What types of commercial buildings consume the most energy? Escalators heading in different directions inside a modern shopping mall. Running a business isn’t just a time-consuming venture: It can eat ...

Following-up on last month's quick review of the five basic types of building construction, according to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 220, Standard on Types of Building Construction ...

Ordinary, or Type III, construction is common in many cities that were part of the industrial revolution in the early 1900s. For this reason, it has been given the label of being the classic ...

In a general sense, the term “curtain wall” refers to an exterior wall that does not support loads other than its own weight. Curtain walls are therefore nonstructural, and serve solely to protect the ...

Around 2,000 old buildings in the U.S. have been converted into apartments over the past 70 years, with 778 of those conversions taking place in the last decade, according to a new report from ...