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
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Harvard Gazette: A model of efficiency
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
moreCurbed: Harvard HouseZero wants to revolutionize green building
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
moreDezeen: Ultra-efficient HouseZero at Harvard University is completed
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
moreArchitectural Record: Harvard Reveals Its Ultra-Energy-Efficient CGBC
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
moreFast Company: Harvard’s new HouseZero showcases efficiency retrofits
Fast Company profiled the CGBC’s newly completed HouseZero project, heralding its transformation from old house to ultra-efficient sustainable building. The piece highlights HouseZero as a prototype of a solution to a major problem: buildings inRead More
moreArchitect Magazine: Education and the Performance Imperative
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
moreArchitectureBoston: HouseZero
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
moreHarvard Magazine: Harvard “HouseZero”
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
moreNEREJ: Retrofitting existing buildings is new frontier of energy efficiency
The New England Real Estate Journal has published a new column by CGBC Director Ali Malkawi about the importance of energy efficiency in buildings and the Center’s HouseZero retrofit project. Recognizing building energy consumption as aRead More
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