The Nation

Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World

The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors. These buildings were made to devour energy.(Yuki Iwamura / ...
City Limits

Ozone Pollution from New York Buildings On the Rise, Study Finds

Buildings don’t just contribute to greenhouse gas emissions: a new study finds they are also adding to the smog that hovers over New York City’s streets. Skyscrapers on the west side of Manhattan. You ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

WE ACT calls attention to building pollution in new report, proposes policy solutions

West Harlem-based advocacy organization WE ACT for Environmental Justice released a report last month on outdoor air pollution from buildings, highlighting a critical source of air pollution that ...
TechCrunch

Building owners are often in the dark about their carbon pollution — a new algorithm could shed light on it

Starting this year, thousands of buildings in New York City will have to start reducing their carbon emissions. But before that happens, owners need to understand how much pollution they are ...
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Lawmakers pass groundbreaking bill that will transform future buildings: 'It's a really huge deal'

Colorado has mandated gas utilities to reduce air pollution by 41% by 2035, Canary Media reported. The action aims to cut harmful carbon pollution from homes and buildings while potentially setting a ...
Grist

Building codes are wonky and dense. But they can slash emissions and pollutants.

Denise Grab is a manager and Jonny Kocher is an associate on RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings team. RMI is an independent nonprofit founded in 1982 that transforms global energy systems through ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Blog: It’s not easy to write policies to reduce building pollution

Take a look at this view from Windy Hill on a warm winter day in January. Smog fills Silicon Valley on a mid-January day, as seen from the top of Windy Hill. The PurpleAir app puts numbers to this ...
Grist

Will the EPA crack down on pollution from buildings?

The Clean Air Act gives the U.S. government broad power to protect public health by regulating major sources of pollutants. Rules developed under the law have, for ...
WBUR

Buildings and light pollution pose deadly threat to migrating birds. Here's how you can help

Spring migration can be a deadly journey for billions of birds as they travel north. Several cities in the Midwest create an especially deadly path for birds where light pollution and buildings ...

'We're living in a shed because of river pollution'

Jane and Tony Coyle spent seven years waiting for planning permission due to River Lugg pollution.
The Nation

Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World

The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors. As an architecture critic, I’ve always maintained that the ...