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PostMay 9, 2021

Ekotrope makes building energy-efficient homes easier

The process of building energy-efficient homes and then getting certifications requires cooperation across a complex ecosystem of players. For the last 10 years, Ekotrope has worked to simplify that process.

PostApril 29, 2021

China’s transition to electric vehicles

MIT Energy Initiative

“The benefits appear to be the same order of magnitude as the costs,” says I-Yun Lisa Hsieh PhD ’20 of China’s transition to electric vehicles. “It’s so close that we need to be careful to get the numbers right.”

PostApril 5, 2021

Negative emissions, positive economy

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

The BECCS supply chain: biomass cultivation and harvest (left), biomass energy use (center) and CO2 storage (right). (Source: Carbon Brief)

PostMarch 29, 2021

Powering the energy transition with better storage

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Exploring different scenarios and variables in the storage design space, researchers find the parameter combinations for innovative, low-cost long-duration energy storage to potentially make a large impact in a more affordable and reliable energy transition.

PostMarch 26, 2021

Cooling homes without warming the planet

The startup Transaera is using a class of materials called metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, to create air conditioners that could have five times less impact on the climate when compared to traditional ACs.

PostMarch 25, 2021

What if the Perfect Climate Fix Can’t Arrive in Time?

MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative

PostMarch 4, 2021

How to reduce the environmental impact of your next virtual meeting

MIT Energy Initiative

Researchers estimate the environmental footprints associated with each gigabyte of data used in common online applications and activities. Their study finds video streaming makes a significant contribution to the impact of internet use on the environment.

PostJanuary 26, 2021

School of Architecture and Planning creates climate action plan

A single year of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of actions and energy use in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Each ball represents a ton of emitted carbon, with the different colors standing for different sources. The estimated greenhouse gas emissions by SA+P totaled 24,795 million tons of CO2 equivalent in 2019.

PostJanuary 15, 2021

Climate change: Where we are, where we’re headed, what we can do

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: Handle with care (Source: Flickr/Chanze photo a r t)

PostJanuary 14, 2021

Concept for a hybrid-electric plane may reduce aviation’s air pollution p...

A proposed hybrid-electric plane could “eliminate aviation’s air pollution problem,” say MIT engineers.

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