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New York’s Building Code Council is set to include the All-Electric Buildings Act in its 2025 code update. The Act would ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in new buildings.
The University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine has opened the 94,576-sf, five-floor Education Building II (EDII). Created by the design-build team of CO Architects and Hensel Phelps, the medical school’s new home supports team-based student learning, offers social spaces, and provides departmental offices for faculty and staff.
Researchers at MIT have developed a concrete mixture that can store electrical energy. The researchers say the mixture of water, cement, and carbon black could be used for building foundations and street paving.
To accelerate adoption of heat pump technology in commercial buildings, the U.S. Department of Energy is offering resources and guidance for stakeholders. DOE aims to help commercial building owners and operators reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs by increasing the adoption of existing and emerging heat pump technologies.
The building’s programming will provide more access to the community at large.
Survey of facility management executives shows onsite renewables, energy storage will spike in 2018.
The number of firms involved in AIA’s voluntary pact to slash energy consumption in buildings grew to more than 400 in July.
Carlo Ratti Associati designed the garden with an innovative net-zero energy climate control system.
The project’s net-zero goals led to the development of a new curtain wall system.
Research on piezoelectricity moves closer to practical applications for infrastructure and buildings.
Technology and regulations will be the drivers, says Navigant Research.
Euclid Chemical upgrades to a dependable and efficient system that will meet their needs for years to come.
Bristol Community College wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.
