Have you ever wondered how a pine cone knows when to open and close? It's not magic, it's science. Now, researchers have taken this cue from nature to create something pretty cool for our homes. Let's ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7 - Affordable and clean energy, and SDG 11 - Sustainable cities and communities. Windows are a major source of heat loss in buildings in ...

Perth-headquartered ClearVue Technologies, smart building envelope solutions specialist, has secured a repeat order from commercial greenhouse solutions provider System USA for a demonstrator showroom ...

South Korean engineers have unveiled a self-powered smart window that finally solves the two biggest hurdles of modern climate control: high prices and heavy energy consumption. It has been developed ...

ORLANDO, Fla. & MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--View, the market leader in smart glass, announced that its smart windows will be among the smart design features incorporated into multiple buildings ...

A research group at the University of Exeter investigated a modular, agrivoltaics-powered hydrogen production concept for households. Rooftop agrivoltaics power an electrolyzer that produces hydrogen ...

What if we could design buildings that could heat and cool themselves? What if we do this by repurposing existing technology? And what if we could seamlessly integrate this technology into a ...

Humanity rarely embraces major transformations right away, often held back by fear, skepticism, or attachment to what already works. Gutenberg's press raised fears of misinformation; urban ...

Buoyed by a surge of high-tech innovations and several years of robust U.S. construction markets, AEC teams are working on ideas for “smart buildings.” Since the mid-1980s, a new generation of ...