Toward socially and environmentally responsible real estate
Formerly an architect and mentor to young women in Tehran, master’s student Peggy Ghasemlou now aims to promote sustainability and green investing in real estate development.
Formerly an architect and mentor to young women in Tehran, master’s student Peggy Ghasemlou now aims to promote sustainability and green investing in real estate development.
“Design is not a luxury,” the Gensler global co-chair told advanced degree recipients. “It’s for everyone, everywhere.”
Inaugural Fast Forward Faculty Fund grants aim to spur new work on climate change and deepen collaboration at MIT.
J-WAFS awards 2023 Solutions Grants to bring two water-related innovations to the market.
“We are proud to be doing this work, and we hope you will join us.”
Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build green spaces on pitched roofs in Paris, to decrease temperatures while improving quality of life.
Projects, publications, and academia-industry networks produce pathways for the real estate industry to address the climate crisis.
New research quantifies how much very hot temperatures restrict outdoor activity in China.
Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.
Study uses social media to measure how much sentiment has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis, worldwide.
New effort empowers MIT researchers to shape real estate’s future and build responsibly and sustainably.
Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.
MIT experiment finds people will respond to cues from neighbors about activities and risk preferences.
Professor Siqi Zheng promotes sustainable urbanization at MIT’s Center for Real Estate.
With an artist’s eye, graduate student Natasha Sadikin keeps good design at the forefront of real estate development.