Retrofitting old buildings or quickly adding traditional solar panels cannot keep pace with the current rate of urbanisation.

Researchers hope to give building owners a number of different options at a variety of price points to retrofit their buildings and make them safer. Some of these options, like the shape-memory alloy ...

Following an earthquake or other disaster, attention shifts from ensuring human safety to assessing the community’s damage and planning for recovery. Older buildings don’t always meet modern safety ...

Up and down the West Coast, cities face high risk of earthquakes. In Seattle, there is an 85% chance of a major quake in the next 50 years. Historic brick buildings are most at risk. There is even a ...