Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...

Broad USA applies modular and industrialized Holon building systems to create more efficient and sustainable housing ...

The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...

Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings.

China accounts for the majority of buildings 200 meters and taller, according to a new report from the Council on Vertical ...