Just use less
The easiest way to reduce U.S. consumption of greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels may not involve changing the way it is generated, but rather simply using less of it, an energy expert said. Maxine...
View ArticleClass act
Call it a class act. Three renovated classrooms in Larsen Hall have received the highest sustainability rating there is — Platinum — from the U.S. Green Building Council. The rating, awarded earlier...
View ArticleBuilding the cheapest car
An executive of an Indian conglomerate credited a corporate culture that encourages innovation with the creation of the world’s cheapest everyday car, a fuel-efficient, $2,500 four-seater that the...
View ArticleHLS North Hall achieves LEED Gold certification
Originally built in 1960 as a hotel, Harvard Law School’s (HLS) North Hall has recently earned LEED Gold certification through the LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) version 3.0 rating system for...
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On climate issues, look to states
The head of California’s air pollution regulatory board said Monday (Feb. 27) that with climate change action stalled in Washington, D.C., the states are taking the lead in creating ways to reduce...
View ArticleThe greenest lab, up and running
The renovation of Harvard’s Sherman Fairchild Building may have seemed inconsequential to the casual observer because the exterior barely changed. However, as a result of a two-year demolition and...
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Making labs greener
Facilities managers from across Greater Boston gathered at Harvard on Thursday to discuss ways to tackle a major source of energy inefficiency and greenhouse-gas emissions: scientific laboratories....
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Just use less
The easiest way to reduce U.S. consumption of greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels may not involve changing the way it is generated, but rather simply using less of it, an energy expert said. Maxine...
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Class act
Call it a class act. Three renovated classrooms in Larsen Hall have received the highest sustainability rating there is — Platinum — from the U.S. Green Building Council. The rating, awarded earlier...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Building the cheapest car
An executive of an Indian conglomerate credited a corporate culture that encourages innovation with the creation of the world’s cheapest everyday car, a fuel-efficient, $2,500 four-seater that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On climate issues, look to states
The head of California’s air pollution regulatory board said Monday (Feb. 27) that with climate change action stalled in Washington, D.C., the states are taking the lead in creating ways to reduce...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The greenest lab, up and running
The renovation of Harvard’s Sherman Fairchild Building may have seemed inconsequential to the casual observer because the exterior barely changed. However, as a result of a two-year demolition and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making labs greener
Facilities managers from across Greater Boston gathered at Harvard on Thursday to discuss ways to tackle a major source of energy inefficiency and greenhouse-gas emissions: scientific laboratories....
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Greening the Harvard Art Museums
On an overcast winter afternoon, plenty of natural light still streams through the “Light Machine” into the Calderwood Courtyard of the renovated Harvard Art Museums. While staring through the giant...
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HLS North Hall achieves LEED Gold certification
Originally built in 1960 as a hotel, Harvard Law School’s (HLS) North Hall has recently earned LEED Gold certification through the LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) version 3.0 rating system for...
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This efficient house aims to end up producing energy
An extensive renovation project has begun in a house on a side street adjacent to Harvard’s Cambridge campus, but this is no ordinary rehab. The stick-frame house, which predates the 1940s and is owned...
View ArticleHarvard scientists develop way to identify topological materials
In the decades since they were first theorized, scientists have suggested that the exotic properties of topological materials — that is, materials that maintain their electrical properties even in the...
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