In partnership with Georgetown University’s Global Cities Initiative, IWBI and over a dozen supporting organizations—including AAFA, AIHA, ASHRAE, BOMA, Global Green, Green Building Initiative, Green ...

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 ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Big changes are being dreamed up at Western Michigan University’s campus -- including a new multicultural center and student health center. A slew of buildings may be torn down and ...

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.

According to TechXplore, researchers from Drexel University may have come up with an innovative new way to make heating and cooling buildings more energy efficient by taking inspiration from the ears ...

The fine line between art and craft, creativity and functionality, personal expression and societal or industrial demands is one that architecture navigates with great care. This duality is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It might seem like a dicey time for building decarbonization in the U.S., where edifices and the energy they consume account for ...

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 ...

This blog post was authored by Domenic Koyama, Senior Preconstruction Director, McCarthy Building Companies; and Fernando Sanchez, Director of Design Integration, McCarthy Building Companies.