Big glass-clad buildings, must stop their polluting ways, New York City lawmakers say. The laws apply to nearly all large buildings, but they will have an outsized impact on commercial construction because they have the highest emissions.
Those seeking a luxury lifestyle no longer have to compromise on their environmental impact as the world’s most sustainable residential tower is announced. The development is offering free energy for life.
Sou Fujimoto Architects and Manal Rachdi OXO Architects have designed a green glass residential development in Paris.
If this doesn't sound like a dream come true, I don't know what does. The German government is testing a new design for a low-energy home packed with renewable energy generation systems, dubbed the...
We have to build our homes and buildings in a way that we can maintain them in the face of changing conditions, economic and climactic.
No more cost-effective way to make major cuts in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions exists than retrofitting buildings. Now, from New York to Mumbai to Melbourne, a push is on to overhaul older buildings to make them more energy efficient.
If only more existing buildings would go "net zero". The Empire State Building has saved 40% in energy costs with a major retrofit. Now a Frito-Lay facility, a
Photos: Toshihiro Sobajima for Atelier Tekuto Earth building is unusual in Japan, a nation better-known for its high-tech and ultra-modern architecture. That's why this single-storey earth-brick residence in Chiba, Japan by Atelier Tekuto is so striking:
Pythagoras Solar, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, is working on creating solar windows that could generate power for office buildings and
A prototype of an energy-efficient house which can send alerts if its residents are ill has been developed.
The Empire State building, the tallest skyscraper in New York, will be switching over to 100 percent wind energy.
Interpreted as a lotus flower or outreached hand, the museum's roof deftly collects water and light for the museum’s use.
The Hydro House, a concept home by Rael San Fratello Architects relies on the cooling effects of evapotranspiration by using a ponds in and on the home and fins on the house.
Maybe in the future more houses will be one that euronews visited in Aarhus, Denmark. Around 50 people are living in revolutionary homes that use energy in a new way. In terms of costs, it means cutting heating bills from over 200 euros a month to less than 50, even if it is very cold. One tenant, Agnete Dorph-Jensen, explained: “We have solar cells for the lights outside and for the…
