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Harvard Gazette: A model of efficiency

Greeting space in HouseZero, first floor.

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

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Curbed: Harvard HouseZero wants to revolutionize green building

Meeting space in HouseZero.

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

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Architectural Record: Harvard Reveals Its Ultra-Energy-Efficient CGBC

Staircase of HouseZero.

Today, Architectural Record profiled the CGBC’s recently completed headquarters in a former single-family residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The article emphasizes that the structure is more than just office space. Rather, its intended to function asRead More

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Architect Magazine: Education and the Performance Imperative

Heat map.

In a recent interview with Architect Magazine, CGBC’s Ali Malkawi and Gordon Gill, founding partner at Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, discussed their CGBC-supported studio entitled “Zero Energy Residential High-Rise.” Taught in Spring 2017 at theRead More

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ArchitectureBoston: HouseZero

Drawing of HouseZero workroom.

Carl Solander published a review of HouseZero in the Fall 2017 edition of Architecture Boston, a quarterly publication of the Boston Society of Architects. After touring the constructions site with CGBC Founding Director Ali Malkawi,Read More

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Harvard Magazine: Harvard “HouseZero”

Drawing of HouseZero exterior.

Harvard Magazine published a piece featuring the CGBC’s HouseZero project, a retrofitted building that aims to produce more energy than it consumes. As noted by the article, the project hopes to achieve multiple sustainability goals—includingRead More

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