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Location: Harvard Allston Campus

This short in-person professional education course provides a comprehensive introduction to AI and machine learning tailored for power engineering applications, with an emphasis on sustainable computing practices. As the electricity industry transforms into a flat, active, and cyber-physical system, this course bridges domains to address challenges and opportunities, advancing smarter grids and sustainable AI systems.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with tools for statistical time series analysis, dimensionality reduction, and energy-efficient AI solutions. We will explore...

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I have recently purchased an older home, and there is a 10" hard pipe running into my mech room from the exterior of the home. It is not connected to…

Hi Everyone,I’m currently working on the design of an addition to my house.  The project involves adding a second story and an attic with vaulted ceiling to an existing 1950’s…

Hey, I am a construction manager and owner's rep in the ski town of Steamboat Springs, CO. I am working on a house with long trusses that span over some…

Folks,We've got a 4" concrete slab with 15 mil stego directly underneath, then 2" foam spec'ed for an upcoming addition project. My concrete guy wants to skip the stego, opting…

Hi,Can anyone recommend a portable heat pump for a 600 square foot 1970s Boston apartment with electric baseboard and window AC?ThanksLene

This move could end the popular energy- and cost-saving program, and further impede the U.S.’s ability to compete in global clean-energy markets

I have been building a workshop for the past 4 years (plus a couple years of site prep).  4500 sq ft ... 16 ft ceilings ... standing seam metal roof…

We are designing a house in Bozeman, MT - Climate Zone 6B.Half of the house is a gable with attic truss which makes venting easy with fascia vents and continuous…

Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Castaway: The Afterlife of Plastic, by the art collective TRES, is an art-research project that investigates plastic’s enduring presence in global ecosystems. Since 2016, TRES has searched for and photographed marine debris and plastic that has washed up on the Australian shores of Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania. Using photography, maps, and collected artifacts, the collective documents how plastic castaways of contemporary culture become embedded in landscapes—often unnoticed...

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My question is what fasteners should I use when attaching subflooring on the bottom side of a raised floor? Specs below.I know that Huber recommends #8 or #9 screws, but…

I'm building a 28x30 garage in northern Vermont with conditioned space above, two bay garage below will be unconditioned. The back half of the garage will be set into a…

CZ 3A/4A (N GA area)2001 gut renoOur insulation company wants to use kraft-faced R-38 batts on our attic floor (blown-in would be much more difficult because of accessibility issues). They…

Any tips on ways to foam behind an electric box that has already been drywalled around? I don't think there is any way to remove the box without damaging the…

In our attic, sometimes when it rains really hard, we get a leak in our attic that then appears in our bedroom underneath it. My big question is: Is the…

I had a vetted HVAC company install a mid static ducted 9K mini split for me using third-party duct design. They spec’d a 20 x 10 x 2 return filter…

BTU's and Joules, comfort, and energy...how they are all interconnected

I'm curious why I see so many people run a bead of sealant around a new window opening, install the window, and then tape over the flanges anyway. Is this…

Working on a Spanish-style property in Los Angeles, CA and we're installing a Napoleon EX42 direct vent gas fireplace.  Instead of using the standard roof terminal/cap we'd like to make…

Is there an effective way to use batts below the sheathing when using trusses?  I am building a roof structure that has 4 to 5 inches of poly on top of…