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NTU Launches Flipped Classrooms with Sustainable Building Design

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has launched The Hive, the centrepiece of its new learning pedagogy known as the flipped classroom. In this new model of learning, students access course content on their own and the face time with professors in class is devoted to team-based learning.

22 Oct 2015

Low-Income Residents Living in Green Housing Have Fewer ‘Sick Building’ Symptoms

Low-income housing residents who live in "green" buildings that are built with eco-friendly materials and energy-efficient features appear to have fewer "sick building" symptoms (SBS) than residents of traditionally constructed low-income housing, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

19 Oct 2015

Very Low Energy Buildings Could be Implemented in Practice

Buildings are responsible for 40% of our energy consumption. With this in mind the European research project DIRECTION aims to demonstrate that very low energy buildings can be implemented in practice.

30 Sep 2015

Missouri S&T Solar House Design Team to Showcase Nest Home at Solar Decathlon

A team of students at Missouri University of Science and Technology spent two years designing and building a solar-powered house filled with smart-living technology. Once it was complete, the students cut it into pieces and shipped it to California on four semitrailers to compete in an international building competition.

30 Sep 2015

Berkeley Lab China Energy Group Participates in U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit

The China Energy Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) participated in the two-day U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles this week.

21 Sep 2015

AliCloud Opens Eco-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Qiandao Lake Data Center

AliCloud, Alibaba Group’s cloud computing arm, today announced the launch of an innovative and eco-friendly AliCloud Qiandao Lake Data Center. The new data center, AliCloud’s eighth globally, is focused on fulfilling the growing cloud and big data business needs of Alibaba Group.

10 Sep 2015