Apple’s newest addition to its Hollyhill campus is a shimmering three-storey structure known as Building Five that sits in stark contrast to the smaller, older red-brick constructions that made up the original site.

Participating in the construction of “the greenest building in the UK” has helped raise the profile of Cygnum, a timber-frame company based in Macroom.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England, is home to one of Europe’s largest concentrations of researchers in the fields of environment, health and plant science.