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- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
Buildings By: Herron, J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles, Jr. Abstract—Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices...
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Anna Secino
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
new, sustainably built and operated buildings figure prominently in the design for the southern edge of campus, a Community Green will be the dominant, unifying feature. “The master plan calls for a...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
crisis is the most urgent problem facing our planet. It is critical that we accelerate the flow of investment into green technology.” As one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists, John Doerr thinks big. Working side by...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Six Receive Dean’s Award
(New Orleans rejuvenation); and the team of Rye Barcott, Alex Ellis, Neil Wagle, and Kate Wattson (creating Building Green Businesses, a second-year field study seminar).
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- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a...
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- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Bringing Power to the People
thousands of people. Originally, we started the company in France. We also do that in Australia, in Central America, in Africa, also in the Middle East. “What we try to do is not only produce green electricity, but also produce cheap...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Together Again
building green businesses to winning in emerging markets to rethinking business education. For many, the reunion was a family affair, with children and grandchildren participating in a variety of activities...
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- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind
without going all the way out to sea. We also met with a European utility company that is building a green hydrogen plant near these turbines. This new facility will soon take electricity generated by the...
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- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
vehicle charging stations: repairing and maintaining those stations. She is building an army of green technicians, the majority of whom are Black and Brown. “We are a sustainable people!” – ChargerHelp! CEO...
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- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
journey to understand the intricate tapestry of India's burgeoning green tech landscape. A pivotal moment in our learning expedition was the site visit to Log 9 Materials, a company that epitomizes the fusion of innovation and...
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- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
run a factory on that? A hospital? Or any business, really?” asks Chidalu. (00:53) Chidalu was determined to empower those being left behind in the push toward a sustainable future. “So I started delving deep into that and researching renewables and finding out how we...
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- Fast Answer
Urban development
transportation or highway planning, infrastructure financing, building materials, and parks. This link leads to a search result in a variety of EBSCO databases. Journal of Planning Literature covers topics such as urban...
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- 28 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Kicking Off Alumni in Climate Networking Series in Boston
Other attendees include climate investors, green buildings experts, and interns at clean energy startups. We are excited to be continuing this series by visiting cities with large cohorts of alumni to foster...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Make or Break
BLOOM: Build it and good things will come. Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) has been an investment banker, a special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers, and cochairman of President Obama’s task force over-seeing the Chrysler and GM...
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Manufacturing
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Spaces: Convening Power
large-scale conference center, a performance space, and an intimate community forum where HBS can harness the energy and creativity of the thousands of students, faculty, alumni, and leaders who will convene there each year. The building...
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- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
per year for heating and transport versus 143 BTUs for the average U.S. city dweller. If the city dweller lived in a green multifamily building and drove an energy-efficient Prius, his average use would drop...
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Climate Action Now - Course Catalog
proceed. Solutions include offshore wind energy, electric school buses and vehicle fleets, green buildings and districts, new ventures using hidden assets, and the building of...
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- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
life so that they could print expiration dates on the packages. It turned out the greens lasted only a few days in fiber-based packaging as compared with two weeks or longer in plastic. The fiber acted as a desiccant, drying out the...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 02 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores
coastal regions. Structures built with these cements can withstand saltwater erosion and extreme weather conditions better, leading to longer lifespans and reduced maintenance costs. As typical with many green industrial products,...
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- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for construction...
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