AI in the built environment encompasses data-driven and physics-informed methods to model, predict, and optimize the performance and resilience of buildings and infrastructure. Machine learning and advanced simulation are applied to building energy use, HVAC control, and solar and wind power forecasting, as well as to hazard-related phenomena such as subsidence, floods, fire, and seismic events. The field also integrates retrofitting strategies, climate-smart housing design, and regulatory considerations to enhance energy efficiency, comfort, and disaster resilience in urban systems.
Engineering
With natural disasters striking communities across the U.S. at an accelerating pace, the question of how to build homes that can endure them has never been more critical.
Dec 9, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
A modeling study shows how, under some conditions, increasing numbers of households with rooftop solar panels can lead to higher rates for those without their own solar system. When utility customers cancel their accounts ...
Dec 9, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
A new article published in Nature Communications offers insight into how government planners can better account for the many uncertainties that accompany the transition from fossil-fuel power systems to renewable or decarbonized ...
Dec 5, 2025
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Software
The next era of power system operations is taking shape through digitalization, artificial intelligence, and intelligent automation. To help utilities and navigate this change, Fraunhofer FIT and Accenture have published ...
Dec 4, 2025
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Engineering
Technology, no matter how advanced, always comes with a shelf life. Mechanical equipment used in clean-energy systems is no different. But as global efforts toward carbon neutrality accelerate, assessing the durability of ...
Dec 4, 2025
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Engineering
A research team developed a 3D Smart Building Energy-saving device capable of automatically controlling heating and cooling without electricity or an external power source.
Dec 1, 2025
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Business
When Lukas Dahlström returned to Gotland to start his doctoral program at the GRASS graduate school, it was like coming full circle. He grew up on the island and has long been interested in science and sustainable development. ...
Nov 28, 2025
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Business
In the race against time to meet 2050 climate targets, building decarbonization looms large—but high upfront costs and a lack of public awareness are two of the biggest barriers for many countries, slowing the adoption of ...
Nov 19, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy systems are incredibly complex, incorporating a dizzying array of power generators, distribution technologies and end-users; analyzing how all of those variables will change in the future poses challenges for long-term ...
Nov 19, 2025
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Engineering
Two UBC Okanagan engineering students are transforming classroom research into a practical tool for communities facing increasing wildfire risk.
Nov 19, 2025
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