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PostOctober 3, 2021

For campus “porosity hunters,” climate resilience is the goal

MIT Office of Sustainability

PhD student Katarina Boukin and junior Eva Then were instrumental to the Porosity Hunt, capturing data around campus and synthesizing it for future use.

PostSeptember 29, 2021

The language of change

Philosophy matters to Conti not only because he is interested in ethics, but because he believes that philosophy of language, which can illuminate how humans communicate, will help him advance convincing arguments on behalf of good climate policy.

PostSeptember 21, 2021

Predicting building emissions across the US

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Each region of the United States has unique characteristics that will cause building emissions to vary widely across the entire nation. An MIT team sought to understand — and respond to — these regional variations.

PostSeptember 16, 2021

Concrete’s role in reducing building and pavement emissions

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

By lowering concrete’s production emissions and using it in innovative ways, it’s possible to significantly cut the emissions of buildings and pavements in the United States.

PostSeptember 2, 2021

Mitigating hazards with vulnerability in mind

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Ipek Bensu Manav (right) chats with Hessam AzariJafari, her colleague at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub. During her time at CSHub, Manav has placed engineering in its social and political contexts and built new connections in the process.

PostAugust 22, 2021

Countering climate change with cool pavements

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

By selecting optimal paving materials, it may be possible to cut emissions in Boston by up to 3 percent over 50 years.

PostAugust 10, 2021

Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Lab hibernates fume hoods, drastically red...

MIT Safe & Sustainable Labs (S2L) Program

Fume hoods like these are placed into hibernation mode when they are no longer in use for the day. Since employing the use of hibernation mode, the unoccupied Undergraduate Teaching Lab air change rate has plummeted from 11 air changes per hour to seven ACH, drastically shrinking unnecessary energy outflow, saving MIT an estimated $21,000 per year.

PostJuly 16, 2021

MIT.nano receives American Institute of Architects’s Top Ten Award for su...

MIT.nano, MIT’s 216,000-square-foot, shared-access facility for nanoscience and nanotechnology research, has been awarded the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2021 Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award for excellence in sustainability and design.

PostJuly 13, 2021

Webinar on MACA Roadmap - A Tool for Advocacy and Engagement

MACA - MIT Alumni for Climate Action

Jeremy Grace '83

PostJuly 12, 2021

3 Questions: Secretary Kathleen Theoharides on climate and energy in Massac...

MIT Energy Initiative

Kathleen Theoharides (center) oversees the Commonwealth’s six environmental, natural resource, and energy regulatory agencies. In this role, the secretary joined MassWildlife for a prescribed burn on April 8 at the Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area. This habitat management practice benefits wildlife, can enhance firefighter and public safety, and improves outdoor recreational opportunities for Commonwealth citizens and visitors.

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