An interdisciplinary team at Graz University of Technology is revolutionising the design of sustainable buildings. The advantages and disadvantages of different construction measures are visualized in ...

Operators must push through challenges when retrofitting existing buildings to reap the benefits of high-efficiency heating and cooling systems.

Eat less meat, fly less, don’t use plastic: The changes we need to make to lower global emissions can often be tough sells. But one effective strategy is a win-win. Retrofitting buildings to be more ...

Buildings stand as silent giants in the effort to decarbonize the energy landscape, consuming vast amounts of energy. According to the International Energy Agency, "buildings account for about ...

With 2023 on track to be one of the hottest years on record, countries like Singapore are trying their best to keep temperatures down — or, at the very least, keep them from rising. Singapore has been ...

Buildings have a critical role to play in limiting global warming. A third of the total emissions from the energy system come from the buildings, and emissions from this sector have grown at an ...

The building sector is responsible for about 31% of global CO2 emissions, with 82% stemming from energy use during building operation and the remaining 18% from embodied emissions. At the European ...

Discussion about more sustainable schools often begins and ends with one statement: It’s too expensive. The realities of funding school construction make it difficult for districts to weigh the short- ...

Climate change is already affecting the U.S. and its economy. The majority of U.S. states have begun implementing major greenhouse gas mitigation-related measures. For example, the New York State ...

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The recently completed New Education and Research Building (NERB) is the new center of UMass Chan Medical School’s campus in Worcester, Mass. The $350 million NERB is the most energy-efficient ...