As recently as five years ago, embodied energy was a relatively esoteric subject. Making a building more energy efficient tended to mean reducing operational energy, with upgrades like LEDs, heat ...

This is another installment of our blog series on the landmark 2024 Massachusetts Clean Energy Bill, signed into law on November 21, 2024. Previous posts addressed how the Clean Energy Bill aims to ...

Sustainable architecture is becoming more important than ever as the AEC industry is working to reach carbon reduction and sustainability targets. The presentation discusses standards, guidance, data ...

California is now the first state in the country to formally implement general code requirements for reducing embodied carbon in the built environment. “It can take up to 80 years to overcome embodied ...

Three startups focused on lowering embodied carbon in concrete are among recipients of 14 federal grants totaling $428 million, the U.S. Energy Dept. announced Oct. 22. The agency's Advanced Energy ...

Sarasota Architectural Salvage, a popular spot for 'American Pickers,' is closing its physical warehouse and will sell goods ...

A series of forest fires in California put additional pressure on state officials to reduce its embodied carbon footprint. (Joel Mott/Unsplash) As previously reported by AN, embodied carbon refers to ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent Cornell University research in battery development ...

Manufacturing nations in the Global North are stockpiling energy and emission problems by outsourcing energy-intensive industrial processes to countries in the Global South, a new study reveals.

You reported on future houses that claim an impressively low day-to-day energy use. However, it is important to remember that, as we progressively reduce this form of energy use, we ignore embodied ...