According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air can be two to one hundred times more polluted than outdoor air (EPA, 2024). With the average person spending 90% of their time indoors (EPA, 2024), the … Read more
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Natures Urbaines Exhibition Presented at the Pavillion de L’Arsenal and in Published Book
GSD Professor and CGBC Affiliated Faculty Member Antoine Picon produces CGBC research project Urban Natures: Technological and Social History
What is the role of nature in urban development? Why are urban natures important? In the exhibition Urban Natures: A Technological … Read more
HouseZero Performance Data Showcased at a Hackathon Workshop Conducted by AI Institute in Dynamic Systems
In an effort to showcase real-world examples of operating buildings using artificial intelligence (AI), the NSF AI Institute in Dynamic Systems used Harvard HouseZero performance data in their latest Hackathon.
The Hackathon, which was part of a workshop conducted by … Read more
CGBC Researchers Recognized with Best Paper Award and Willis H. Carrier Award at the 2024 ASHRAE Conference
After the 2024 ASHRAE Annual Conference on June 22-26, 2024, Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) researchers returned with multiple accolades, including a Best Paper Award.
Elence Xinzhu Chen, instructor in Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School … Read more
The Inequality of Heat
Holly Samuelson, Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities core research faculty and Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, was consulted in a recent article evaluating heat dynamics in the city of Kolkata, India.… Read more
HouseZero: A Zero Energy Retrofit
Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities retrofitted its headquarters in Cambridge into a data-driven living-laboratory that will help us to understand buildings in new ways. The Harvard Office for Technology Development (OTD) discusses the value of projects like HouseZero … Read more
Core research faculty from the CGBC win Salata Institute grants for projects confronting climate change
The Salata Institute recently announced the first cohort of awardees from their Seed Grant Program, which serves to enable interdisciplinary research in climate and sustainability. CGBC core faculty researchers Holly Samuelson and Martin Bechthold, alongside CGBC researcher David Tish, were … Read more
Publication by CGBC researchers is recognized with “Best Paper Award of Energy and Buildings published in the period from 2018 to 2022”
“Optimal control of HVAC and window systems for natural ventilation through reinforcement learning,” authored by Yujiao Chen, Leslie Norford, and CGBC/GSD researchers Holly W. Samuelson and Ali Malkawi, was selected as one of the “Ten best research papers” between 2018-2022 … Read more
Cambridge enacts ambitious building emissions reduction standards
Holly Samuelson, Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities core research faculty and Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is quoted in a recent article that responds to building emissions reduction mandates in Cambridge, … Read more
How Designers Can Help Keep Our Air Breathable
Smoke from wildfires raging in Canada blanketed the Northeastern United States this month, turning the skies an eerie orange. Responding to record-setting levels of pollution, officials around the region declared health emergencies. Advice to close windows and run air filters … Read more