Windows are the No. 1 human threat to birds – an ecologist shares some simple steps to reduce collisions

Cats aren’t the only bird hazard around your home. More than 1 billion birds die each year from hitting windows, often during migration.

Jason Hoeksema, Professor of Ecology, University of Mississippi • conversation
May 21, 2025 • ~8 min

Britain’s net zero construction workforce is already at risk of burn out

Workers ‘on the tools’, building and upgrading transmission infrastructure, are struggling.

Jing Xu, Associate Professor in Enterprise Management, UCL • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~7 min

Britain’s net zero construction workforce is already at risk of being burnt out

Workers ‘on the tools’, building and upgrading transmission infrastructure, are struggling.

Jing Xu, Associate Professor in Enterprise Management, UCL • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~7 min

Britain’s net zero construction workforce is already at risk of burnt out

Workers ‘on the tools’, building and upgrading transmission infrastructure, are struggling.

Jing Xu, Associate Professor in Enterprise Management, UCL • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~7 min

Hospitals have huge environmental footprints – here’s how they can be more sustainable

Hospitals have huge environmental footprints – here’s how building design can be more sustainable.

James Scott Vandeventer, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
April 28, 2025 • ~9 min

In many of Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas, residents have little choice but rebuild in risky locations

The latest floods exposed the deep vulnerability of many mountain communities in eastern Kentucky, where land ownership patterns and other barriers to recovery can leave residents with few options.

Kristina P. Brant, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 • ~13 min

Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

The latest floods exposed the deep vulnerability of many mountain communities in eastern Kentucky, where land ownership patterns and other barriers to recovery can leave residents with few options.

Kristina P. Brant, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 • ~13 min

How California can rebuild safer, more resilient cities after wildfires without pricing out workers

It starts with better building policies that recognize future risks, but there are many other important steps.

Nichole Wissman, Assistant Professor of Management, University of San Diego • conversation
Feb. 18, 2025 • ~10 min

How good old mud can lower building costs

Builders pour concrete into temporary molds called formwork. MIT researchers invented a way to make these structures out of on-site soil.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Jan. 24, 2025 • ~7 min

Enabling a circular economy in the built environment

A better understanding of construction industry stakeholders’ motivations can lead to greater adoption of circular practices.

CK Taylor | Climate and Sustainability Consortium • mit
Dec. 11, 2024 • ~9 min

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