Heating and cooling buildings consumes 40 percent of energy used across the world. As climate change continues to threaten the planet, rising temperatures may only increase the usage. Now, an architect in Boston is trying to change not just how … Read more
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Center for Green Buildings and Cites partners with Wyss Institute develop cold-SNAP
Center for Green Buildings and Cites partners with Wyss Institute to develop cold-SNAP: an alternative cooling process that uses substantially less energy than modern coolers.
Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cites researchers collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of scientists … Read more
Malkawi to serve on 2019 Master Jury for Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The members of the Master Jury for the 2017-2019 Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today. The Jury, which independently selects the recipients of the US$ 1 million Award, will convene in January 2019 to select … Read more
Harvard CGBC Unveils First-of-its-Kind HouseZero Lab & Prototype
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announced today the completion of HouseZero, the retrofitting of its headquarters in a pre-1940s building in Cambridge into an ambitious living-laboratory and an … Read more
Romano’s Torre Reforma Wins 2018 International Highrise Award
Benjamin Romano, former CGBC Visiting Affiliated Faculty Member, accepted the 2018 International Highrise Award for the Torre Reforma in Mexico City.
The International Highrise Award (IHA) was jointly initiated in 2003 by the City of Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum and DekaBank … Read more
“Sustainability in Scandinavia” international book launch events hosted in Oslo & Copenhagen
Book launch events for Sustainability in Scandinavia: Architectural Design and Planning will be hosted by the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) in early October. The book is a collaboration … Read more
Malkawi, Nygaard, Beim & Stenberg publish “Sustainability in Scandinavia”
Ali Malkawi, Marius Nygaard, Anne Beim and Erik Stenberg have edited a book entitled Sustainability in Scandinavia: Architectural Design and Planning. The book contains a collection of case-studies—most written by participants of the CGBC’s 2015 Fall Conference: Sustainability in Scandinavia… Read more
CGBC celebrates HouseZero Commissioning Ceremony, hosts HouseZero Typology Symposium
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, the CGBC’s Harvard HouseZero, an ambitious living laboratory and prototype for ultra-efficiency, was officially commissioned during a private ceremony in Harvard GSD’s Piper Auditorium. Event participants included Drew Faust, President of Harvard University; Alan … Read more
Ali Malkawi honored at World Science Forum 2017 for contributions to architecture
On Tuesday November 7, 2017, CGBC Founding Director Ali Malkawi was honored by King Abdullah II of Jordan with the Jordanian Star of Science Medal at the World Science Forum (WSF) 2017. King Abdullah honored a number of prominent … Read more
First two CGBC-sponsored DDes Fellows defend dissertation
We are very excited to announce that the first two DDes Fellows sponsored by the Center for Green Buildings and Cities and advised by Professor Malkawi will defend their dissertations this week. This marks the culmination of very hard work … Read more