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Greetings, have read many posts and am thankful for all of the helpful info regarding, mostly, heat pumps.Am looking to install a split system in my parents' 2 story home,…

Location: Virtual

Decision making in support of sustainability is influenced by many factors, but there is no doubt that knowledge is necessary for the effective pursuit of sustainability. Too often, however, that knowledge has been too little, too late, or even worse, not helpful at all. This virtual seminar will explore strategies for building a robust capacity to link knowledge with action that ensures knowledge is both useable and used.

The seminar will feature: Connie Nshemereirwe (Director of the...

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I currently have half of my kitchen ceiling removed to sister up joists of a sagging floor. My kitchen is a bump out in a two-story home. The attic of…

Preparing to begin a "pop the top" renovation. Existing house will be reduced to exterior brick and block walls and existing subfloor system over existing basement. New interior first floor wall…

Hey GBA. I'm working on a project in CZ 5A in a moderate to heavy termite area and looking at solutions for insulating a raft slab. 1. I'm planning on…

Location: Sever 213, 25 Harvard Yard, Cambridge

The Environmental Action Coalition is hosting an exciting career event next Tuesday, April 8, at 6pm with RMI.

RMI focuses specifically on market-driven clean energy work, which is great for those of you who are Econ majors/aspiring finance bros, those who are feeling somewhat disillusioned by recent changes in government, or those who just want to discuss next steps with climate policy.

RMI works with governments (including the White House), consulting firms, industry giants, tech companies, NGOs, etc...to drive influential changes both in the public and private sectors....

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Looks like I'm unfortunate enough to have been a victim of a bad attic install gone wrong.  My roof was open-cell sprayed approximately 10 years ago. Seems that part of the…

Finishing basement and need to run strapping perpendicular to the floor joists above to hang the drywall for the ceiling. The issue I have is I need a three inch clearance…

We needed to insulate in the fall before we had completed electrical in order to not lose the winter as building time on our cottage project. Since the insulation has…

My wife and I moved into a 1955 cape that I am looking to renovate bit by bit, room by room in most cases- as budget allows and all work…

Location: WCC 1019, Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge

Join the Harvard Human Rights Journal and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic for a talk by Dr. Daniel Gustafson, Special Representative of the Director-General at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), former Deputy Director-General of the Organization, on “Ensuring the Right to Food in the Face of Climate Change: The Role of UN FAO.”

The talk addresses the interrelations between climate change and global hunger from the perspective of the UN FAO, highlighting how climate change exacerbates food insecurity and hinders the full realization of the right to...

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We’re working on a few tight-envelope homes with unvented roof assemblies and closed-cell spray foam, and I’m curious what MERV rating you typically go with for furnace filters in these…

Location: HUCE Seminar Room 440, MCZ 4th Floor, 26 Oxford Street Cambridge

"Going Beyond Emissions Reduction: Climate Repair" with Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng, Director of the Centre for Climate Repair, Cambridge University.

Abstract: We will first briefly discuss the state of the climate, some of the recent changes, the trend in emissions and greenhouse gas (GHG) levels, and importantly the trajectories which are now considered by the IPCC. We will then investigate options for following different trajectories. We will discuss the role of GHG removal and outline some of the research being undertaken to progress the field independent of carbon markets...

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Location: Bowie Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge SH

Join the Weatherhead Center Canada Program for their Canada Seminar featuring Emma Gilheany, William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Canada Program, and Affiliate, Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP).... Read more about Against Cryo Nullius: Icy Materialities and Nunatsiavummiut Refusal of the Settler State

My personal home in Squamish, BC built in 2008 is heated by hydronic radiant heated by gas boiler, which also heats our DHW.  Back in 2008 my position was that…

I'm likely going to use a wall air conditioner in my build. However, I'd like to remove it during the winters.Is there a way to frame and seal the opening…

Why are air leaks so hard to seal? When sealing with caulk I get  air bubbles and when I smooth the bubble  out another air bubble appears. Same thing when…

These smart air-sealing details illustrate how producing a great air barrier begins on the drawing board

t_t | Posted in Energy Efficiency and Durability on January 24, 2024, at 10:26 AM There are three main ways heat moves—conduction, convection, and radiation—and all three contribute to heat…

I’m working on a bathroom remodel and could use some guidance on how to handle a tricky insulation and air sealing situation.The bathroom extends a few feet out from the…