Correspondent Heating and lighting buildings requires a vast amount of energy: 18% of all global energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency. Contributing to the problem is the ...

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 ...

The CU system office and CU Boulder have won a $220,000 award after participating in the inaugural Scalable Tech Track Adopters cohort, an initiative of Wells Fargo’s Innovation Incubator in ...

WICHITA, KS — There’s a 68 year-old home in suburban Wichita that’s a lot younger than it looks. The mid-60s, mostly-brick ranch home began to be an eyesore in the neighborhood. That is, until one of ...

In the global fight against climate change, buildings stand as both a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and a promising solution. Stringent energy efficiency regulations for ...

In the contemporary context, global warming has marked a turning point in the way we think about architecture. We are witnessing record temperatures on our planet and a challenging panorama in many ...

Airtight and super-insulated, a passive house uses around 90% less energy. When the Canadian engineer Harold Orr and his colleagues began designing an ultra-efficient home in Saskatchewan in the late ...

Energy efficiency wall renovation for energy saving. Exterior house wall heat insulation with mineral wool, building under construction. Image via Shutterstock / brizmaker The buildings and ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The Pacific Northwest is setting the standard for energy ...

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 ...