Even before the pandemic, the traditional American office building was on life support. Now, real estate developers across the country are reinventing existing properties, often converting them into ...

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There’s a national housing shortage, both market rate and affordable housing. At the same time there’s a large supply of empty office space and underutilized—and closed—hotels across the country.

Wall facade systems are vital in improving the energy efficiency of a building, integrating creative design and performance ...

The primary goal of this research was to minimise the energy consumed by heating and cooling loads in residential buildings in a sub-humid Mediterranean climate zone. This was achieved by optimising ...

In the quest to address the ever-pressing urban housing crisis, cities across Canada, particularly Metro Vancouver, face a multitude of challenges. Key among these is the “missing middle,” a term ...