A new approach is needed to advance energy efficiency in buildings. A multitude of trends and innovations offer new opportunities for progress increasingly converging on the prospect of a new basic ...

As green architects, we are often asked to design a truly green home. Here’s how we do it: There is so much complexity and there are so many choices in designing a green home, we use what we call an ...

Business planning is similar to creating design iterations and drafting drawings before starting construction, in the sense that it is the blueprint for a firm's future success. Having a strategic ...

As the world’s population continues to grow, now at a rate of about 10,000 per hour, the earth’s finite resources are going to have to go farther and be treated wisely in order to meet the world’s ...

The potential for unintended consequences in today’s complex products makes it increasingly important to tie all aspects of design together. • Systems engineering ...