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Ask Marty Burger to define “healthy” for K-12 schools, and he uses word pairings like “positive and uplifting,” “safe and secure,” and “clean and comfortable.” Burger, who is CEO for the general ...

Buildings stand as silent giants in the effort to decarbonize the energy landscape, consuming vast amounts of energy. According to the International Energy Agency, "buildings account for about ...

Researchers in Canada have found that nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) with on-site solar energy generation should not exceed an energy use intensity (EUI) of 50 kWh/m2a, which they said ...

The world has just witnessed the hottest months in recorded history, and the outlook is far from optimistic. Rising temperatures are driving greater cooling demands, threatening to trigger a vicious ...

In the context of global decarbonization, reducing energy consumption in the building sector is an urgent issue. We have developed a next-generation building energy evaluation model that combines rule ...

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a technology to enhance productivity and improve life quality. However, its role in building energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction has not been ...

Global energy consumption is steadily growing due to expanding populations and economies 1. Buildings account for a significant share of worldwide energy use, with fossil fuels still dominant despite ...

Editor's Note: T&D World Live will feature Delivering the Real Zero Grid, a session covering the topics addressed in this article. The event will take place Oct. 1-3, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit ...

Next-generation model combines symbolic AI with VR to visualize and evaluate energy savings and thermal comfort in real time during zero-energy building design. (Nanowerk News) In recent years, in the ...