A 10-year assessment of the performance of one of the UK’s first rural affordable Passivhaus schemes found that it is still performing as designed.
The study of the 14 homes, built in 2011 by Hastoe Housing Association in Wimbish, Essex, revealed that some residents still only pay £30 per quarter for their heating.
The findings are published in a recent
One natural disaster can knock out electric service to millions. A new study suggests that back-to-back disasters could cause catastrophic damage, but the research also identifies new ways to monitor and maintain power grids.
Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a machine learning model for predicting how susceptible overhead transmission lines are to damage when natural hazards like
As an important strategy in the pursuit of clean energy, storage capacity in the United States is on the rise. According to a recent study, the industry is experiencing record growth.
Released in September 2022 by market research firm Wood Mackenzie, in conjunction with the American Clean Power Association, the U.S. Energy Storage Monitor quantifies energy storage capacity across the
Montreux, Switzerland – TOPODRONE, a Swiss based designer and manufacturer of high-precision LiDAR equipment for installation on drones, vehicles and backpacks, launches AQUAMAPPER, a UAV-based solution for bathymetric surveying and marine construction. The new multitasking data collecting device and TOPODRONE LiDAR ULTRA equipment have been successfully used together for airborne surveying at a highway construction project in Romania, EU to
The contract – Lot 4b – covers the design and construction of the Nuova Enna-Dittaino. Webuild will lead the consortium with a 70% stake, with partner Pizzarotti having the remaining 30%.
The project, commissioned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the infrastructure division of Italian state railway operator Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
A first-of-its-kind standard has been developed for building designers and planners to improve accessibility for neurodiverse people.
One in seven people are neurodivergent, which can include autism, ADHD, dementia, and other sensory or information processing differences. In the UK estimates suggest there are 700,000 people with autism, 900,000 living with dementia, and 1.5 million with ADHD.
The British Standards Institute
