Buoyed by a surge of high-tech innovations and several years of robust U.S. construction markets, AEC teams are working on ideas for “smart buildings.” Since the mid-1980s, a new generation of ...

Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...

This study presents a displacement-based seismic fragility assessment of a high-rise reinforced cement concrete (RCC) building designed in compliance with Indian seismic codes. The selected structure, ...