Commercial buildings are going green — and it’s not just new construction. Across the commercial market, demand for energy-efficient materials remains high as manufacturers work to develop products ...

Historical buildings are the essence of a community, embodying visual, cultural, and social elements that shape a unique identity and sense of place. They bridge the past and present, contributing to ...

Green technology has become a market expectation, but for an office development to be truly successful, it primarily needs to be attractive, according to Helical senior development executive Matt ...

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under sweeping retrofitting rules passed Friday by the Los ...

SEATTLE - After the Nisqually earthquake, Seattle set out to identifyand retrofit the city's most vulnerable buildings. Many important ones, like fire stations and community centers, were upgraded.

Low-cost base isolation technology as a means of protection from earthquakes developed at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus can be effectively used to retrofit existing buildings, significantly enhancing ...