June–July 2025 Global Green-Building Tech & PropTech Roundup
In late June, Rowan University in New Jersey opened a state-of-the-art fossil museum that practices what it preaches: the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum is constructed with extensive mass timber to cut embodied carbon and operates entirely fossil-fuel-free, using geothermal heating and planned solar power to achieve net-zero energy use greenbuildingnews.com greenbuildingnews.com. Designers from Buro Happold and Ennead Architects implemented passive energy strategies and geothermal heat pumps so that the museum runs on renewable energy, demonstrating a sustainable model for public buildings greenbuildingnews.com greenbuildingnews.com. This project highlights how innovative engineering can dramatically lower a facility’s carbon footprint while delivering modern functionality.