While ‘Western style’ buildings are making India’s heat waves worse, architects are reviving cooler indigenous ways of building
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The Canadian Climate Institute says if provincial governments continue using gas to heat new buildings, rather than shifting to heat pumps, the transition will cost more
Even though less than one third of older buildings in the U.S. can be profitably converted, architects and developers are quickly learning how find the good candidates
The natural gas industry has been emboldened by a string of victories, but gas bans keep evolving throughout North America
The super-efficient fossil-fuel-free tower has improved insulation, triple-glazed windows and offers parking spots for 200 bikes – and no cars
Political pressure to build more affordable housing shouldn’t become a licence for shortsighted construction that can't withstand climate catastrophes
A report from Pembina Institute says weak regulations and a skilled labour shortage are creating a retrofit bottleneck
A decade ago, the sharing economy was held up as a collective balm to our consumption-driven ethos. Will NYC's defacto ban on Airbnb mark a return to the sharing philosophy that drove it?
On top of racking up big savings, a new report finds that Canadian households could dramatically reduce climate pollution from home heating with heat pumps