Focus on Buildings
Ontario launching rebates for energy efficient home renovations and upgrades
Ontario is introducing two new energy efficiency programs, including one offering rebates for certain home improvements.
‘It isn’t a future thing.’ Climate change is taking a toll on Canada’s lighthouses
Nova Scotia and P.E.I. lighthouses face erosion from climate change, prompting relocations to protect coastal heritage.
Milwaukee plans to build net-zero modular homes for lower-income residents — but it’s not easy
The city hopes to lure a manufacturer of energy-efficient panelized homes, a way to cut carbon emissions while building homes and creating jobs.
Lower housebuyers’ bills with solar panels on newbuild roofs, UK ministers urged
The 'Sunshine Bill,' a U.K. private member's bill would would bake into law a standard for newbuilds to come with solar panels on...
Building with earth could transform sustainable construction – here’s how
Rammed earth construction, using excavated soil, offers a sustainable alternative to cement, but faces stigma and economic challenges.
Explainer: Trump aims at Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act: EVs, clean energy and manufacturing
Donald Trump has vowed to repeal Joe Biden's signature climate bill called the Inflation Reduction Act.
Starmer backs changes to nature protection rules to boost building
Keir Starmer backs easing rules aimed at protecting nature that have been blamed for hampering major building projects.
Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming too much of its energy
Dozens of data centers at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland.
Indianapolis grapples with low compliance on energy benchmarking requirement for large buildings
Indianapolis faces low compliance with its energy benchmarking ordinance, requiring large buildings to report energy use by 2024.
Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California
A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital.
