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“Behave” is a funny word to refer to a building—in what way do buildings behave? For the particular question posed by the title, the reference is to “energy performance” and in this specific instance, the issue of why does the measured energy consumption of the building vary from the predicted energy consumption? Building modelers often say that they lack sufficient information…

The potential of past technologies is often overlooked when it comes to designing a sustainable technology. If obsolete technology is brought to our attention, it is mostly with the intention to make fun of it. But the history of technology hides many inventive technologies that could be very useful today and in the future. Many of them have been forgotten. Often, interesting possibilities…