What technologies are engineering firms and building mechanical teams utilizing to achieve net-zero energy performance? A recent panel of engineering leaders met to answer this question and more ...

Net zero energy (NZE) was once the holy grail of sustainable building design—enticing, but often out of reach. That has all since changed. Giant leaps in net zero design such as improved materials, a ...

Buildings are comparable to transportation in the amount of carbon added to the atmosphere, and the two categories far outweigh any other in terms of emissions. On Tuesday, the Avon Town Council took ...

Basalt Town Council on Tuesday discussed the need for a more uniform net-zero energy building code across the Roaring Fork and Eagle River valleys, with the hopes of achieving net-zero construction by ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to advance public and private sector efforts to decarbonize the buildings sector. The definition is ...

There’s lots of talk about zero energy as the next big milestone in green building. Realistically, how close are we to this ambitious goal? At this point, the strategies required to get to zero energy ...

As cities push to cut carbon emissions, buildings are under growing pressure to use less energy while still keeping people comfortable. In zero-energy building design, this balance is especially hard ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Renovation of 22-year-old Keppel Bay tower preserved 40,000 tonnes of embodied carbon The 18-storey commercial building ...

In the context of global decarbonization, reducing energy consumption in the building sector is an urgent issue. We have developed a next-generation building energy evaluation model that combines rule ...

As Maryland moves toward eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, home builders have begun pursuing a stringent federal energy efficiency designation that requires ...

ATLANTA — ASHRAE, a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment, announced a move to its new global headquarters, located at 180 Technology ...

If there’s one thing we should learn from the recent IPCC report it’s this: The clock is ticking for the planet, and we’re rapidly running out of time to prevent a climate catastrophe. In fact, if we ...