Events
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Human, Cities, Nature: Zen and Engineering Nexus
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| This event will take place in-person at 1:30 PM ET at HouseZero, 20 Sumner Road. This event is open to Harvard affiliates only. Modern cities face a significant disconnect: buildings are often designed and operated as static entities, isolated from human life and nature. Inspired by Zen philosophy, this talk reimagines buildings as living interfaces where human comfort, urban… Read More
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Towards Foundation Models for Building Control
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| This event will take place in-person at 3:00 PM ET at HouseZero, 20 Sumner Road. This event is open to Harvard affiliates only. Buildings cause nearly 40% of carbon emissions in the US. Of total building emissions, HVAC systems are responsible for approximately 40-60% and account for 15% of global energy consumption. Despite advances in artificial intelligence, most buildings… Read More
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Innovating Sustainable Buildings and Urban Development in the Era of Climate Change
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| This week kicks off the third annual Harvard Climate Action Week (September 15-21), culminating in the Salata Institute’s Harvard Climate Symposium: Pathways for Progress on Energy and Climate (September 19-21). The week features events hosted by schools and centers across the University, bringing together leaders from government, business, non-profits, and academia. Together, they will explore strategies to enhance resilience… Read More
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Urban Natures: Climate Change Adaptation, Design Agency, and Politics
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| The Druker Design Gallery will host an evening of interdisciplinary conversation to mark the start of the fall semester and the opening of Urban Natures: A Technological and Political History 1600-2030. The exhibition measures how far we have come since the first public gardens were created, and it challenges us to envision the future of our cities in new… Read More
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Environmental Adaptions / Adaptive Environments
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| How do we design spaces that evolve with us—shaping, shifting, and adapting to the conditions, behaviors, and needs of those who inhabit them? Adaptive Environments explores how architecture can move beyond the static, making adaptability a core principle in creating resilient, future-ready environments that respond dynamically to their users and surroundings. This symposium, bringing together leading voices in architecture and design—including… Read More
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Sustainable Building Futures: Leveraging Policy to Scale Technology and Foster Innovation for Global Climate Goals
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| This event will take place in-person at 2:30pm ET at HouseZero, 20 Sumner Road. Registration required (please email [email protected]). This talk examines the pivotal role of policy in advancing both established, cost-effective technologies and emerging innovations within the buildings sector to achieve global climate goals. From energy-efficient systems and nature-based solutions to artificial intelligence and smart grids, it explores… Read More
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Urban Environments, Buildings and Climate Adaptation in Global South
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| This event will take place in-person at 12pm noon ET at HouseZero, 20 Sumner Road. This event is open to Harvard affiliates only. This presentation will cover Mayuri’s diverse range of research interests that include climate change adaptation in high thermal mass buildings of global South, high fidelity building simulations with a case study of HouseZero, decarbonization and urban… Read More
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Designing Sustainable Solutions for a Better Built Environment
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With mounting evidence of the impact of human activity on the global climate, the built environment is increasingly understood as a critical site for applied and conceptual research in questions of energy and ecology. In light of the increasing imperative to act on mitigating the causes and effects of climate change—and to devise new pathways for research and investigation—Harvard’s Center… Read More
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Paving the Way for Circular Architecture
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This event will take place in-person at 12pm noon ET in 112 Stubbins, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St. How can digital transformation be the catalyst for a shift towards circular architecture? The construction sector is known to be fragmented, with different teams working independently, which often culminates in resource depletion, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and significant waste. However, by observing… Read More
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2023 MIT Global Change Outlook: Charting the Earth’s Future for Energy, Managed Resources, Climate, and Policy Prospects
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This event will take place in-person at 12pm noon at HouseZero, 20 Sumner Rd. Please RSVP to: [email protected]. The 2023 Global Change Outlook continues a process, started in 2012 by the MIT Joint Program, of providing a periodic update on the direction the planet is heading in terms of economic growth and its implications for resource use and the environment.… Read More