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Architectural prototypes are often used to test decisions before construction begins. But in some practices, prototyping begins while those decisions are still taking shape. Source: ArchDaily Green Architecture.

Sage Geosystems has hit a big milestone out on a rugged tract near San Antonio: The startup is producing power from its first next-generation geothermal plant. The system is just the third of its…

Understanding exergy helps explain why heat pumps are such an effective match for low-temperature heating and cooling—and why combustion often isn’t. Source: Green Building Advisor.

It’s been a busy summer…I’m working on a design repurposing a 1986 saltbox.  It has a massive central chimney -with a single flue!- that carries sections of the roof and…

Octillion Power Systems has opened its third battery manufacturing plant in India, in Halol, Gujarat. The Tier 1 supplier converted an empty structure into a fully operational plant in less than eight months.

Energy is no longer just a cost of doing business—it has become a strategic asset. Modern Energy Management Systems (EMS) go beyond simply monitoring consumption by actively controlling and optimizing energy use in real…

The competition aims to create synergy with Busan’s waterfront redevelopment initiatives and transform the existing summer-only facility into a year-round family-oriented destination, developing it as an eco-friendly waterfront leisure space. Under the theme “Establishing…

Woonhuis Heenvliet is located on the edge of the historic village of Heenvliet. When the owners bought the plot, it had an existing house that was partly built on the footprint of a barn…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a key permit for a plan to update an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline crossing the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan, the waterways that tribal…