Study: Adding power choices reduces cost and risk of carbon-free electricity
To curb greenhouse gas emissions, nations, states, and cities should aim for a mix of fuel-saving, flexible, and highly reliable sources.
To curb greenhouse gas emissions, nations, states, and cities should aim for a mix of fuel-saving, flexible, and highly reliable sources.
MIT researchers develop inexpensive way to perform full lifecycle analysis of design choices as buildings are being planned.
Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions.
Study finds lost revenue can be millions of dollars annually, suggests ways to quantify haze-related reductions in solar panel output.
MIT Solar Electrical Vehicle Team takes 5th place in nine-day challenge, which traversed the Oregon Trail from Omaha, Nebraska to Bend, Oregon.
Graduate students receive J-WAFS fellowships to support research focused on improving water access for rural as well as urban communities.
MIT class designs a prototype building to demonstrate that even huge buildings can be built primarily with wood.
MIT’s sustainability director describes how 2016 effort has inspired Boston and other cities.
Postdoc Michele Bustamante wins Congressional Fellowship for her research analyzing supply risks and cost dynamics for key metals in high technology.
Analysis points the way to energy-efficient systems that take a location-specific approach to cooling and dehumidifying places where people live and work.
Bruno Verdini, executive director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program, discusses his award-winning research on negotiating for mutual gains.
Following the Paris accord could reduce risk of severe water-access problems, researchers find.
Gasoline-alcohol engines for heavy-duty trucks could produce a meaningful improvement in global air quality.
Professor emeritus and former U.S. energy secretary reflects on recent meeting with Pope Francis and energy and finance leaders.
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant.