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Propane is an ideal energy source for power generation, heating, cooling, tankless water heating, cooking, clothes drying, fireplaces and more. Using propane as an energy source means harnessing an available clean technology to reduce emissions while still meeting energy needs. Propane is abundantly available, and the growth of renewable propane means it can be used for generations to come, reliably helping the U.S. adapt to each new energy transition.

Featured speakers at the conference’s 2026 edition included Kengo Kuma and representatives from Amazon and Meta.

To design healthier buildings with smaller carbon footprints, firms are making systematic changes.

Speakers at the annual event included Michael Murphy of AMMA, Andrew Barnett of Hopkins Architects, and new AIA CEO Carole Wedge.

Miller Hull creates a high-performing landmark for the storied capitol campus in Olympia, Washington.

Shortlisted in the Shift Landmark competition are concepts from MVRDV, Mecanoo, Heatherwick Studio, Ecosistema Urbano, and Office for Political Innovation.

A trio of Los Angeles Unified School District–led projects designed by DLR Group, NAC, and Practice take the opportunity to build back better following last year’s devastating wildfires.

Although made in the spirit of expediting recovery, exemptions from environmental mandates seem like a step back from California's otherwise progressive climate-action policies.

Many Passive House proponents see the energy performance–based program and its strategies as having great potential for the rebuilding of L.A.’s devastated neighborhoods.

RECORD deputy editor Joann Gonchar talks with the landscape architecture firm’s director of climate strategy, who served as one of the principal investigators for its ‘Playbook for the Pyrocene.’