To date, most of Australia’s grid-scale batteries use chemistries such as lithium-ion. But as our grid shifts to renewables, ...

Across Canada, the demand for rental housing is intensifying. The unprecedented demand for rentals is a result of several ...

Meanwhile, the city retains its lead in terms of vertical urbanism on account of its large number of tall buildings and its ...

Companies behind these “mass timber” projects say that wood is a lower-carbon alternative to steel or concrete and brings other benefits, such as faster construction time and lower cost than concrete ...

The presence of smoking in a building can significantly diminish the air quality of other units, even those occupied by non-smokers. A new study has found that blanket bans on smoking achieve a major ...

The consortium expanding the Panama Canal is making fresh claims for cost overruns totalling $US737 million ($A797.40 million), officials say. Canal administrator ...

2014 was a groundbreaking year for vertical greenery. The award-winning One Central Park building in Sydney unveiled its 116-metre vertical garden and expansive green public space, while over in Milan ...

Overseas companies who refuse to cooperate with local investigations into alleged dumping of steel and other products into the Australian market are set to face higher duties and have interim measures ...

A new model for simulating the amount of pollution generated by heavy traffic is helping urban planners in the UK to reduce emissions levels. A new study from the UK estimates that sluggish traffic ...

A man has been crushed to death by two granite slabs weighing about 600kg at a worksite on Brisbane's bayside. The slabs fell on the 61-year-old as they were being loaded onto the back of a truck at ...

This is the first part of a three-part series explaining the technicalities of toxicity. The issue was touched on in last months article, Product Transparency-Risk and Hazard, which talked about the ...