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Energy-efficient construction is key to lowering urban emissions, study finds.

Projects by School of Architecture and Planning faculty, researchers, and alumni explore the exhibition's theme of “Imminent Commons.”

Adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions.

MIT Energy Initiative seminar examines the role of the humanities, design, and aesthetics in catalyzing a fairer, more diverse energy future.

Approach developed at MIT could help curb needless “flaring” of potent greenhouse gas.

Surprisingly, pressurization isn’t to blame for fouling of membranes, study finds.

Teams developing materials solutions for ships and buildings split second and third prizes.

“Air-breathing” battery can store electricity for months, for about a fifth the cost of current technologies.

Rise of electric vehicles and grid storage may cause bottlenecks, but no showstoppers, analysis suggests.