McKinsey research shows that combining AI, machine learning and physics-based modeling can help building owners identify and prioritize energy-efficiency interventions at scale, leading to measurable ...

We’re not living in a natural outcome of human needs and behavior. The built environment as we know it—buildings and the spaces between—does direct damage to our minds. Land use planning has had ...

Not everyone in New York thinks about the built environment constantly, but as the president and CEO of a 104-year-old organization that advocates for best practices in the building industry, it’s ...

When one thinks about a diverse environment, indoor areas usually don’t come to mind. However, indoor environments are ripe for microorganisms, which can enter on humans and via exchanges with outdoor ...

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In the 21st century, humans live in high-density contexts and spend a very high proportion of time inside buildings. Indoor environmental quality has so far focused more on physical and chemical ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Our joint research by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey, Circularity in the Built Environment: Maximizing CO2 ...

Anne-Marie Griger's job is to build big things — fields of solar panels that can power a city, forests of wind turbines as tall as sequoias. But to do it, she has to start small. As a director of ...