Rules of thumb don’t cut it in airtight homes. Here’s how to size, ventilate, and commission for real comfort.

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 ...

Our CU Boulder Architectural Engineering program seeks to improve the sustainability and effectiveness of buildings. Research areas include design, modeling, and analysis of integrated building energy ...

When your HVAC system was new, it was designed to keep the indoor environment comfortable, functional, and safe. Over time, that system can drift out of alignment, leading to wasted resources, ...

Header Photo: Two students checking the temperature and pressure settings for a rooftop HVAC unit in the Larson Laboratory. A major research center for sustainable building technology has been founded ...