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The Inequality of Heat

Scene from Kolkata, India.

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 theRead More

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HouseZero: A Zero Energy Retrofit

Wall in HouseZero.

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 theRead More

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How Designers Can Help Keep Our Air Breathable

Smoke from Canadian wildfires turns the sky orange.

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 closeRead More

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