McKinsey research shows that combining AI, machine learning and physics-based modeling can help building owners identify and prioritize energy-efficiency interventions at scale, leading to measurable ...

We’re not living in a natural outcome of human needs and behavior. The built environment as we know it—buildings and the spaces between—does direct damage to our minds. Land use planning has had ...

Microbial colonization and growth can have significant impacts on the built environment, resulting in a range of effects, from discolouration and staining to biodeterioration and decay. In some cases, ...

Excerpts from Chapters 2 and 4 of Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives, by RECORD contributor Sarah Williams Goldhagen. Reprinted courtesy of Harper, an imprint of ...

Christian Tietz receives funding from the Federal Department of Science, Industry and Innovation's Smart City Grant for the Smart Social Spaces project with Georges River Council and Street Furniture ...

The built environment is the places and spaces in a community that can have either positive or negative effects on the mental and physical health of its residents. Built environment includes all of ...

Now it’s time for the building industry, characterized by a lack of information around the materials and practices used in construction and throughout a building’s lifecycle, to catch up. The cost of ...