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Rather than being frowned upon, doodling should be actively encouraged in meetings because it improves our ability to pay attention, a British psychologist claims. A study that compared how well people remembered details of a...

Educated and higher income people of all ages are choosing to live and work in cities, businesses and R&D hubs are driving innovation, and public spaces and cultural institutions are being re-imagined for quality...

For a more current perspective on value in the controversial realm of energy efficiency, Wharton professor Howard Kunreuther, Wharton postdoctoral researcher Dena M. Gromet (lead author) and Duke University professor Richard P. Larrick looked...

Then why do so many owners and operators reduce it to simply "signing" a piece of paper rather than a critical gateway to an important prospect/customer relationship? Let's face it. In today's world, 9-to-5 office...

More than 7 million Americans moved between states in 2012, the highest number of long-distance moves in four years, according to new data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, its most comprehensive snapshot...

Poor people who live in government housing projects tend to find their broader neighborhoods are poor, too. Many of their neighborhoods are segregated. Their schools tend to under-perform. And every bit of this is known,...

And a number of finalists in 22nd annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Multifamily Pillars of the Industry competition have responded to the end of the romance with the automobile by building communities...

Like those before me and, perhaps, those beyond my view, I want the whole field advantage. It's a view that assures the tension of new and the vigor of limitless context. But mostly, it...

Coal formed the foundation of American industrialization in the 19th century. Between 1850 and 1900, coal's consumption in America rose from 10 percent to 70 percent. After opening the world's first hydroelectric power plant...

Consider what ROI you need to initiate retrofits. With banks paying 1 to 3 percent, and stocks showing 8 percent to 10 percent, what ROIs can you anticipate with water and energy retrofits? During...

What is smart infrastructure? Electric smart meters and smart grids have critical features not present in typical distribution systems today, which can be put to use to improve service and lower costs for customers. The...

Tech insiders whisper about big data as if it is the pandora's box of the future, and everyone wants to be prepared to take advantage of its value. Many are familiar with the basic...

Ashoff manufactures fluorescent lamps with motion sensors. He designed it to replace bulbs in building stairwells which burn around the clock, and found that they slash energy costs for stairwell lighting by 97 percent....

The number of so-called missing households—representing adults who would be owning or renting their own home if household formation had stayed at normal rates since the recession—has increased 4 percent over the past year. There...

"The economy appears to be on a path of sustainable growth. U.S. businesses have healthy balance sheets and plenty of liquidity-consumer debt has declined to levels not seen since the early 90s," said AvalonBay...