For all the gee-whiz coolness of modern-day electronic devices — flat-screen high-def TVs, 2-lb. laptop computers, the iPhone — the national power grid we plug them into is almost as old and ...

Rick Karr, Blueprint America correspondent. Americans take the electrical supply for granted. But the Grid – the system that transmits electricity to homes and offices – is aging and prone to ...

The Resilient Minneapolis Project is a collaborative effort with local utilities to install microgrids in low-income ...

Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann. I haven’t read this book, but it gets good reviews. ISBN: 3721201450. Geometry in Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition by ...

A new report by IEA PVPS Task 18 provides a blueprint guide on how to conduct feasibility studies for off-grid and edge-of-grid power systems. The optimal system size and specifications vary ...

As chairman of the Illinois Special Task Force on the Condition and Future of the Illinois Energy Infrastructure, I applaud the Chicago Tribune for posing thoughtful questions about the devastating… ...

Web designers, it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for — a CSS grid framework. If you’ve been wanting to use grids with your CSS-based designs, but don’t want to spend the time (and do ...

Chicago’s grid system dates back to 1830, making it even older than the city itself. At that time, wrote Alfred T. Andreas in his History of Early Chicago, ...