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mkriticos@harcresearch.orgMarina Badoian-Kriticos is a Research Scientist at HARC and focuses her efforts on the development and implementation of energy, resilience, and natural resource policies and programs. Prior to joining HARC, Marina worked as City Energy Project Senior City Advisor at the Institute for Market Transformation. In this role she focused on expanding energy and water efficiency in the built environment and provided support and expertise to the City of Houston to help develop programs and policies that will lead to a healthier and more prosperous city. Marina also previously served as Sustainability Director for the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) where she drove sustainability initiatives through a global organization and developed tools for market innovation. She received her B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies from University of Houston-Downtown.
Marina Badoian-Kriticos
Research Scientist, Energy and Natural Resource Policy
281-364-6033
Related Projects
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Recent severe weather events have caused considerable damage to the Houston region.
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The City of Houston recently announced its Climate Action Plan that will bring together stakeholders from
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The TX-PACE Energy and Emissions Tracker was created in partnership with the Texas PACE Authority, the state-wide administrator of TX-PACE. This interactive tool allows viewers to see how TX-PACE projects are reducing energy and water consumption, lowering emissions, and providing significant economic benefits. The status of TX-PACE can be reviewed for each region or at the state-wide level.
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Recent News
The Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium released dual reports - HARC staff contributed to both.
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.
HARC’s Marina Badoian-Kriticos, Research Scientist, Energy and Natural Resource Policy, discusses the increasing emphasis of and need for resilience strategies in the built environment.
Announcements
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Researcher Announcement
On Thursday, October 17th HARC’s building and campus received the LEED Project of the Year at the US Green Building Council’s Texas Chapter Building Energy Summit.
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Events
Join the Department of Energy’s Upper-West CHP TAP, IFMA and USGBC in Fargo, ND, on Tuesday. November 12, for a Lunch and Learn. The program will focus on how combined heat and power (CHP) can provide cost effective, reliable power and enhance the resilience of public and private facilities across the region
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Researcher Announcement
The Energy team, comprised of Ms. Marina Badoian-Kriticos, Dr. Gavin Dillingham, Dr. Stephanie Glenn, and Dr. Meredith Jennings had CARAT (Climate Analytics Risk Assessment Tool) accepted in EPICenter’s incubator business startup program out of San Antonio.
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Project Announcements
The city of Houston’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) hit a milestone last month with the release of a draft of the plan. HARC serves as the technical advisor and research leader on the project.
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Recent Features
HARC helps helps the City of Houston develop its first community-wide Climate Action Plan to define a path forward to reduce carbon emissions.
HARC researchers headlined several events at the Texas Energy Summit held in September.
HARC and ISC partner to help tackle the Upper Texas Gulf Coast’s economic, environmental, and social vulnerabilities – some of which were laid bare in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Left to right: Hudson Nash, Bea Portela, Amy Le, Mia Vassilakis
