The corn plant can achieve a slenderness ratio that is 6 times higher than any human designed building. The corn plants achieve this by using an advanced root system to stabilize the plant during heavy storms and rain. In this article, we focus on the building piling system called Pali Radice (Italian: Root piles), a foundation technique that mimics root strategies of corn plants.

The world stands at a cross-road in energy planning. Mark Z. Jacobson presents the strongest arguments for 100% transition to renewable energy as the solution to climate change while addressing common concerns in the book "No Miracles Needed" (2023). Critically, Jacobson also addresses which technologies are commonly discussed as "green" but does not solve the energy transition challenges as effectively as renewables.

IEN has made a free online tool for calculating the Mean Radiant Temperature (MRT) as well as thermal discomfort from Radiant Asymmetry (RA)