When it comes to electrifying large buildings, there are limited design resources for existing building boiler retrofits, so the Building Technologies Office Commercial Building Integration Program ...

When it comes to requiring a facility assessment, whether it is a single building or multiple buildings on an industrial or institutional site, one may think that this is the task for architects and ...

Heating and lighting buildings requires a vast amount of energy: 18% of all global energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency. Contributing to the problem is the fact that many ...

HVAC – heating, ventilation, and air conditioning – can account for a huge amount of energy usage of a building, whether it’s residential or industrial. Often it’s the majority energy consumer, ...

When building owners want their building systems to be designed for resiliency, the discussion between the owner and the engineers typically includes redundancy and temporary HVAC systems that can ...

Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) in HVAC systems is a critical area of research that seeks to optimise building performance, improve energy efficiency and ensure occupant comfort. Recent approaches ...

Throughout our campus, we have a variety of building heating and cooling systems. Largely, our heating systems turn on and off automatically at specific outside temperatures depending on the heat ...

District energy systems can accelerate decarbonization of buildings in cities. The clock is ticking for building owners in U.S. cities that have enacted performance standards to reduce greenhouse gas ...

Buildings account for approximately 30% of global energy consumption and 26% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. In cities like Toronto, Boston, New ...