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Grinham Research Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvard University Graduate School of Design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grinham Research Group brings an intensely interdisciplinary approach to the climate crisis and the built environment, connecting material science with building physics and design to examine questions on materiality, thermal health, and lifecycle carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan Grinham<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jack Alvarenga<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Leonard Palmer<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yingnan Chu<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nicky Rhodes<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Donald Oloruntobo<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Maddie Farrer<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chenming He<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Valentine Geze<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sophia Cabral<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mia Montrose<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Peteris Lazovskis
Erin Hunt
Tommy Schaperkotter
Anirban Gosh
Katarina Richter-Lunn<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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