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51 stories tagged ‘Energy’
Harvard to become largest institutional buyer of wind power in New England
Harvard University announced today (Nov. 2) that more than 10 percent of the electricity consumed on its Cambridge and Allston campuses soon will be supplied from a wind farm in northern Maine
Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Green '13 is a new initiative from the class of 2013 that aims to change the culture of personal behavior, starting with being more sustainable.
Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
In the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, faculty and staff are honing in on saving energy and materials, helping the University to significantly reduce its greenhouse emissions by 2016.
Oil workshop illuminates complex issue for teachers
Elementary and high school teachers attend a weeklong Harvard workshop on oil and the economic, political, and environmental issues that accompany it.
Greening the meaning of bottom line
Christine Benoit, an expert on buying just enough and from the right places, brings her ethic of green living to the Harvard procurement process.
HAA President Morris hands off to Alvarez-Bjelland
Last spring, as Walter Morris ’73, M.B.A. ’75, prepared to become president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), he was eagerly anticipating his 35th class reunion. For Morris, this reunion was another cherished opportunity to renew old friendships, and, in many instances, an occasion to build new ones. Class reunions are the HAA’s flagship alumni event, the heart of the HAA’s ambitious goal “to make your Harvard experience last a lifetime.” And Morris, whose personal involvement with the HAA board dates back 15 years, remained committed to making that happen.
Ten honorary degrees awarded at Commencement
Harvard University has conferred today (June 4) honorary degrees on 10 outstanding individuals: Energy Secretary Steven Chu, filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, author Joan Didion, religious historian Wendy Doniger, legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin, immunologist Anthony S. Fauci, anthropologist Sarah Hrdy, engineer Robert Langer, musician Wynton Marsalis, and political scientist Sidney Verba.
Looking at ‘spoiled’ Americans through an energy lens
In 1968, the United States was exporting oil. A decade later, given massive increases in domestic demand, it was importing half of this coveted fuel.
Climate Collaborative’s report suggests culture change
Last year, Harvard University pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2016. That ambitious goal raised a single big question: How?
HRES installs solar arrays on buildings
Harvard students can do a lot of things, but hovering five stories in the air is not one of them.
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