So how did we end up in this mess? The short answer is our failure to mobilise our abundant renewable energy resources, most obviously wind. It is no coincidence the EU member states that are on track ...

Following the adoption of a Los Angeles ordinance requiring landlords to seismically retrofit their buildings over the next seven years, a small group of local property owners has taken the initiative ...

The built environment accounts for 37% of Ireland’s emissions, yet the number retrofitting their properties remains low.

Since Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed the most sweeping earthquake-retrofitting laws in California history last year, the big question has been who will pay for the costly upgrades. Many ...

It’s 15 degrees Fahrenheit the morning that Seven Days stops by the home of Li Ling Young and Nik Ponzio in the Burlington neighborhood behind Lake Champlain Chocolates on Pine Street. Inside? A ...

The motivation for use of cover-up materials is knowing what can happen when they are not used. In this case, a griffon vulture was electrocuted on a lattice steel distribution structure in southern ...

People in one New Haven neighborhood say a state pilot program to improve their homes is working. Since the Urban Investment Initiative launched, the state says more than a dozen houses have been ...

Vehicle idling, worksite noise conditions and emissions regulations are some of the most pressing challenges the work truck industry is navigating today. Sustainability and community comfort are some ...

In the digital age, data centers are the backbone of both personal and professional sectors, supporting the ever-growing demand for digital services. Ensuring the uptime of these data centers is ...

For several years, refrigerant retrofitting has been a common procedure for a lot of the commercial kitchen and restaurant equipment I work on, so I’m going to share some of the things I’ve learned ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to propose tough new standards that require all new coal-fired electricity plants to cut carbon, NOx and other emissions by significant amounts.

As mentioned earlier, most new systems will be manufactured with R-410A. However, the question of what is the best retrofit refrigerant blend for existing R-22 systems is often asked by technicians ...