Month: April 2016

The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities will present a series of Research & Innovation Talks. Given by members of the CGBC Research Team, talks will highlight and discuss projects underway at the Center. On May 3rd, Xuan Zhang will present on: “Distributed Temperature Control via HVAC Systems in Energy Efficient Buildings.” 10:00 am – 11:00am 20 Sumner Road, Room 1D Refreshments will be provided. Talks are open to members of the Harvard […]

The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities will present a series of Research & Innovation Talks. Given by members of the CGBC Research Team, talks will highlight and discuss projects underway at the Center. On Tuesday, April 26th, Bing Wang will present on: “Natural Ventilation Possibility: An evaluation index of natural ventilation performance in early design stage.” 10:00 am – 11:00am 20 Sumner Road, Room 1D Refreshments will be provided. Talks are open […]

On Friday, April 22, Harvard University will present an Innovation and Sustainability Fair at the Science Center Plaza. The University-wide fair will feature Harvard and Cambridge-area groups, students and innovators, showcasing ideas, practices and opportunities. The event will celebrate Harvard’s commitment to sustainability with demonstrations, games and activities on Earth Day. Get a sneak-peek at the 2016 Harvard Farmers’ Market roster at the mini-vendor preview. Read more here.

On Friday, April 22, the Harvard Graduate School of Design will present “Interior Matters,” a symposium on architecture, organized by Kiel Moe, Associate Professor of Architecture and Energy. This symposium explores a radically evolved epistemology through which to think interior and matter simultaneously, and to exercise their propensities in novels ways today. Speakers include CGBC Research Associate Salmaan Craig and other GSD scholars. The event is sponsored by the Harvard Center […]

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 the Harvard Graduate School of Design will present “An Aesthetic of Energy? Mulling over Sustainability,” a lecture by Professor Eduardo Prieto who will discuss the “currents now being explored by ‘energy aesthetics’ and drawing attention to the risks of succumbing to a new kind of functionalism, an environmental one.” Eduardo Prieto is a registered architect in Spain and an Associate Professor of History of Architecture and Art at the […]

On Friday, April 15, Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics will present the “Inequalities/Equalities in Cities Workshop,” featuring Clarissa Hayward, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Washington University in Saint Louis; Archon Fung an Academic Dean and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship at Harvard Kennedy School; and Laurence Ralph, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. This one-day workshop on structural inequalities & equalities in cities will have a non-traditional […]

On Thursday, April 14, the Belfer Center for Science and International Politics and the Harvard Institute of Politics will present the Robert McNamara Lecture on War and Peace by Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. Moniz will devliver a lecture entitled “Science and Diplomacy for Solving Humanity’s Big Issues – Iran, HEU and Climate,” discussing the role of science in international affairs and environmental concerns. The event will be moderated by […]