Green Homes News

Location: Zoom

Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover will speak as part of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the Vice Provost Office for Advances in Learning's Harvard Speaks on Climate Change Series.... Read more about Harvard Speaks on Climate Change: Environmental Justice and Green Infrastructure

Hi all,I'm renovating/retrofitting a cabin in the Catsklls area and have questions about the insulation method proposed by the architect. We are adding an extension to the cabin, among other…

Location: HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

The Harvard University Center for the Environment at the Salata Institute invites you for an artist talk with John Sabraw, Professor of Art at Ohio University, whose work is currently on view in the Center lounge.... Read more about 2024 Environmental Artist: John Sabraw

My plan calls for rigid foam insulation on the slab edge, covered by 1/4" of parging. In order to get the right thickness I'm using courses of two different insulation…

Location: Zoom & L-369 Belfer Center Library, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world’s regions, changing both the geological and geopolitical landscape of the Arctic region. Meanwhile, China and Russia are enhancing their cooperation in the Arctic, particularly through China’s investments in Russia’s rich natural resources... Read more about Arctic Security in the Age of Green Transition

I'm insulating my basement walls with rigid foam panels. My heat pump water heater sits in a little bay, where it is positioned so that there is not enough room…

I have a 18 x 36 building with a metal roof in West Texas. I am wondering do I need to put the in the roof baffles inside the 2x6…

Reframing a common question to better understand why heat pumps really do work in extremely cold climates

Location: Mignone Center for Career Success, 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge

Careers in Climate and Sustainability Consulting featuring BSR... Read more about Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series

I bought 144' of 4/0 AWG aluminum XHHW-2 wire (roughly 0.6" diameter) that came in a coil.  Probably because I didn't unroll it the right way, it has the shape…

There are many Mid Century multi family buildings in our town.  A large percentage of them feature sleeve style AC units.These units are efficient and when not in use a…

I live in north NH (zone 4a) and recently had a Mitsubishi MXZ-36NAHZ hyper heat pump with 5 ductless indoor units installed at/in my home.

Is there a good detail or is it not worth worrying about how the vapor barrier terminates at a header block?

Trying to decide between R22 and R33 options of under slab insulation for my workshop. After trying a couple of web based calculators that spat out nonsense numbers, I decided…

Location: Zoom & FXB G-12, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston

Join WGH and speakers Dr. Aya Goto and Dr. Michio Murakami for a lunchtime talk and Q&A on their work surrounding the environmental and human health impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.... Read more about Environment, Women, and Children: Experiences From the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Location: Virtual

Our community of scholars works to coordinate, support, and amplify climate and health research.... Read more about Climate and Health Research Network

I was recently mislead by an assembly R value calculator on an insulation company's website. Surprising because the data wasn't skewed in their favor, but looks like the flaw was…

Location: Zoom

A presentation from 2023–2024 Grass Fellow Eduardo Mercado III. At Radcliffe, Mercado is building on his discoveries about the nature, functions, and plasticity of whale songs.... Read more about Singers as Sentinels: How Whales Can Warn of Changing Ecosystems

We have started installing 6 mil pol as our interior vapour control layer in a new build project. I thought they had switched it to Intello so I was surprised.We…

None, 6-mil poly, smart (variable permeability) membrane, painted gypsum board, combination, something else? Does a smart retarder perform better/worse with/without a service cavity (separation from vs contact with wallboard)? Specific…