Intelligent energy: Construction industry and energy efficiency

European organisations and companies have committed to the general EU’s efforts to create better conditions for a more energy-wise (intelligent!) future in the Union. These efforts include numerous directions, e.g. renewables, energy-efficiency in construction, in industry consumer production, en...

Moscow authorities plan to limit building in capital

Moscow authorities are to discuss restricting the height of new buildings in the city center to a 50-meter maximum as part of new regulations on construction and land use, a RIA Novosti correspondent said on Tuesday.

€11m boost for Dordogne schools

MORE than €11million is to be spent on upgrading schools across the Dordogne, including new buildings and technology. Two separate programmes are driving the changes. The first, from the mairie in...

Up to 70 pct of new buildings don’t have authorization for use

Up to 70 pct of new houses in Estonian bigger cities don’t have authorization for use, which may bring up to EEK 18,000 fine to the owner, ERR News reports.