Browsing: Energy

Warming sunlight has been used to heat buildings since buildings were built. During the 1970s energy crunch, architects were seeking…

The current systems for food production, transportation, and storage involves a lot of waste—including food waste and resource waste. How…

The climate change discussion has centered on GHG (greenhouse gases), and particularly CO2 (carbon dioxide). Construction, apparently, is a major…

How digital twins and other emerging technologies are making grids work smarter. The electricity grid is a complex, critical infrastructure…

Nights are getting shorter, as winter passes the torch to spring and summer. But the workday is still a controlling…

The old way was to locate a landmark and say, “I’m a mile and a half from X.” Now, you…

Waiting can be the most frustrating part of a construction job. The crew is ready, the equipment is on standby,…

Everything digital—and almost every resource—is now floating in the cloud. Consumer and business apps are resident in the cloud, data…

Are we “at the edge” or “going over the edge” with computing technology? Or not even close to the edge?…

Concrete is a heavy building material. Or not. When concrete is filled with air, like a balloon, it can be…