Over the past few decades, the booming global population, growing cities, and changing climate have brought global attention to the need to build energy-efficient and sustainable buildings. Evidence ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Buildings stand as silent giants in the effort to decarbonize the energy landscape, ...

The country improved its total score in the organization’s recurring ranking by making “significant reductions in energy ...

A pilot project in a two-story office in Madison, Wisconsin, has been testing the concept of how buildings in the future could communicate with utilities to reduce and shift energy use. The ...

In early 2021, as required by law, the New York City Housing Authority checked out the energy efficiency of its buildings and discovered that a significant number of addresses in their deteriorating ...

The necessity of sustainability solutions becomes more obvious every day with the increasing impact of climate change on global weather patterns, especially on colleges. Developing environmentally ...

Builders and designers say the benefits to people justify the cost premium of "green" or "high-performance" buildings. Photos: State-of-the-art skyscraper Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Through free consultations with city staff, the Boston Energy Saver program aims to connect residents to existing city and ...

WindowDressers, a Rockland-based nonprofit, offers low- and no-cost inserts that trap heat indoors and can lower bills during ...

The elimination of daylight-saving time is a frequently -- and heatedly -- discussed topic. Often, only the aspect of electricity consumption due to artificial lighting is considered. In a new study, ...