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CW39 Morning Dose's Maggie Flecknoe straps into a life jacket and hits the open water with members of the Galveston Bay Foundation.

Education for Tomorrow Alliance (EfTA) hosted its annual summer Student Internship Program (SIP) luncheon presented by Sam Houston State University on Tuesday, June 25th at the Lone Star College Community Building.

HARC and Green Mountain Energy Sun Club leaders celebrated the completion of a sustainability project signifying a major step toward HARC’s goal of achieving a highly regarded Net Zero Energy (NZE) status.

HARC supports Galveston Bay Foundation to produce Galveston Bay Report Card, read to learn how you can help address trash in Galveston Bay.

The Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium released dual reports - HARC staff contributed to both.

HARC’s award-winning headquarters featured in writeup on ULI Houston’s Development of Distinction program.

On January 29, HARC’s headquarters won ULI Houston’s Development of Distinction.

HARC successfully implements a whole-building life-cycle assessment to reduce embedded emissions and push towards a "zero-carbon" building.

HARC has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® certification for superior energy performance.

HARC will partner with City of Houston to develop its Climate Action Plan. “In follow up to our work on the City of Houston’s Sustainability Action Plan, this initiative will support environmental sustainability community-wide,” states Dr. Gavin Dillingham, HARC's Program Director, Clean Energy Policy.

For the fourth straight year the Galveston Bay has earned a C grade in its annual report card.

Galveston Bay receives a grade of "C" in the 2018 Galveston Bay Report Card.

HARC President Lisa Gonzalez and Galveston Bay Foundation’s Bob Stokes discuss the release of the 2018 Galveston Bay Report Card.

The overall health of Galveston Bay earns a grade of "C" once again in the 2018 annual report card for the estuary.

Researchers Gavin Dillingham and Carlos Gamarra, leading the DOE’s CHP Southcentral and Upperwest CHP TAPs, recently published an article in the American Public Gas Association (APGA) trade association publication “The Source.” The article discusses how CHP can improve a facilities resilience and keep the lights on during and after a major power outage event.

The May/June issue of Texas Architect features articles on how the state’s changing energy landscape is affecting architecture. Rives Taylor, Regional Sustainability Leader within Gensler’s Houston office and lead designer of the HARC facility, comments on the high performance features of the building in his article, Electric Eye.

HARC President Lisa Gonzalez discusses the Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium report.

Houston Endowment gives Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) a $455,000 grant to provide the Galveston Bay Report Card for another two years.

Each year, the Houston Business Journal's Landmark Awards recognize real estate projects that are making a significant impression on the Houston landscape and improve the look, feel and image of the city. HARC was honored to learn that its LEED-Platinum facility is a finalist in the “Headquarters Move” category.

"That juxtaposition of development patterns with wetland and habitat loss are two things that have led to where we are, given our recurring flooding issues," said Lisa Gonzalez, HARC's President and CEO.

HARC’s green headquarters, constructed by Brookstone LP and designed by Gensler, was presented the Award of Merit in the Engineering News Record Texas & Louisiana's 2017 Best Projects on October 18, 2017.

HARC’s LEED Platinum headquarters was recently featured in Modern Steel Construction, the official publication of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). The article highlighted the Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (WBLCA) undertaken by the project’s civil engineering partner, Walter P Moore, and the resulting utilization of a steel-framed structure, one that led to a 20% reduction in embodied CO2 associated with the building’s structural and enclosure systems.

Decentralized Energy references HARC’s focus on clean energy policy in recent article.

HARC Coastal Ecologist Dr. Erin Kinney interview on NOS Dutch TV on Hurricane Harvey, its causes and impacts.