Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom Bell can remember watching an informational film early in his training that emphasized the importance of escaping a fire in the first five minutes. Now, ...

As the global community grapples with the urgent need to combat climate change, the construction industry finds itself at a critical juncture. Responsible for approximately 40% of worldwide greenhouse ...

Building homes and commercial structures for an era of deadlier storms requires a multi-pronged approach including the use of new and more fortified building materials.

This introductory course on construction materials and methods follows the progression of the construction sequence implied by the Construction Specifications Institute MasterFormat. Students will ...

The construction industry is at a crossroads, and it urgently needs to shift towards more sustainable practices. As one of the largest consumers of global resources and a significant contributor to ...

Cleaning up the construction material that is both building our way of life, while contributing to the CO2 emission problem.

Engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed carbon-negative enzymatic structural materials that outperform traditional concrete while actively capturing CO₂, curing in hours, and ...

Heating and cooling homes carries a hefty economic and environmental price tag. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported more than half of all home energy in the United States is used for ...