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- Spring 2023 Climate Solutions Living Lab Projects<\/a><\/li>\n
- Spring 2022 Climate Solutions Living Lab Projects<\/a><\/li>\n
- Projects from Prior Years<\/a><\/li>\n
- Student Testimonials<\/a><\/li>\n
- Teaching Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/a>Spring 2023 Climate Solutions Living Lab Projects<\/h3>\n
Click here to view: Implementation and Equity Considerations for Municipal Requirements for Fossil Fuel Free Construction<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nClick here to view: Sharing Access to Private Networked Geothermal Systems<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nIntegrating Smaller Buyers into Consortium Power Purchase Agreements<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nImproving the Permitting Process for Clean Energy While Advancing Environmental Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/a>Spring 2022 Climate Solutions Living Lab Projects<\/h3>\n
Integrating Carbon Removal into Climate Change Mitigation Commitments<\/strong>:\u00a0 Click here to view Team 3’s project presentation, “Carbon Removal Strategy for Harvard University<\/a>”<\/p>\n
Valuing Co-Benefits in Aggregated Purchasing of Carbon Offsets<\/strong>:\u00a0 Click here to view Team 1’s project presentation, “Innovation and Co-Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Offset Projects<\/a>”<\/p>\n
Combining Solar Generation and Agricultural Activities to Promote Synergistic Land Uses<\/strong>:\u00a0 Click here to view Team 4’s project presentation, “Microgrid Solar & Agrivoltaic Opportunities<\/a>”<\/p>\n
Designing Municipal Level Programs to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Building Sector<\/strong>:\u00a0 Click here to view Team 2’s project presentation, “BERDO 2.0: A Bird’s Eye View of Local Carbon Abatement Options<\/a>”<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nClimate Solutions Living Lab – Spring 2022 Class<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a>Projects from Prior Years<\/h3>\n
Spring 2020 Projects<\/h4>\n
Funding and catalyzing greenhouse gas emission reduction pilot and demonstration projects with university-based investment initiatives:\u00a0 <\/span>Click here to view Team 1’s project presentation, “Harvard Catalytic Climate Initiative”<\/a><\/p>\n
Reducing agricultural nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions through the use of cover crops:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Click here to view the Cover Crop Credit Partnerships Guide<\/a><\/p>\n
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of university athletic departments:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Click here to view the Changing the Game: A Playbook for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions at University Athletic Departments Manual<\/a><\/p>\n
Spring 2019 Projects<\/h4>\n
Options for Replacing Halocarbon Refrigerants to Reduce Damaging Climate Impacts Manual<\/a><\/p>\n
District Heating Using River Water Instead of Natural Gas<\/a><\/p>\n
Anaerobic Digestion Opportunities for Food Waste<\/a><\/p>\n
Anaerobic Digestion and Production of Biofuels on Dairy Farms in Wisconsin<\/p>\n
High-Quality Carbon Offsets Through Improved Forest Management<\/a><\/p>\n
Spring 2018 Projects<\/h4>\n
Reducing Emissions from Agriculture Sector Using Chestnut Trees for Alley Cropping<\/a><\/p>\n
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Social Benefits in Remote Alaska Native Villages Via Weatherization and Hydroponics<\/a><\/p>\n
Creation of a Cooperative in Utuado, Puerto Rico to Produce Renewable Energy and Safe Drinking Water from Existing but Neglected Hydro-Electric Facilities<\/a><\/p>\n
Anaerobic Digestion to Reduce Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions<\/a><\/p>\n
Conceiving a New Village for Shishmaref, an Alaska Native Community that is Sinking into the Sea as a Result of Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n
Spring 2017 Projects<\/h4>\n
Creating Marketable Offsets by Reducing Use of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Midwest Corn Farms<\/a><\/p>\n
Use of a Revolving Equity Fund to Create Carbon Offsets Via a Portfolio of Renewable Energy Purchases and Investments<\/a><\/p>\n
Public\/Private Partnerships To Reduce Carbon Emissions And Improve Health In Rhode Island Schools<\/a><\/p>\n
Carbon Offsets Via Forest Sequestration And Weatherization In Rural Alaska<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a>Student Testimonials<\/h3>\n
Augusta Williams, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health:<\/strong><\/p>\n
“The project I was assigned to during the Living Lab course, renewable energy credits for unregulated entities, was a topic I was not very familiar with, but learned so much from the experience. Working with students from the other Harvard schools and MIT was an invaluable experience that gave me vital experience for further team collaboration in my doctoral program. During a recent science policy fellowship I completed, I was tasked with completing a proposal on private sector greenhouse gas emissions. Initially I didn’t think I had much knowledge of this topic, but after diving in, realized all of my Living Lab experiences applied to this topic. I was able to complete the proposal with high praise and minor edits by the experts involved in the project, including scientists, lawyers, and policymakers.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Dakota McCoy, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences:<\/strong><\/p>\n
“CSLL is not a typical course. CSLL brings together students from interdisciplinary backgrounds to address real-world problems. As a graduate student in biology, I mostly work in a narrow research area with other like-minded folks. CSLL placed me on a dynamic, interdisciplinary team with four brilliant women from the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School, the Graduate School of Design, and the Law School. I learned so much from the way they tackled problems and generated results; we all brought expertise and strategies from our own fields to the table. It was immensely rewarding to work on a real world problem– anaerobic digestion for emissions reduction– where our proposed solution actually may be implemented in the near future. CSLL is learning by doing: the course’s practical atmosphere was energizing and fulfilling. We all invested buckets of energy and time into our project, learned more than I would think possible in a single term, and made connections that I am sure will stretch far into the future. I strongly recommend CSLL: it is truly refreshing and energizing to step out of our bubbles at Harvard, interact with each other, and shoot for real-world solutions to the pressing problem of climate change.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Veronica Saltzman, Harvard Law School:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
“The Living Lab gave me the opportunity to get hands on, real world experience practicing in an area of law I’d never tried\u2013\u2013energy law\u2013\u2013 and a type of legal practice I’d never tried\u2013\u2013transactional.\u00a0 More than any other course in law school, the Living Lab made me feel more prepared to enter the workforce.\u00a0 The other amazing part of the Living Lab is the amount I learned from other students on my team and on other teams.\u00a0 Because the course is multidisciplinary, students from different areas of study must learn to communicate, collaborate, and teach one another.\u00a0 I think it is truly important for law students to gain real-world legal experience and learn to collaborate with non-lawyers.\u00a0 This course gave me the opportunity to do both.”<\/em><\/p>\n
Nick Eberhart, Harvard Law School:<\/strong><\/p>\n
“I found the CSLL to be the most rewarding and engaging class I have taken at Harvard. It provides a rare opportunity to do meaningful work, to learn from experts in industry and academia, and to help the university achieve its climate goals. Through the course, I felt more involved both in Harvard’s efforts and in the broader movement to address climate change.\u00a0The CSLL is structured to be an interdisciplinary experience and I valued the opportunity to learn from other students across fields including engineering and business. We learned to communicate with people from diverse disciplines, which is something that is rare in graduate education and will be helpful for a career in the environmental field.”<\/em><\/p>\n
Bridget Nyland, Harvard Business School:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
“The Climate Solutions Living Lab was an unparalleled opportunity to both develop relationships with students passionate about climate change throughout the University and to get hands on experience doing the hard work of changing organizational behavior to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In HBS case discussions, we often say \u2018Well, we should work across the organization to change the policy and make lowering greenhouse gases a priority on the same line as profit,\u2019 as if that is trivial. The Living Lab made clear how difficult that change can be and gave me the hands-on tactical experience to actually make it happen.”<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/a>Teaching Staff<\/h3>\n
The Climate Solutions Living Lab is taught by Aladdine Joroff and co-led by Debra Stump.\u00a0 In Spring 2022, Henry Tepper joined the course as an expert advisor and team supervisor.\u00a0 The program was developed and led by the late Professor Wendy Jacobs<\/a>, who taught the course from 2017-2020.<\/p>\n
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