We are developing decision-making tools of support energy efficient building retrofits and examining how to significantly scale up heat electrification using low- and no-carbon technologies for both new and existing building stock.
Tools for designing with forked tree branches
Transparent aerogels for solar devices, windows
Faster fabrication, renewable materials
Designing resource-efficient, appealing cities
A pathway to flexible, resilient architecture
Leaching characteristics of biomass ash-based binder in neutral and acidic media
Smart meter-based archetypes for socioeconomically sensitive urban building energy modeling
Integrated energy demand-supply modeling for low-carbon neighborhood planning
Microsoft agrees to buy 622K tons of ‘green’ cement from Mass. company
MIT spinout Sublime Systems signed a deal with Microsoft to supply over 600,000 metric tons of their low-carbon cement over the next six to nine years. “Sublime’s mission is to have a swift and massive impact measured in the amount of cement we produce and sell,” said CEO Leah Ellis, a former MIT postdoc.
The selected projects will address data center expansion, building sector decarbonization, climate-resilient power systems, and more.
A new MIT study identifies steps that can lower not only emissions but also costs across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels.
