As businesses grapple with the current energy crisis and prepare for it to worsen, new research from JLL finds that these rising energy costs are expediting the move toward more efficient buildings.

Retrofitting represents one of the best opportunities to improve the environment in our cities. Two-thirds of the buildings that exist today will still be standing in 2050, and since buildings account ...

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 ...

Recently, the European Parliament approved draft regulation, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), requiring each member state to set minimum energy-performance standards for new ...

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 ...

SEATTLE -- A major earthquake is expected to hit Seattle, but according to the city more than 1,000 buildings are in need of major retrofitting. On Monday, the Seattle City Council heard from their ...

You've seen pictures and video of the damage from the Napa earthquake. Many of the damaged buildings had previously been retrofitted. When Sunday's 6.0 earthquake rolled through Napa, the city's old ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Some of the buildings that collapsed during the massive earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are known as non-ductile concrete structures. "The thing about concrete is it's very ...

Mill Valley will require earthquake retrofitting for some apartment buildings built before 1978. The City Council unanimously approved the ordinance on Monday. The ...

Mayor Gavin Newsom's second attempt at encouraging property owners to voluntarily retrofit vulnerable buildings was endorsed by the city's Planning Commission on Thursday. The proposal would expedite ...

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. OAKLAND — To prevent hundreds of multi-story, wood-frame apartment buildings from collapsing ...