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<\/figure>\nBoston\u2019s Additive Edge at Autodesk: Harvard Researchers Turn Mining Waste into Masonry<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When most people look at piles of mining waste, they see rubble. For Maddie Farrer and Chenming He, two researchers at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Design<\/a> (GSD), those rocks look like building blocks for the future. Inside the Autodesk<\/a> Technology Center in Boston, the duo is using 3D printing to \u201cweave discarded stone into new kinds of architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2025\/11\/News_250905_Trellis_OTD.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nStartups Based on Harvard Innovations Devise Solutions for a Warming World<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Five companies started with discoveries in Harvard labs and, with various forms of support, developed impactful solutions that are enhancing our quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2025\/07\/News_250624_Spotlight_HarvardSEAS.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nSenior project spotlight: Jack Shea and John Pojman<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Engineering Design Projects (ES 100), the capstone course at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), challenges seniors to engineer a creative solution to a real-world problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2025\/11\/News_250512_Biennale_Wallpaper.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nHow was Carlo Ratti\u2019s \u2018Intelligens\u2019? Wallpaper* editors discuss the 19th Venice Biennale<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Having visited \u2018Intelligens\u2019, the 19th Venice Biennale’s main show by curator Carlo Ratti, the Wallpaper* editors discuss what they saw at the world’s biggest global architecture festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2025\/05\/News_250402_Trellis_HarvardGazette.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nAC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Today, systems that cool buildings account for as much as 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That may seem like a small fraction, but it\u2019s significant: double the emissions associated with all air travel, for example.
As the world gets hotter due to climate change, the need for cooling is set to rise substantially. Air conditioning demand is expected to soar by up to 40 percent by 2030 […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/09\/News_240904_Trellis_Economist.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nNew tech can make air conditioning less harmful to the planet<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Hansj\u00f6rg](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/04\/News_240328_cSNAP_LuxMagazine.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nHansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Perspective](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_231113_OurArtificialNature_GSD.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Jonathan](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_231103_Vesma_GSD.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Collection](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_231101_SixteenStudentStools_GSD.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Building](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_230829_cSNAP_SCIAM.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"View](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_230518_cSNAP_SNExplores.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Two](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_230213_cSNAP_Salata.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Imaginary](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_221101_cSNAP_HarvardMagazine.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Window](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_220912_cSNAP_WashingtonPost.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Window](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_220826_cSNAP_FastCompany.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Gloomy](\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2024\/01\/News_220518_cSNAP_HarvardGazette.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>Boston\u2019s Additive Edge at Autodesk: Harvard Researchers Turn Mining Waste into Masonry<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When most people look at piles of mining waste, they see rubble. For Maddie Farrer and Chenming He, two researchers at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Design<\/a> (GSD), those rocks look like building blocks for the future. Inside the Autodesk<\/a> Technology Center in Boston, the duo is using 3D printing to \u201cweave discarded stone into new kinds of architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nStartups Based on Harvard Innovations Devise Solutions for a Warming World<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Five companies started with discoveries in Harvard labs and, with various forms of support, developed impactful solutions that are enhancing our quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSenior project spotlight: Jack Shea and John Pojman<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Engineering Design Projects (ES 100), the capstone course at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), challenges seniors to engineer a creative solution to a real-world problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHow was Carlo Ratti\u2019s \u2018Intelligens\u2019? Wallpaper* editors discuss the 19th Venice Biennale<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Having visited \u2018Intelligens\u2019, the 19th Venice Biennale’s main show by curator Carlo Ratti, the Wallpaper* editors discuss what they saw at the world’s biggest global architecture festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Today, systems that cool buildings account for as much as 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That may seem like a small fraction, but it\u2019s significant: double the emissions associated with all air travel, for example.
As the world gets hotter due to climate change, the need for cooling is set to rise substantially. Air conditioning demand is expected to soar by up to 40 percent by 2030 […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew tech can make air conditioning less harmful to the planet<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When most people look at piles of mining waste, they see rubble. For Maddie Farrer and Chenming He, two researchers at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Design<\/a> (GSD), those rocks look like building blocks for the future. Inside the Autodesk<\/a> Technology Center in Boston, the duo is using 3D printing to \u201cweave discarded stone into new kinds of architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Startups Based on Harvard Innovations Devise Solutions for a Warming World<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Five companies started with discoveries in Harvard labs and, with various forms of support, developed impactful solutions that are enhancing our quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSenior project spotlight: Jack Shea and John Pojman<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Engineering Design Projects (ES 100), the capstone course at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), challenges seniors to engineer a creative solution to a real-world problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHow was Carlo Ratti\u2019s \u2018Intelligens\u2019? Wallpaper* editors discuss the 19th Venice Biennale<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Having visited \u2018Intelligens\u2019, the 19th Venice Biennale’s main show by curator Carlo Ratti, the Wallpaper* editors discuss what they saw at the world’s biggest global architecture festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Today, systems that cool buildings account for as much as 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That may seem like a small fraction, but it\u2019s significant: double the emissions associated with all air travel, for example.
As the world gets hotter due to climate change, the need for cooling is set to rise substantially. Air conditioning demand is expected to soar by up to 40 percent by 2030 […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew tech can make air conditioning less harmful to the planet<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five companies started with discoveries in Harvard labs and, with various forms of support, developed impactful solutions that are enhancing our quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Senior project spotlight: Jack Shea and John Pojman<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Engineering Design Projects (ES 100), the capstone course at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), challenges seniors to engineer a creative solution to a real-world problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHow was Carlo Ratti\u2019s \u2018Intelligens\u2019? Wallpaper* editors discuss the 19th Venice Biennale<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Having visited \u2018Intelligens\u2019, the 19th Venice Biennale’s main show by curator Carlo Ratti, the Wallpaper* editors discuss what they saw at the world’s biggest global architecture festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Today, systems that cool buildings account for as much as 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That may seem like a small fraction, but it\u2019s significant: double the emissions associated with all air travel, for example.
As the world gets hotter due to climate change, the need for cooling is set to rise substantially. Air conditioning demand is expected to soar by up to 40 percent by 2030 […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew tech can make air conditioning less harmful to the planet<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Engineering Design Projects (ES 100), the capstone course at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), challenges seniors to engineer a creative solution to a real-world problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>How was Carlo Ratti\u2019s \u2018Intelligens\u2019? Wallpaper* editors discuss the 19th Venice Biennale<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Having visited \u2018Intelligens\u2019, the 19th Venice Biennale’s main show by curator Carlo Ratti, the Wallpaper* editors discuss what they saw at the world’s biggest global architecture festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Today, systems that cool buildings account for as much as 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That may seem like a small fraction, but it\u2019s significant: double the emissions associated with all air travel, for example.
As the world gets hotter due to climate change, the need for cooling is set to rise substantially. Air conditioning demand is expected to soar by up to 40 percent by 2030 […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew tech can make air conditioning less harmful to the planet<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having visited \u2018Intelligens\u2019, the 19th Venice Biennale’s main show by curator Carlo Ratti, the Wallpaper* editors discuss what they saw at the world’s biggest global architecture festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>AC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Today, systems that cool buildings account for as much as 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That may seem like a small fraction, but it\u2019s significant: double the emissions associated with all air travel, for example.
As the world gets hotter due to climate change, the need for cooling is set to rise substantially. Air conditioning demand is expected to soar by up to 40 percent by 2030 […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew tech can make air conditioning less harmful to the planet<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, systems that cool buildings account for as much as 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That may seem like a small fraction, but it\u2019s significant: double the emissions associated with all air travel, for example.
As the world gets hotter due to climate change, the need for cooling is set to rise substantially. Air conditioning demand is expected to soar by up to 40 percent by 2030 […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>New tech can make air conditioning less harmful to the planet<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2\u00b0C higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution: by mid-century they are projected to be about 2\u00b0C higher [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss on his pioneering work in conservation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nOur Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philanthropist Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation are committed to accelerating the pace and scale of conservation, supporting innovative academic research, and finding long-term solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Wyss Foundation has led the movement to conserve at-risk ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Our Artificial Nature: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nA Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our Artificial Nature<\/em> daylights the cultural, social, and technological processes emerging within design discourse in response to the environmental imperatives of our time. The in-progress research of the Center of Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) core and affiliated research faculty at the GSD provides a window onto the often-invisible mechanics of the built environment that allow us to see, analyze, and design our future world in new and yet-unimagined ways. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>A Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nSixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record, according to scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As climate change increases global temperatures, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. While globally accessible and cheap to manufacture, conventional air conditioners still rely on wasteful mechanical vapor-compression methods [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Sixteen Student Stools: Exhibition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic growth, material extraction, and greenhouse gas emissions have a near-99 percent correlation. Building is an act of climate change. This exhibition draws increased attention to climate change pedagogy at the Graduate School of Design by showcasing sixteen student-designed stools from the MArch core course, Materials. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>New Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nNew technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s winter. It\u2019s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. Severe heat is the deadliest of all weather events; in the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>New technologies could keep people cool in a warming world<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nCooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34\u00b0 Celsius (93\u00b0 Fahrenheit). Overnight, temps didn\u2019t get cooler than 25 \u00b0C (77 \u00b0F). As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. That\u2019s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Cooling Off: Low-Carbon Alternative to AC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nEnergy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The career paths of a materials scientist and an architect are unlikely to cross. Yet in Joanna Aizenberg\u2019s Biomineralization and Biomimetics Lab, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the expertise of both materials science and architecture are combined to produce energy efficiency technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Energy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nAir conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turning on an air-conditioning unit is a catch-22. As climate change increases global temperature, world cooling demands are expected to triple by 2050. This translates to 10 new air-conditioning units deployed every second for the next three decades. But traditional AC systems are far from climate friendly. They shuttle a refrigerant between the liquid and vapor phases to remove heat and moisture from incoming air\u2014a process that requires huge amounts of energy […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Air conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\nHarvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands of the state\u2019s residents received beeping text alerts to notify them that the power grid, straining under the weight of millions of air-conditioning units, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>Harvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as the planet keeps getting hotter, and more people around the world are able to afford air-conditioning, its use is growing everywhere. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>10 teams tackle climate change<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard faculty and students are advancing solutions to climate change and its wide-ranging impacts through new scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, public health, policy, and artistic innovations. Ten research teams will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards. Aiming for impact at both the local and global level, these projects will seek to reduce the risks of climate change, […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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