Amanda Thounaojam
Amanda Thounaojam is a Senior Technical Associate at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. She conducts research that integrates passive approaches with IoT-based controls, working in the areas of thermal comfort, affordable cooling, visual comfort, net-zero energy and water design, sustainability dashboards, and calibrated simulations. At IIHS, Amanda manages Solar Decathlon India, the largest net-zero building challenge in the world. Amanda is also a faculty member for the Urban Fellows Programme at IIHS.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.