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PostSeptember 27, 2023

Improving US air quality, equitably

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

The power sector, which is the main target of current U.S. carbon emissions-reduction policies, contributes to national PM2.5-related exposure, but other sectors, such as industry and heavy-duty diesel transportation, can be a larger influence on exposure disparities.

PostSeptember 20, 2023

New Volpe Center opens to support the country’s most innovative transport...

President Sally Kornbluth, fifth from left, joins Governor Maura Healey and members of the federal government and Cambridge community for a ribbon cutting at the new John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

PostSeptember 8, 2023

AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus

MIT Office of Sustainability

Pilots in MIT's Building 66 test AI controls that work with existing building management systems and have the potential to reduce energy usage campus-wide.

PostSeptember 8, 2023

Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete

Jackson Jewett was particularly interested in applying topology optimization, an approach that uses algorithms to design structures that can achieve their performance requirements while using a limited amount of material, to concrete design.

PostSeptember 5, 2023

Exploring the Challenges and Potential of Voluntary Carbon Markets Through ...

MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium

PostSeptember 5, 2023

3 Questions: How are cities managing record-setting temperatures?

MIT Associate Professor David Hsu is an expert in city policies concerning climate change. Following record-setting heat in the summer of 2023, he describes what cities are now doing in response, and the possibilities for new policy measures.

PostAugust 30, 2023

Here’s what we know about hurricanes and climate change

MIT Technology Review

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida in October 2022 as a Category 5 storm.

PostAugust 27, 2023

Explained: The 1.5 C climate benchmark

To prevent worsening and potentially irreversible effects of climate change, the world’s average temperature should not exceed that of preindustrial times by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). By why 1.5 degrees Celsius?

PostAugust 25, 2023

More homes mean more heat. Can new building codes help save metro Phoenix f...

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Construction cranes in Phoenix on July 13, 2023, the 14th day in a row of temperatures 110 degrees or more.

PostAugust 23, 2023

Job titles of the future: Chief heat officer

MIT Technology Review

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