Extension at the University of Minnesota

Improving climate resilience in buildings, homes and outdoor spaces

Making buildings and outdoor sites more resilient to climate change is something that both homeowners and building professionals can contribute to.
Forbes

$15 Trillion Opportunity: How Building Standards Can Transform Cities

Buildings account for approximately 30% of global energy consumption and 26% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. In cities like Toronto, Boston, New ...
Forbes

Autonomous Buildings, Not Autonomous Vehicles, Are The Key To Slowing Climate Change

The image of smog blanketing a traffic-choked urban highway has cemented the perception that cars are the primary source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the driving force behind climate change. In ...
The Diplomat

India’s Buildings Could Be a Big Part of Its Climate Solution

Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) offers a strategic solution that would integrate energy efficiency and climate resilience into the buildings themselves. Unlike conventional solar photovoltaic ...
webtv.un.org

Atlanta: Building up climate resilience

How is climate change affecting Atlanta? Like many cities, Atlanta experiences increasing impacts due to our rapidly changing climate. As these impacts become more frequent and more intense, they ...
The Punch Newspapers

FG to introduce climate-smart building code

The Federal Government has said the ongoing review of the National Building Code will introduce climate-smart construction standards, energy efficiency requirements and disaster-risk reduction ...