Harvard HouseZero
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities has retrofitted its headquarters, a pre-1940s house in Cambridge, MA, into an ultra-efficient, healthy, positive energy structure.
Harvard HouseZero
The design of HouseZero has been driven by radically ambitious performance targets from the outset, including nearly zero energy for heating and cooling, zero electric lighting during the day, operating with 100 percent natural ventilation, and producing zero carbon emissions.
Press
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February 26
New York Magazine: Is This Harvard Prototype the Greenest House in America? -
February 13
Forbes: This 94-Year-Old Home May Be The Key To Revolutionizing Green Tech -
December 7
Quartz: Harvard’s HouseZero sounds like a dream office, even without an HVAC system
Events
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Dates TBA Zoom
CGBC 2021 Spring Lecture Series -
Thursday, December 3 Zoom
CGBC Fall Lecture: John Peponis on “The spatial syntax of cities: are social and environmental choices converging?” -
Thursday, October 15 Zoom
CGBC Fall Lecture: John Gero presents “Cognitive Design Computing: Including the Human Dimension”
Latest News
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November 24
The Wall Street Journal features Joseph Allen on why ventilation and filtration matter in indoor spaces -
July 30
The Wall Street Journal features Holly Samuelson on the future of office design -
June 15
Vogue talks to Holly Samuelson about what your office may look like after lockdown
Research
Harvard HouseZero
Typology Symposium
Scheduled to coincide with the completion of the retrofit, this event will gather GSD faculty members to analyze the HouseZero project. Presentations will discuss building typology, design, & technologies, the collaborative process, historical context & more.