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'This building is its own power plant': your stories of renewables in the city

From New York to Frankfurt, readers shared their experiences of renewable energy projects in cities around the world

'This building is its own power plant': your stories of renewables in the city
What next for renewables in cities? – the expert view

A complex range of factors is shaping how and why cities adopt renewable energy, from costs to the need for stable power supplies

What next for renewables in cities? – the expert view

Renewable power in cities: send us your photos

Offices, gyms, supermarkets – even your local bus shelter. We want to find out about the renewables projects in your cities

Renewable power in cities: send us your photos
Can prefab homes solve UK's housing crisis?

Modular developments in Manchester and Liverpool are energy efficient and built in quick time, but can they spark national interest?

Can prefab homes solve UK's housing crisis?
Kolkata: the city that eats fish reared on sewage

Farmers rear sewage-fed fish to meet the West Bengal city’s growing food demand in the face of competition for wastewater and real estate

Kolkata: the city that eats fish reared on sewage
Is this Hackney nursery the future for London’s childcare industry?

New Economics Foundation prepares to pilot co-produced nurseries in effort to tackle London’s ‘failing’ childcare model

Is this Hackney nursery the future for London’s childcare industry?

Guardian sustainable business Australian consortium launches world-first digital energy marketplace for rooftop solar

Pilot program will allow homeowners to tap into a network of ‘virtual’ power stations made up of smart grids of rooftop solar and batteries

Australian consortium launches world-first digital energy marketplace for rooftop solar
Guardian sustainable business Only 14% of plastics are recycled – can tech innovation tackle the rest?

A new group of companies is innovating on the problem of plastics recycling by tackling everything from styrofoam to Ziploc bags

Only 14% of plastics are recycled – can tech innovation tackle the rest?
Guardian sustainable business David v Goliath: how self-funded eco documentaries are taking the fight to the masses

The activist film-makers behind Our Power and The Bentley Effect struggled for funding but hope to unite communities

David v Goliath: how self-funded eco documentaries are taking the fight to the masses
Guardian sustainable business Why Uber-style public services are not the answer to the burden of bureaucracy

Tim Dunlop

There is an argument for embracing technologies to improve public services – but only if they are carefully managed

Why Uber-style public services are not the answer to the burden of bureaucracy