Every day, it seems another major corporation makes a public commitment to achieve ambitious goals of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint by 2030. Sound familiar? Achieving such ...

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 ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Journal of Transport and Land Use, Vol. 16, No. 1 (2023), pp. 131-161 (31 pages) The influence of the built environment on dockless bike-sharing (DBS) trips connecting to urban metro stations has ...

The built environment is facing a combination of housing, climate, and accessibility challenges. Addressing these challenges is an increasingly complex and delicate balance that can only be resolved ...

In recent years, the intersection of technology and the built environment has witnessed an unprecedented surge in funding, driven predominantly by advances in AI and robotics. With the construction ...

In urban settings, the built environment encompasses a complex array of physical, social, economic, and environmental factors ...

Now it’s time for the building industry, characterized by a lack of information around the materials and practices used in construction and throughout a building’s lifecycle, to catch up. The cost of ...