carbon emissions

Elevators Play Role in Z6 Tower as First Net-Zero China Tower

Located in the heart of Beijing’s Central Business District, the Z6 tower, designed by Foster + Partners, has become China's first high-rise office building to achieve “Net Zero Carbon Outstanding”...

Hyundai Elevator Announces Net-Zero Goal

Hyundai Elevator pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, in a report it released Monday, The Korea Times reports. The report shows the company's efforts between 2022 and 2023 to...

Paris Bans Towers Taller Than 12 Stories After Tour Triangle Controversy

Following controversy over the 180-m-tall, 42-story Tour Triangle — the first skyscraper to be built in Paris since Tour Montparnasse more than 50 years ago — the city of Paris...

One of the World’s Largest Buildings Planned for Dubai

Privately owned business conglomerate Al Habtoor Group has announced the launch of the Habtoor Tower to be built in Al Habtoor City on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, Construction Week...

Seven-Building Design Providing 1,300 Homes Approved in London

Plans by HTA Design to transform the former Britannia Works factory site in east London have been given the go-ahead by the London borough of Redbridge, Architects’ Journal reports. The...