Commercial buildings must unceasingly advance to meet user demands and the growing volume of technology needed to provide state-of-the-art functionality and technological benefits. The commercial ...

The global energy equation is undergoing a seismic shift. Historically, commercial buildings were designed to consume energy passively, with minimal consideration for when, how or why they used power.

Meeting sustainability targets while being cost effective – two focus areas for businesses worldwide. With buildings playing a crucial role in meeting these objectives, open digital platforms will be ...

A team of engineers in Australia has unveiled a game-changing building material that could drastically lower construction costs — and pollution — worldwide. Developed by researchers at RMIT University ...

Housing the world’s rapidly-growing population will require massive urban expansion and lots of concrete and steel, but these materials have a huge carbon footprint. A shift to building cities out of ...

Get ready to start simmering with rage. Gas stoves will soon become toast in New York, under a controversial new handshake deal between Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany lawmakers that would ...

In Re:Shell's version of the fairy tale, Humpty Dumpty would be mixed with clay, wheat bran, and straw and promptly turned into a new wall after falling from one. That's because the South Korea-based ...

NAE Perspectives offer practitioners, scholars, and policy leaders a platform to comment on developments and issues relating to engineering. Naresh Thadhani is Jefferson Science Fellow, Bureau of ...

Construction practices across the world, as well as the types and uses of building materials, have been identified as key factors that impact global warming. Studies have shown that the building ...

In architecture, new materials rarely emerge. For centuries, wood, masonry, and concrete formed the basis for most structures on Earth. In the 1880s, the adoption of the steel frame changed ...

Virginia’s next building code update isn’t until 2027, but state lawmakers are already proactively thinking about ways it could be tweaked to help foster development on vacant or underutilized urban ...

PORTAGE, MI -- Portage Central Elementary School and Haverhill Elementary School don’t look like your typical elementary schools. For one, architects of the new buildings ditched hallways in favor of ...