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PostAugust 6, 2020

When the chemical industry met modern architecture

MIT graduate student Jessica Varner has explored how the chemical industry wooed the building and construction industry with new synthetic materials at the turn of the 20th century. The result, she writes in her dissertation, was “one of the most successful, and toxic, material transformations in modern history.”

PostJuly 22, 2020

Environmental Technologies in Buildings

Photo of a modern house with movable wooden slat panels to shade large exterior windows.

PostJune 11, 2020

Stiffer roadways could improve truck fuel efficiency

Map shows the potential reductions in overall greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, state by state, that could be achieved by policies emphasizing the use of stiffer road surfaces. The greatest potential gains are seen across the southern part of the country.

PostMay 21, 2020

Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities

Using a novel methodology, MITEI researcher Joanna Moody and Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao uncovered patterns in the development trends and transportation policies of China’s 287 cities — including Fengcheng, shown here — that may help decision-makers learn from one another.

PostMarch 30, 2020

Discerning the texture of urban resilience

Researchers at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub are studying the connections between urban layouts and hazard losses.

PostMarch 4, 2020

New approach to sustainable building takes shape in Boston

Architect's rendering shows the new mass-timber residential building that will soon begin construction in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.

PostMarch 2, 2020

Evidence on the Implicit Carbon Price of Energy Efficiency in Buildings

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

PostFebruary 5, 2020

Improving pavement networks by predicting the future

PostJanuary 23, 2020

Reducing risk, empowering resilience to disruptive global change

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

PostJanuary 6, 2020

Preventing energy loss in windows

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