The push to prepare American cities and towns for greater climate resilience has become more urgent in recent years as scientific evidence of warming mounts and extreme weather events grow more common. Officials in manyRead More

In August, researchers from Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard and Harvard’s Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) at the Graduate School of Design, tested a new, exciting proprietary technology, coldSNAP, inRead More

HouseZero was featured in New York Magazine in a piece written by Justin Davidson, who praises the CGBC’s apt headquarters and urgent mission. “Most other environmentally sensitive buildings rely on advanced machinery: hyperefficient air conditioners,Read More

Forbes featured a piece and an original video on Harvard HouseZero today, praising the structure as “one of the most important buildings in America.” The author notes HouseZero’s audacious goals—to drastically reduce the demand forRead More

Quartz featured a piece on Harvard HouseZero today, praising the building as a “locus of high tech architecture.” The author writes about HouseZero as an “alternative to sealed buildings,” noting that its new window system isRead More

Fast Company published an article advocating for the improvement of existing structures. “If we stand a chance against climate catastrophe,” the article reads, “architects, engineers, and the buildings they create will necessarily play a hugeRead More

Metropolis Magazine published an article featuring CGBC’s newly unveiled HouseZero. Ali Malkawi, founder and leader of the HouseZero project was interviewed and quoted. He explains that his goal was to design a building “that thinksRead More

Today, Harvard Gazette, the official news website for Harvard University, announced the completion of Harvard HouseZero, an ambitious living laboratory and energy-positive prototype for ultra-efficiency. The piece features several animations that explain how HouseZero regulatesRead More

Today, Curbed featured Harvard HouseZero, CGBC’s ambitious retrofit of a decades-old building and lab for energy-efficient design. The article notes that unlike other strict building standards which seek to seal off the environment to achieveRead More

Today, Dezeen published a piece on Harvard HouseZero, noting its completion and highlighting several photos of the building. The article notes that the primary goal of the project was to create a “highly configurable, data-drivenRead More