At the beginning of June, the G8 countries, together with China, India, South Korea and the European Community decided to establish the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation. The Partnership will ‘add value’ to existing structures and agreements that tackle energy efficiency, says the European Commission. Its purpose is to facilitate those actions that yield high energy efficiency gains and improvements.

The work of a Newbury-based architectural practice has won three top 5 Star awards at the CNBC International Property Awards in London. Dr Paul K Hatchwell reports.

A new generation of ambitious projects is aiming for full sustainability and nothing short of a revolution in green design in North America. Dr Paul K Hatchwell reports.

Dynamic Architecture has produced an outlandish concept design for a rotating tower that changes shape, generating large quantities of electricity from both wind and solar power.

SB trawls the 2,500 stands and dips into the seminars at MIPIM to gauge how far the property industry is getting to grips with sustainability

The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) membership has overwhelmingly passed a vote for all LEED certified projects to achieve at least two “Optimize Energy Performance” points within LEED.