Innovating Sustainable Buildings and Urban Development in the Era of Climate Change
Friday, Sep 19, 2025, 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Harvard Climate Symposium
Breakout Session
Featuring Ali Malkawi, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard SEAS; Taiil Kim, Schneider Electric; Petros Koumoutsakos, Harvard SEAS; Na Li, Harvard SEAS; Jarad Mason, Harvard University; Michel Nasilowski, Saint-Gobain; Vijay Reddi, Harvard SEAS; and Fei Sha, Google
This panel explores how collaboration across disciplines—chemistry, materials science, fluid mechanics, AI, computer science, and architecture—addresses urgent climate challenges by developing innovative, scalable solutions for sustainable buildings and cities. Building on Harvard's HouseZero®—a retrofitted pre-1940s building transformed into a Net-Zero-emission, sensor-rich living laboratory supported by a sophisticated Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure —we'll examine how these building-level innovations can scale to interconnected communities.
The discussion will highlight how intelligent systems, energy-sharing networks, and digital twins can create pathways toward a more resilient, low-carbon built environment that responds effectively to our changing climate.
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Featuring Ali Malkawi, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard SEAS; Taiil Kim, Schneider Electric; Petros Koumoutsakos, Harvard SEAS; Na Li, Harvard SEAS; Jarad Mason, Harvard University; Michel Nasilowski, Saint-Gobain; Vijay Reddi, Harvard SEAS; and Fei Sha, Google
This panel explores how collaboration across disciplines—chemistry, materials science, fluid mechanics, AI, computer science, and architecture—addresses urgent climate challenges by developing innovative, scalable solutions for sustainable buildings and cities. Building on Harvard's HouseZero®—a retrofitted pre-1940s building transformed into a Net-Zero-emission, sensor-rich living laboratory supported by a sophisticated Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure —we'll examine how these building-level innovations can scale to interconnected communities.
The discussion will highlight how intelligent systems, energy-sharing networks, and digital twins can create pathways toward a more resilient, low-carbon built environment that responds effectively to our changing climate.
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