The ITC is currently a 30 percent federal tax credit claimed against the tax liability of residential and commercial and utility investors in renewable energy property

As well as becoming an architect, that are a number of great roles that are open to individuals who have an architectural degree under their belts

There are many ways of gauging the relative heating and/or cooling needs of a building due to the local climate. However, a long-established metric is the "degree day"

Heat always flows from substances of a warmer temperature to substances of a cooler temperature. Heat (thermal energy) will be exchanged in an environment until a common temperature (equilibrium) is achieved

Today, building facades are expected to do much more than provide shelter. As a result, building envelopes have become one of the highest-risk items on construction projects