Sustainability

“It is crucial that MIT seize a leadership role in addressing the urgent issue of climate change, and I believe that this agreement puts us in an even stronger position to lead effectively and successfully,” Maria Zuber says.

Agreement on climate-related action reached by MIT administration and student-led group

Four-part plan signals effort to build on last year’s climate action plan, and an end to months-long protest.

March 3, 2016

A Pimp my Carroça cart displays the text: “Let’s recycle today so that we live well tomorrow.”

Solving global problems with MIT in Brazil

MIT student travels to São Paulo to assist non-profit in recognizing and organizing waste collectors.

February 26, 2016

Applications to the 2016-2017 MIT Portugal graduate programs are now open and cover research in the fields of bioengineering systems, sustainable energy systems, transportation systems, and leaders for technical industries.

Call for MIT Portugal PhD and executive master's is now open

MIT Portugal PhD and executive master's programs are soliciting applications for 2016-17.

February 25, 2016

Exelon President and CEO Chris Crane (left) with MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong

MIT Energy Initiative and Exelon collaborate on clean energy research through MITEI’s Low-Carbon Centers

Exelon’s MITEI membership will support research including energy storage, smarter grids, advanced nuclear generation, and solar energy.

February 25, 2016

Proposals submitted to the Climate CoLab contests will help crowdsource the makings of national and global climate action plans, like those agreed upon at the UN climate change conference in Paris last December.

MIT lab opens 10 contests on climate change

Proposals submitted will help crowdsource the makings of national and global climate action plans.

February 24, 2016

Will we ever stop using fossil fuels?

Not without a carbon tax, suggests a study by an MIT economist.

February 24, 2016

Boston Citywide Energy Model simulated energy use in a 200-by-200-meter grid for the City of Boston.

MIT researchers create citywide building energy model for Boston

Detailed model can help planners meet climate goals, increase resilience.

February 22, 2016

Professor of mechanical engineering Amos Winter (left) and graduate students Natasha Wright (on ladder) and Georgia Van de Zande assemble their desalination system a day before the USAID Desal Prize competition, which they won.

Cleaning water without the grid

MIT researchers have developed a solar-powered desalination system that could significantly increase the groundwater available for drinking in Indian villages.

February 16, 2016

“Using carbon pricing in combination with energy price reforms and renewable energy support, China could reach significant levels of emissions reduction without undermining economic growth,” says Valerie Karplus. Pictured is a photo of Beijing.

Study: China’s new policies will lower CO2 emissions faster, without preventing economic growth

MIT professor sees coal use peaking within next decade and emissions dropping soon after.

February 9, 2016

Priyanka Chatterjee ’15, a grad student in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, acts out the welcome video for a gardening app that could help homeowners reduce carbon emissions. Chatterjee and her teammates Casey Stelmach, a grad student at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and James Minor, a grad student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, won the “be...

Coming together on climate

Hackathon for Climate brings students, faculty, staff, and alumni together on climate change solutions.

February 8, 2016

$This image of a simulated concrete sample shows the "packing fraction" which describes the fraction of the volume that is filled with solid material. In this case, the average packing fraction is 0.52. Colors indicate the variations within the sample, ranging from less than 0.4 to more than 0.64. The size of the cube is 0.6 microns (millionths of a meter).$

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