The LEED system is an international green building rating system ... It was important for the engineer to make his home "zero ...

The Energy Transitions Commission report outlines strategies to decarbonize the global buildings sector, highlighting ...

The ability to construct a trusted system piece by piece from the ground up is largely made possible by an approach based on ...

Where sunlight becomes art: the zero-energy media facade of the Novartis Pavillon combines organic photovoltaics and LEDs to create a communicative building skin. It features a total of 10,000 ...

The Boston Zoning Commission on Wednesday approved the long-debated rules that require newly constructed buildings to reduce ...

The mission of the Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies (CZEBS) is to reduce the environmental impact of buildings while enhancing their safety and comfort. CZEBS is a university-recognized ...

Buildings powered by solar energy should not exceed 10 floors in height if they have to achieve a net-zero energy performance. This is the main conclusion of a study by researchers from the ...

FUKUOKA--One of the largest net zero energy buildings (ZEBs) in western Japan will be constructed here, which is being touted as a commercial complex that is environmental friendly. Nishi-Nippon ...

These examples highlight a scalable model for cities worldwide ... The recently delivered NZ1 building further pushes boundaries, achieving net-zero energy with innovative solar panel designs ...

Researchers at Politecnico di Torino in Italy are testing how latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) could be used in combination with rooftop PV to achieve nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB).