Green Buildings - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

life so that they could print expiration dates on the packages. It turned out the greens lasted only a few days in fiber-based packaging as compared with two weeks or longer in plastic. The fiber acted as a desiccant, drying out the... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

conglomerate and one of India’s largest steel producers. They are employing significant technology to build circularity into their production processes across both steel and cement production and are using their R&D capacity to... View Details

04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

run a factory on that? A hospital? Or any business, really?” asks Chidalu. (00:53) Chidalu was determined to empower those being left behind in the push toward a sustainable future. “So I started delving deep into that and researching renewables and finding out how we... View Details

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

per year for heating and transport versus 143 BTUs for the average U.S. city dweller. If the city dweller lived in a green multifamily building and drove an energy-efficient Prius, his average use would drop... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

paper to the ground as quickly as we have. Designing and building modular shelters accommodating over 200 homeless people in Delhi and influencing the World Bank project to take into consideration housing design and safety when financing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

Profile

Gordon Ross

area with a horrendous natural disaster where major things went wrong. Yet I’ve never met so many positive, optimistic people. New Orleans is an advertisement for the human spirit and how it can pull you through.” Managing a different kind of View Details

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Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library

profit in the new era of prosperity , The roaring 2000s : building the wealth and lifestyle you desire in the greatest boom in history . Lowry, Philip (Phil): Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of... View Details

28 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Kicking Off Alumni in Climate Networking Series in Boston

Other attendees include climate investors, green buildings experts, and interns at clean energy startups. We are excited to be continuing this series by visiting cities with large cohorts of alumni to foster... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Make or Break

BLOOM: Build it and good things will come. Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) has been an investment banker, a special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers, and cochairman of President Obama’s task force over-seeing the Chrysler and GM... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Dec 2005
News

Back to School

school, which was long on tradition and rather short on market analysis, how to build its brand, think about the school as a business, and use the admissions process as a competitive advantage. “It goes back to what you learn in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

Portrait Project

Rick Ambrust

still have work to do here. The freedom to fail will allow me to take chances, to enjoy who I am, to build that scuba shop at some point, to be a drummer in a band, to proudly wear my cheesehead in public.1 In fact, if I ever think I am... View Details

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2182628 Government Green Procurement Spillovers: Evidence from Municipal Building Policies in California By: Simcoe, Timothy, and Michael W. Toffel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2020
News

Empowering Rural Communities

purely economic perspective—turning off the carbon-based energy production and building wind farms and solar farms can save people money,” he explains. But he saw that, in many of those places, the transition wasn’t happening. Often,... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

03 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

Verne Global: Building a Green Data Center in Iceland Thomas Steenburgh and Nnamdi OkikeHarvard Business School Case 509-063 Verne Global, a pioneering startup created to build... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2008
News

Stylin’ at Gallatin

percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for construction... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

20 Jan 2017
News

Bringing Power to the People

thousands of people. Originally, we started the company in France. We also do that in Australia, in Central America, in Africa, also in the Middle East. “What we try to do is not only produce green electricity, but also produce cheap... View Details

17 Oct 2022
Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

Sustainability is a core value at HBS, and we endeavor to build a healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive community. We know that environmental sustainability is of growing interest to our student community and teamed up with the HBS... View Details

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as... View Details