McKinsey research shows that combining AI, machine learning and physics-based modeling can help building owners identify and ...

Not everyone in New York thinks about the built environment constantly, but as the president and CEO of a 104-year-old organization that advocates for best practices in the building industry, it’s ...

We’re not living in a natural outcome of human needs and behavior. The built environment as we know it—buildings and the spaces between—does direct damage to our minds. Land use planning has had ...

Practitioners of transpecies design aim to consider the needs of all species — not just humans — in the built environment. Their buildings often include habitats for plants, animals and even ...

Karen Layng helped lay the new strategic foundation for the EMDC program. Today, she serves on its Industry Advisory Board and as an instructor educating future leaders in the built environment sector ...

This Collection suppports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing. In light of the importance of this research in promoting UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, this ...

When one thinks about a diverse environment, indoor areas usually don’t come to mind. However, indoor environments are ripe for microorganisms, which can enter on humans and via exchanges with outdoor ...

In an exhibit currently running at the Channing Peake Gallery, the AIA Santa Barbara presents projects by local architects that are all-electric, embrace sustainability, and mitigate emissions to our ...

The terms “net-zero” and “sustainable buildings” may evoke images of the shiny, new skyscrapers being built in cities all over the world to meet a range of new environmental regulations. From the ...

Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe famously quipped that “God is in the details,” and though he was referring to a job well done, we are inclined to co-opt his sentiment for another purpose: There is ...