How can we make buildings more resilient before – and after – earthquakes? We put one solution to the test

A full-scale earthquake test suggests a new generation of low-carbon timber-based buildings could remain usable after major ...
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EHDD announces launch of C.Scale, a new building decarbonization software

EHDD, a design firm in the bay area, has announced a new software for analyzing building carbon data. (Saad Salim/Unsplash) Using machine learning models, the new platform sorts and analyzes carbon ...
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New report evaluates how we can use energy better in buildings at a community scale

Decarbonization of the electricity grid and the electrification of transport, heat, and industry related energy consumption are at the heart of many governments’ policies to reach ambitious targets to ...
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University researchers are key players in world’s tallest full-scale building ever tested on Earthquake Shake Table

Buildings made of mass timber – layers of wood bonded together – are gaining popularity as greener and faster alternatives to concrete and steel structures. With new building codes recently updated to ...
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MIT's robotic voxel system could cut building carbon by 82%

MIT researchers have created a robotic assembly system using modular 'voxel' building blocks that could lower embodied carbon in construction by up to 82% compared with standard techniques. The ...
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Fraunhofer ISE to assess PVT collectors, heat pumps on large-scale buildings

Fraunhofer ISE researchers, alongside partners from institutes in Stuttgart and Hameln, will monitor the performance of up to nine PVT systems on apartment buildings, businesses, offices and industry ...
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Mighty Buildings raises $52M to build 3D-printed prefab homes

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mighty Buildings, a startup building tech for prefabricated, ostensibly environmentally-friendly homes, today announced that it ...