The retrofit of New York's Empire State Building has made it one of the world’s most energy efficient buildings. Through a ...

Retrofitting public buildings is crucial to meeting Europe's energy efficiency goals. But can new knowledge in retrofitting be replicated across the EU? A consortium of European researchers called ...

As the construction industry faces mounting pressure to reduce its carbon footprint, retrofitting has emerged as a cornerstone of sustainable building practice. Unlike new construction, which ...

To support the worldwide struggle to reduce carbon emissions, many cities have made public pledges to cut their carbon emissions in half by 2030, and some have promised to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Editor: In the context of COP26 and the heightened urgency for decarbonisation strategies, retrofitting existing buildings for new purposes is a positive measure to ensure the sustainability of the ...

New research shows that hybrid heat pumps combining an electric heat pump and a gas boiler represent a technically feasible and economically viable solution to partially decarbonize heat supply in ...

At Rics we’re seeing efforts being made to decarbonise our built environment with many retrofit and sustainability tools already in place, but there is much to be done. And we’re seeing a push from ...

Earthquakes are among the greatest global challenges for the safety of structures. Existing buildings constructed before the ...

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After the Northridge earthquake in 1994, significant steps were taken to upgrade building codes. Many of those put in place a couple of years after the quake. Nearly two decades later, the City of Los ...

Gov. Nelson Dayanghirang orders Davao Oriental LGUs to assess and retrofit public buildings amid Philippine Trench earthquake warnings.