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    Eat well, be active, protect the planet

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We’re building on our past progress in reducing emissions with goals to be fossil fuel-free by 2050 and fossil fuel-neutral by 2026.
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Green Revolving Fund

How To

The Life Cycle Costing policy and calculator were developed to support implementation of Harvard's Green Building Standards.

Life Cycle Calculator

Case Study

LEED Rating System: LEED-CI

LEED Rating: Gold

Date Completed: June 2017

Built in 1974, Soldiers Field Park Building 4 is a three story multi-family building which houses 47 residential units within a total of 43,110 square feet. The primary goal of the Soldiers...

HUH Soldiers Field Park Building Four

Case Study

LEED Rating System: LEED-CI

LEED Rating: GOLD

Date Completed: August, 2007

In 2007, the Harvard Business School (HBS) upgraded four Executive Education classrooms in McCollum Hall (101, 102, 201, and 202). The classrooms encompass 7,940 square feet of the building,...

HBS McCollum Hall

Case Study

LEED Rating System: LEED-HOME

LEED Rating: PLATINUM

Date Completed: August, 2008

In May, 2009, 2 Grant St became Harvard’s first LEED Platinum residential house. The house itself was originally constructed in 1867, and is considered a historic structure. In...

HUH 2 Grant Street

Case Study

The Billion Dollar Challenge created this case study of Harvard's Green Revolving Fund

Green Revolving Fund Case Study

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Events

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  • 9 Jan – 6 Feb

    Harvard Valentine’s Day Toiletries Drive

    ALL DAY
  • 31 Jan

    HLC Green Team EcoOpportunity Meeting

    1–1:45 pm
  • 31 Jan

    Radcliffe Institute Chilean Constitutional Reform: Mother Nature, Mapuche Women, and Decolonial Perspectives

    4 pm
  • 7 Feb

    HKS Dinner Film Screening: "There's Something in the Water" environmental racism documentary

    5:30–8 pm
  • 8 Feb

    Radcliffe Institute Wiring Gaia in the Anthropocene: “Smart Earth” Digital Technologies and Environmental Futures

    12 pm
  • 8 Feb

    HFSI Scraps: The Environmental & Societal Implications of Reducing Food Waste

    4:30–5:30 pm
  • 13 Feb

    HBS Home Weatherization & Energy Lunch and Learn

    11 am–12 pm
  • 14 Feb

    Harvard Freecycle

    11 am–2 pm
  • 16 Feb

    HGSE Green Team Meeting

    12–12:45 pm
  • 16 Mar

    HGSE Green Team Meeting

    12–12:45 pm
  • 18 Apr

    Harvard Freecycle

    11 am–2 pm
  • 20 Apr

    HGSE Green Team Meeting

    12–12:45 pm

Events

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31 Jan

HLC Green Team EcoOpportunity Meeting

1–1:45 pm
31 Jan

Radcliffe Institute Chilean Constitutional Reform: Mother Nature, Mapuche Women, and Decolonial Perspectives

4 pm
7 Feb

HKS Dinner Film Screening: "There's Something in the Water" environmental racism documentary

5:30–8 pm

News

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  • January 26, 2023

    Listening to air, water

  • January 12, 2023

    Exxon disputed climate findings for years. Its scientists knew better

  • January 3, 2023

    With an eye on climate, a helping hand for health care’s front lines

  • December 6, 2022

    You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why?

  • November 30, 2022

    Tackling climate change with ‘sleeves rolled up’

  • November 28, 2022

    Raising health care’s climate voice

  • November 23, 2022

    Glimmers of movement, hope at COP27

  • November 16, 2022

    Climate change in urban America, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Calif. reservation

  • November 15, 2022

    How inflation act may help rescue greenhouse-gas goals of repealed Clean Power Plan

  • November 7, 2022

    PFAS levels lower in buildings with healthier furnishings

  • October 27, 2022

    A global beacon on climate change

  • October 25, 2022

    Launching Salata Institute to marshal Harvard resources to fight climate crisis

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