Apartment buildings are hard to decarbonize, but some companies are finding ways to make rental housing more green
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Ancient Egyptians and Puebloans knew how to harness the wind, rain and sun. Five heat-busting lessons for today’s architects.
OPINION | From Vienna’s “unitary housing market” to Holland’s unlimited lease model, Europe offer insights on how to improve housing affordability and support the co-op economy
A new report unpacks why North American elevators are much more costly than their European counterparts and why that price divergence has huge implications for built form
The local council has repealed a prohibition on ‘natural’ gas to heat new buildings, a move environmentalists say will hobble the city's climate goals
The long-awaited federal plan, which includes $800 million for retrofits in low-income households, doesn't mention 'natural' gas
While ‘Western style’ buildings are making India’s heat waves worse, architects are reviving cooler indigenous ways of building
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