“Buildings use more energy during their life cycle than any other sector, and as such are a major contributor to climate change. Unless there is immediate action, thousands of new buildings will be ...

Decarbonization and the building sector. The building sector accounts for a staggering 40 percent of global energy usage, and one look at the volume of construction projects globally indicates ...

Despite an increase in energy efficiency investment and lower energy intensity, the building and construction sector’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions have rebounded from the COVID-19 ...

The construction industry is a massive consumer of raw materials and natural resources, and it generates an estimated 39% of the world’s carbon emissions according to the World Green Building ...

NORTHAMPTON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / December 27, 2022 / Ericsson The value of properties is largely impacted by the energy efficiency of the buildings. With the help of IoT, energy optimization is ...

The results are really astonishing. Tests show that offices save up to 37% on their energy bills with AI-optimized and ...

Take the commercial building sector. Across the country, American cities and few states are putting into effect rules that require commercial buildings to measure and disclose their energy use.

Water has proven its value as a heat carrier, for example, when it comes to transferring heat from a boiler to a radiator or ...

In 2008, for the first time ever, the urban global population outnumbered that of the rural. This visible pattern has escalated during the last couple of decades; projections suggest that by the ...

Sector total energy use: 40,830 TWh; Bitcoin: 79TWh, or 0.19% of the building and construction industry; Sector total emissions: 12,735 MtCO2; Bitcoin: 22.1 Mt CO2 or 0.18% of the building and ...

According to the proposal, all public sector buildings must have their thermostats set to 21 degrees C, with the allowance of a 2-degree deviation for buildings without central heating.