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Zurich Soft Robotics says Solskin can reduce building energy consumption by up to 80% while producing up to 40% more electricity than comparable faƧade systems.
Driven by new laws, regulations, tariffs, ESG goals, and thought leaders in the industry itself, healthcare institutions are embracing decarbonization to meet 2050 goals for emissions reductions.
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.
The River Grove Elementary School in Oregon was designed for net-zero carbon and resiliency to seismic events, storms, and wildfire. The roughly 82,000-sf school in a Portland suburb will feature a microgridāa small-scale power grid that operates independently from the areaās electric grid.Ā
WSP has released a scenario-planning online game to help organizations achieve sustainable development goals while expanding awareness about climate change.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energyās Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a system that uses a camera to detect air leakage from buildings in real time.
With rising climate dilemmas, breakthroughs in technology, and aging infrastructure, the needs of our cities cannot be solved with a single silver bullet. This Point2 report compared the country's top cities over a variety of metrics.
Gas and construction industry groups recently moved to dismiss a lawsuit they had filed to block new Washington state building codes that require heat pumps in new residential and commercial construction. The lawsuit contended that the codes harm the industry groupsā business, interfere with consumer energy choice, and donāt comply with federal law.Ā
Solar provided a record-high 7.3% of U.S. electrical generation in May, ādriven in large part by growth in āestimatedā small-scale (e.g., rooftop) solar PV whose output increased by 25.6% and accounted for nearly a third (31.9%) of total solar production,ā according to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Ā
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced plans to use $975 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding for energy efficiency and clean energy upgrades to federal buildings across the country. The investment will impact about 40 million sf, or about 20% of GSAās federal buildings portfolio.
The City of Cambridge, Mass., recently mandated that all non-residential buildingsāincluding existing structuresālarger than 100,000 sf meet a net-zero emissions requirement by 2035.
Ithaca has turned heads with the start of its latest venture: Fully decarbonize and electrify the city by 2030.
HALL Arts Residences,Ā 28-story luxury residential high-rise in the Dallas Arts District, recently became the first high-rise multifamily tower in Texas to receive WELL Gold Certification, a designation issued by the International WELL Building Institute. The HKS-designed condominium tower was designed with numerous wellness details.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will invest $30 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase the sustainability of federal buildings by testing novel technologies. The vehicle for that effort, the Green Proving Ground (GPG) program, will invest in American-made technologies to help increase federal electric vehicle supply equipment, protect air quality, reduce climate pollution, and enhance building performance.
