Trondheim, Norway, a city of 180,000 just 200 miles from the Arctic Circle on the coast of the frigid Norwegian Sea, hardly seems an ideal location for harvesting energy from the sun and surrounding ...

"This project is a work-in-progress on HygroStructures (‘hygro’ from the root Greek word ‘hugros’, meaning ‘wet’), a new class of physical structures that conserve form, material and process.

Explore how sustainable architecture is evolving through innovative materials and smart technologies, shaping ...

Rising demand for housing in most major cities around the world is increasingly at odds with efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, as the literal building blocks—concrete and cement—of the ...

Using green building technology has been hailed as the best option when it comes to saving on the world’s limited resources. In fact, experts have said that the planet would use few of such resources ...

On-site renewable generation, particularly BIPV, is set for a significant boost under Europe’s updated Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Image: Philipp Tur, Shutterstock. Earlier this year a ...

Seeing green In the past seven years, hints of the green-building trend have surfaced here. Within a 30-mile radius of Butte, 37 NorthWestern Energy customers have installed renewable energy systems; ...

Energy-efficient HVAC systems, solar power, smart lighting, and water-saving infrastructure Information technology ...