Numerous laboratory and real-world solutions are coming forward to address the challenges we face in how we use our buildings.

Are young engineers pursuing positions with Tesla, SpaceX, etc.?

What widespread adoption of electric buildings and vehicles will do to our power grid — and budgets.

Robert Kennedy said, “If our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.” Let’s find those opportunities and create something better.

The current pandemic is boosting interest in various styles of homes that are remote and self-sufficient.

HVAC professionals take another look at IAQ since so many of us are spending more time at home.

Clean-energy systems are less expensive at scale, project teams are more educated, and data collection is completely integrated.

Pssst! Want to know a secret? It’s not going to be that hard to construct clean energy homes at scale.

If engineering superiority and cultural stigmatism don’t persuade you, the compelling economics of electric vehicles likely will.

My last two columns have, instead, reviewed the critical modern technologies shaping our 2010s and 2020s built environment. It’s time to return to some actual projects.