM is a 500,000m² office, retail and hotel building in Wuhan

Italy is to become the first European country to implement the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system