To Energy Heel Truss or to Not Energy Heel Truss???
Hi everyone, Building a “Pretty Good House” in Climate Zone 5. Attic is specified at R-60 blown cellulose, with a 6:12 roof and currently a 22″ raised/energy heel. Source: Green Building Advisor.
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The GBA Conversation: Even Building Scientists Face Challenges at Home
From hot-water recirculation to exterior insulation and window upgrades, Kohta Ueno explains the practical improvements he’s making to his century-old Boston home Source: Green Building Advisor.
210 South 12th Building / RSHP
Located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, RSHP and co-architects Perkins Eastman have completed 210 South 12th for developer Midwood Investment & Development, a 31storey mixed-use tower offering 376 residential apartment homes alongside two…
Encontros Sculpture / Estudio Guto Requena
Read the original version in Portuguese here. ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsappOr Clipboard “COPY” CopyCultural Architecture, Temporary Installations•Sorocaba, Brazil Architects: Estudio Guto Requena Year Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2025 Photographs Photographs:Ana Me…
Simplifying commercial EV power distribution with integrated off-the-shelf solutions (Webinar)
As battery-electric commercial vehicles continue to evolve, engineers face growing challenges in designing power distribution architectures that are scalable, efficient, and easy to integrate. Traditional vehicle architectures often require multiple components for switching, protection,…
Solar is now bigger than coal in China — and yet still way behind
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Hot weather linked to workplace injuries, even indoors
Researchers found that the risk grows when the heat index exceeds 85 degrees Fahrenheit and increases sharply at higher temperatures. Source: Yale Climate Connections.
Tesla Full Self-Driving can now take over manual driving to avoid a collision
Tesla is rolling out a new version of its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software that can take control of your car to avoid a crash, even when you’re driving manually. The automaker announced the feature,…
Defender’s smaller off-road EV spotted testing ahead of its debut
Defender is preparing to launch its first fully electric SUV, a compact off-roader that’s expected to debut by the end of the year. more… Source: Electrek.
Pure Lithium’s Advanced Anode battery passes 9,315 cycles in lab testing
Pure Lithium says it has cycled its Advanced Anode lithium metal battery more than 9,315 times at 100% depth of discharge, and that the cells are still cycling in its laboratory. The company reported…
As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land
John Boyer grew up on his family’s 131 acres of rolling fields of corn, oats, and wheat in a rural area near the tiny city of East Jordan in northern Michigan. The farm had…
Palestine: Israel’s bombing has left Gaza vulnerable to climate change
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza during the conflict that broke out in October 2023 has wrecked progress towards adapting the enclave to climate change and left two million Gazans vulnerable to heatwaves, drought and disease,…