Once it is completed in 2010, the new MIT Sloan building (E62, pictured in this artist rendering) should be the greenest building on campus. The six-story structure will incorporate a number of environmentally friendly features including daylighting, chilled beams and radiant ceiling panels. Image / Shimahara Illustration
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.