Climate-Change Ready Buildings The impacts of climate change can pose significant challenges to existing built infrastructure. Many of our nation’s infrastructure elements—including buildings of all types, as well as components of our energy, transportation, water, and sanitation systems—were not bu...
Renewable Energy Systems Renewable energy derived from natural resources is less harmful to the environment than fossil fuels and serves as an alternative to traditional energy sources. Renewable energy in buildings refers to the integration of sustainable energy sources, such as solar, wind, geothe...
Prefabricated Modular Building As every professional in the building industry knows, construction can be a costly and endlessly time-consuming endeavor. Delays are almost more frequent than on-time construction, and can be induced by extensive bureaucratic requirements, weather and other unexpected ...
Net - Zero Energy Building Amid growing concerns about rising energy prices, energy independence, and the impact of climate change, statistics show buildings to be the primary energy consumer in the U.S. This fact underscores the importance of targeting building energy use as a key to decreasing the...
Sustainable Construction Do you know? Unsustainable construction methods are a major contributor to this problem because they consume a lot of energy and emit enormous amounts of waste. Therefore, shifting to sustainable construction methods is an excellent way to minimize greenhouse gas emissions f...