Too many people are using cars as their primary means of transportation, especially in cities. It’s common knowledge that vehicles pollute the environment, so why are so many urban areas car-centric?
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4 Steps to Achieve Maximum Energy Savings in Your Building
There are few measures that can achieve energy efficiency and also lower the expenses in most kinds of buildings. Let’s dive into this with the top 4 measures that help achieve the maximum energy savings.
How the Green Building Industry Can Meet Fire Safety Challenges
Sustainability and climate change are topics on everyone’s mind. How can the green building industry meet growing fire safety challenges?
2021 Home Sustainability Trends
2021 looks to be a year when more Americans than ever will embrace home sustainability. Here are some of the trends we’ll see this year.
How Does Energy Efficiency in Building Help the Global Climate?
Installing energy-efficient appliances in residential and commercial buildings can lower utility bill costs, increase property values and shrink carbon footprints. Utilizing these appliances in a building can successfully reduce environmental degradation.
How New Design Patterns Can Enable Cities and Their Residents to Change with Climate Change
Conventionally, designing a city is done in 3 ways. However, with the changing climate crisis many countries are facing, how should designers adjust their techniques to fit this new era? Find out how in this article.
What's the Future of Net-Zero Building?
Net-zero building is more necessary than ever. Through the climate crisis and the current public health crisis of the pandemic, focusing on reducing emissions and harmful impacts must become the norm.
Green Buildings Can Bring Fresh Air to Design, but They Can Also Bring Pests
Throughout the world architects are designing green buildings, whether it’s in their sustainable construction, environmentally friendly operation or actually green by style.
Why Green Construction Is Necessary for the Planet
In this article we explore the benefits of green buildings projects and how they fuel a greener future with an industry that people will always need.
How ‘Net-Zero’ and ‘Passive’ Houses Can Cut Carbon Emissions — And Energy Bills
From the street, you wouldn’t be able to tell a net-zero or passive house from any other recently built home. Even from the inside, the only visible clues are thick walls and deep windowsills. Only if you looked at the utilities bill would you know.
Water Quality Considerations for Green Buildings
Here are some crucial things for architects, construction site managers and other professionals to consider, so green buildings have safe, effective plumbing systems.
House Plants Were Our Link with Nature in Lockdown – Now They Could Change How we Relate to the Natural World
They’re not the first generation to keep house plants, but millennials seem to have earned a reputation for gratuitous indoor foliage.
Climate Explained: Are Consumers Willing to Pay More for Climate-Friendly Products?
Shoppers once selected grocery products based simply on price or brand, but now attributes such as “climate-friendly” or “eco-friendly” are part of the consideration.
‘Renewable’ Natural Gas May Sound Green, But it’s Not an Antidote for Climate Change
As someone who studies sustainability, I research how decisions made now might influence the environment and society in the future. I’m particularly interested in how energy systems contribute to climate change.
Why Green Spaces, Walkable Neighborhoods and Life-Enhancing Buildings Can All Help in the Fight Against Dementia
The design of the built environment can have a profound impact on how a person with dementia perceives, experiences and engages with the places and spaces in which they live. Yet much of the design guidance currently available is underpinned by research undertaken in developed countries.
Five Ways Buildings of the Future Will Use Biotech to Become Living Things
Imagining the interior of a living building. Here are five ways buildings of the future will use biotech to become living things.
Eucalyptus for Sustainable Construction
Stakeholders in the construction industry — from engineers to architects to clients — are increasingly concerned about the environmental impact that a building will have. More people want sustainable and cost-effective options.
How We Can Keep Our Planet Cool Even as A/C Use Rises
What are the trends in A/C use worldwide? What are its environmental impacts and what actions must we undertake to improve the situation? In order to answer these questions, we used data provided by Enerdata and a 2018 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
These Communities Are Experimenting With Greener and Fairer Ways of Living
Intentional communities are by no means a new idea, but they have often been cited as the experimental spaces or test beds for the future.
What to Look for When Hiring an Energy Consultant
Finding the right energy consultant is the first step. There are many things to consider, including certifications and level of personalization, before signing any contracts.