Green Building

Across Harvard, building managers and University leaders are responding to the urgent need to address climate change by renovating and constructing greener buildings that cut energy use and are healthier, happier places for staff to work and students to learn.

The Harvard Hiphop Archive is a 1,497 square foot, $700,000 fit-out located on the second floor of 104 Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge, MA that has recently achieved LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) Silver certification.  The Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ W.E.B.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has recently received LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) Platinum certification, the highest LEED certification level possible, for their latest classroom renovation in Larsen Hall.

DePace Lab is located on the 4th floor of the Harvard Medical School’s Warren Alpert Building at 200 Longwood Avenue in Boston, MA. The renovation project achieved LEED-CI certification at the Gold level in July 2009. This was the first renovation of a wet lab at Harvard University to achieve a LEED certification, and shows the Medical School's strong committment to sustainability.

Achieving Gold certification under the LEED for Commercial Interiors version 2.0 rating system in June 2010, the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) Jacobsen Lab is an approximately 6,000 square foot organic chemistry lab located on the second floor of Mallinckrodt Laboratory Building at 12 Oxford Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) office fit-out on the fourth floor of Holyoke Center recently achieved Harvard’s 25^th LEED certification.  This 7,730 square foot space in the north wing of the building is home to the College’s Advising Program Office and the Program in General Education. 

On May 2nd, more than 50 Harvard students took a break from studying for finals and picked up caulk guns to help improve the energy efficiency of the Phillips Brooks House in Harvard Yard.

On April 23^rd, 2010, Harvard University celebrated the first annual Harvard Green Carpet Awards - an event to acknowledge the individuals and teams across the University who have contributed to reducing our environmental impact.

On a bright and sunny Monday afternoon (April 10, 2010) about 15 HBS students made their way across the Western Avenue bridge to visit one of Harvard's shining jewels as far as green buildings go -- the University Operations Services building at 46 Blackstone Street -- Harvard University’s first LEED® Platinum-certified building!

Harvard Business School (HBS) sustainability efforts have caught the notice of quite a few people around campus...