By strongly emphasizing innovation and multidisciplinary collaboration, the Center will work to promote holistic change within the built environment, namely the creation and continued improvement of sustainable, high performance buildings and cities.

The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to transform the building industry through a commitment to design-centric strategy that directly links research outcomes to the development of new processes, systems, and products.

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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.

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.

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. (Images: Snøhetta/Plompmozes)

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Gordon Gill, Architect & Founding Partner of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, will present on Thursday, April 20th in Gund Hall.
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On Tuesday, October 18, the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) welcomed Richard Rogers as the speaker for its second annual lecture, a new highlight of Harvard GSD’s critically acclaimed speaker series. Click photo to watch the lecture. [Photos by Justin Knight.]