An international research group investigated hybrid heat pumps (HHPs) as a technically and economically feasible solution to decarbonizing heat supply in old residential buildings and found that it ...

A scientist from Cambridge University has investigated the economic benefit of combining a basic energy-efficiency retrofit with the installation of rooftop PV and has found solar arrays help to ...

LOS ANGELES --Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings that would be vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under sweeping retrofitting rules passed ...

Making retrofit processes for historic buildings simpler could not only better safeguard these properties against future climate risks, but also create 200,000 jobs and accelerate the UK’s low-carbon ...

Some places are more prone to hazards such as earthquakes, flooding and hurricanes, but there’s nowhere where the risk is zero. The good news is that humans can make good decisions to lower the odds ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Some of the buildings that collapsed during the massive earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are known as non-ductile concrete structures. "The thing about concrete is it's very ...

Los Angeles residents strongly back the city’s landmark earthquake retrofit law, a new poll has found, despite decades of conventional wisdom that such a rule would be politically unpopular because of ...

SEATTLE -- A major earthquake is expected to hit Seattle, but according to the city more than 1,000 buildings are in need of major retrofitting. On Monday, the Seattle City Council heard from their ...

You've seen pictures and video of the damage from the Napa earthquake. Many of the damaged buildings had previously been retrofitted. When Sunday's 6.0 earthquake rolled through Napa, the city's old ...

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. OAKLAND — To prevent hundreds of multi-story, wood-frame apartment buildings from collapsing ...

Mayor Gavin Newsom's second attempt at encouraging property owners to voluntarily retrofit vulnerable buildings was endorsed by the city's Planning Commission on Thursday. The proposal would expedite ...