The built environment faces increasing pressures from climate change, resource limitations, and rapid urbanisation.

Q. We hear about flexible office and industrial buildings. What does “flexibility” mean in health care facility design? We’ve been designing flexible medical facilities for quite some time, but the ...

This Collection suppports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing. In light of the importance of this research in promoting UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, this ...

Karen Layng helped lay the new strategic foundation for the EMDC program. Today, she serves on its Industry Advisory Board and as an instructor educating future leaders in the built environment sector ...

People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans. The factors that affect the environments within buildings, the ways in which building characteristics ...

Biophilic design supports the health and wellbeing of individuals by connecting people to nature. This includes incorporating elements of the natural world into indoor environments, increasing natural ...

As energy demand accelerates at a previously unimaginable pace, the question becomes: "How do we generate more power?" While expanding generation capacity is vital for long-term energy security, it’s ...

Built Environment Leaders to Discuss Net-Zero Strategies The latest Northwestern Built Environment Exchange (BuiltX), hosted by EMDC in partnership with Illinois Green Alliance, will highlight ...

Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe famously quipped that “God is in the details,” and though he was referring to a job well done, we are inclined to co-opt his sentiment for another purpose: There is ...

America’s built environment does not fit who we are as humans, but we can turn this around with reforming land use planning. This portable furnace could stop coronavirus in its tracks Researchers ...