Green Homes News

Location: Livestream or Weld Hill Lecture Hall, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Arnold Arboretum Research Talk: Invasive Plant Impacts in the Continental United States: Processes, Patterns and Prevention with Dan Buonaiuto, NE CASC Postdoctoral Fellow, UMass Amherst.... Read more about Invasive Plant Impacts in the Continental United States: Processes, Patterns and Prevention

Location: Online

Join Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow Margaret Williams for a debrief with Arctic experts recently returned from the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP28. The panelists will reflect on their key takeaways from the conference and answer any questions you might have about its outcomes, with a focus on Arctic biodiversity, permafrost thaw, and Indigenous peoples.... Read more about COP28 Climate Outcomes: What Do They Mean for the Arctic?

Location: Zoom

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the Vice Provost Office for Advances in Learning present Harvard Speaks on Climate Change, a new series featuring Harvard faculty working on different dimensions of the climate challenge. In this session, Professors Dustin Tingley and Gordon Hanson will explore the political, economic, and social challenges surrounding the energy transition.... Read more about Harvard Speaks on Climate Change: Climate Politics and the Energy Transition

Location: Zoom & 324 North Main Street, Petersham

"Forest Estimation in the Age of Big(ger) Data" with Kelly McConville, Department of Statistics, Harvard University.

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Location: Zoom or MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

How will organisms fare in the 21st century as they face extreme environmental conditions and environmental degradation? Developmental plasticity is the ability of an organism to give rise to two or more distinct phenotypes in the face of environmental changes.... Read more about Insects in the Anthropocene

Location: Mather House, 10 Cowperthwaite St., Cambridge

Join the famous collaborative experiential FUN game-workshop "Climate Fresk". Climate Fresk is based on the science of the IPCC reports and has been played by more than 1 million people in industry, academia, government and general public, at all levels of responsibilities and climate knowledge... and by 400 Harvard affiliates! Aims of the Climate Fresk workshop: - Lower the barriers to engage with climate change - Increase awareness and empowerment - Spark conversations in a fun and informal manner

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Location: Livestream or Weld Hill Lecture Hall, Arnold Arboretum, 1300 Centre Street, Boston

Please join us Monday, for Fungal traits and forest responses to elevated CO2 with Peter Pellitier, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University.

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We have been exploring HVAC options for our ND home in climate zone 6. Our original plan was air source heat pumps for primary heating and cooling. Fully dedicated ERV…

The HRV or ERV selection question again but with a twist.We are finishing a 1600 SF PGH far north in zone 6B for two occupants. We heat the building with…

Hello, I would like to use the DG 1000 manometer from my TEC blower door to balance an ERV (Panasonic IB 100). While I am to find tubing arrangements for…

I’m buying AC Infinity filter box to place infront of ERV to save on filters. Reviews are the box is not fully sealed when prople flashed light it goes through.is…

Location: HUCE, 26 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge

Join the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability for a gathering of graduate students from across campus engaged in research on climate change issues. ... Read more about Climate & Sustainability Graduate Student Gathering

Do all interior wall coverings other than drywall need a smart membrane? I am building a small shop building and am considering doing the interior in either wood paneling or…

Hello,I have a question about the relationship between ventilation and air-sealing improvements in my home. I live in a cold-humid climate (northern New England, Zone 6A), and we have three…

We purchased a 1980’s built A Frame home and put a new roof on the house. Some boards were rotten underneath and those were replaced, but there are cold spots…

Hello, I am building in zone 6B and have a garage that will be directly below a master bathroom and bedroom. I was looking for any input on how I…

The “slabless slab” omits the concrete of conventional foundation systems like basements and slabs on grade

Hi All,Location: SeattleClimate Zone: 4CI will soon be ready to install the flooring in a detached garage (10'x20') that I am converting into a conditioned workshop.  The existing floor is…

How much better is a 2x6 24" on center wall than 16" on center? I know it can vary depending on a number of factors, but I was wondering if…

Hey all,IRC 2018, https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2018/appendix-f-radon-control-methodsOn a gabled roof line, just checking that the spot of exist is the 12 inches, but also a 12" ruler would not also hit the gable…