The Nation

Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World

The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors. These buildings were made to devour energy.(Yuki Iwamura / ...
TechCrunch

Building owners are often in the dark about their carbon pollution — a new algorithm could shed light on it

Starting this year, thousands of buildings in New York City will have to start reducing their carbon emissions. But before that happens, owners need to understand how much pollution they are ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

WE ACT calls attention to building pollution in new report, proposes policy solutions

West Harlem-based advocacy organization WE ACT for Environmental Justice released a report last month on outdoor air pollution from buildings, highlighting a critical source of air pollution that ...

‘Ocean Vortex’ Floating Building Design Made From Recycled Plastic Unveiled

The new design aims to show that "discarded material can be restructured into public infrastructure,” the architect told ...
Hosted on MSN

Lawmakers pass groundbreaking bill that will transform future buildings: 'It's a really huge deal'

Colorado has mandated gas utilities to reduce air pollution by 41% by 2035, Canary Media reported. The action aims to cut harmful carbon pollution from homes and buildings while potentially setting a ...
Grist

Will the EPA crack down on pollution from buildings?

The Clean Air Act gives the U.S. government broad power to protect public health by regulating major sources of pollutants. Rules developed under the law have, for ...
Yahoo

Major city plans to institute first-in-the-nation tax on large buildings — here's how it could impact you

The city of Berkeley, California, is proposing a landmark tax on large buildings that use natural gas, which would provide funding to electrify older homes and businesses. As Canary Media reported, ...
Grist

Building codes are wonky and dense. But they can slash emissions and pollutants.

Denise Grab is a manager and Jonny Kocher is an associate on RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings team. RMI is an independent nonprofit founded in 1982 that transforms global energy systems through ...
The New York Times

How to Enforce a Landmark Pollution Law? It’s Complicated.

Environmental activists appeared in droves on Tuesday at an online public hearing in New York to voice concerns that the enforcement of a new climate law that aims to limit pollution from large ...
WBUR

Buildings and light pollution pose deadly threat to migrating birds. Here's how you can help

Spring migration can be a deadly journey for billions of birds as they travel north. Several cities in the Midwest create an especially deadly path for birds where light pollution and buildings ...
The Nation

Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World

The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors. As an architecture critic, I’ve always maintained that the ...