Architecture

To reduce emissions, the Port Authority of Antwerp will reward cleaner, greener ships calling at port with a 10 percent discount on tonnage dues.

1 | June 8, 2011 7:11am | By Andrew Nusca

Can a new battery reinvent the idea of a rechargeable battery? Call it Cambridge crude. It could make refueling as easy as getting gas is.

2 | June 7, 2011 12:55am | By Boonsri Dickinson

The journey to a smart energy ecosystem is fraught with operational change, GE Energy Services CTO Eric Gebhardt says. We asked him five questions.

May 26, 2011 5:20pm | By Andrew Nusca

Behind the plug-in electric vehicle lies an array of IT challenges, from business models to technical hurdles. But the result is bright: a car that conducts autonomous maintenance and repair.

6 | May 25, 2011 5:37pm | By Andrew Nusca

3M launched a new integrated optical film that aims to improve LCD screen backlighting, make the supply chain more efficient and cut down on carbon usage.

May 12, 2011 9:46am | By Larry Dignan

Roche shares green design learnings for its Roche, N.J., campus, which is registered for a LEED Silver certification.

May 11, 2011 5:29am | By Heather Clancy

Ford said it will supplement its own driver behavior analytics efforts with cloud-based data from Google, which unveiled a Prediction API that can crunch vast amounts of data.

May 10, 2011 4:03pm | By Larry Dignan

Alcoa's new green building panel can self-clean by breaking down smog-causing pollutants in cities to be washed away by rain.

12 | May 9, 2011 7:44am | By Andrew Nusca

International lighting designers gathered in trendy Milan, where they were incandescent over the banning of traditional bulbs

21 | May 2, 2011 9:54am | By Mark Halper

Corning's Gorilla Glass, a 1960s invention just waiting for the right time, saw its first quarter sales surge 50 percent. Now it's working to expand the super-strong glass to new markets.

April 27, 2011 9:22am | By Larry Dignan

Earth Day Special Feature 2011: The founder of PIE Studio barely knew what "sustainable" meant when he first started making furniture with water hyacinth and bamboo. Today, he's a leader in green...

1 | April 22, 2011 5:28am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

An architecture firm in Seattle has developed sustainable prefab high-rise apartments that would save on building time and costs.

3 | April 18, 2011 1:17pm | By Tyler Falk

The United States' ever-fluctuating plans for NASA is threatening the science and engineering brainpower and workforce development needed to remain a space player.

5 | March 30, 2011 10:15am | By Larry Dignan

Architect Kevin Kennon unveiled the design of a new 90,000-square-meter mixed-use commercial building for the new "Eco-City" in Tianjin, China.

March 24, 2011 7:31am | By Andrew Nusca

See how architecture is helping transform the lives of homeless people in San Antonio.

3 | March 22, 2011 5:30am | By Tyler Falk

Detecting enemy targets and rescuing war hostages. Yup, there may soon be an app for that.

3 | March 21, 2011 12:38pm | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Google Ventures has made an investment in CoolPlanetBiofuels, an 18-month-old startup firm that specializes in the conversion of biomass and agricultural waste into fuel.

March 18, 2011 6:33am | By Andrew Nusca

Apartments sitting above parking garages are on flimsy ground and should be upgraded, according to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley.

3 | March 15, 2011 2:17pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Architecture firm Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a 99-acre arts and culture district in Hong Kong. Can it help the city distance itself from its reputation for finance?

March 10, 2011 7:48am | By Andrew Nusca

Researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington find that some images may not sit well for business conferencing.

6 | March 3, 2011 9:53am | By Joe McKendrick