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Seven new businesses have set up shop in Harvard Square since the beginning of the summer, including a 24-hour New-York-style market and four boutiques specializing in clothing, jewelry, and accessories. Tistik, a retailer at 54 Church Street that sells jewelry, gifts, and handmade crafts from developing countries...
...concentration follows Harvard’s growing commitment to sustainability and the environment. As the University expands into Allston over the next 50 years, it has committed that all buildings and landscapes will conform with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design...
The concentration complements the “ethical imperative” to preserve the environment with practical design techniques that encourage students to pursue “new kinds of imagination, new kinds of possibilities, new sorts of environments,” Mostafavi said.
“The dilemma in designing energy-efficient buildings is to maintain a comfortable environment for occupants while at the same time reducing the amount of energy needed to maintain it,” Bechthold said.
“I think it makes the conversation better and creates a more lively environment,” said Peter Becker, a History and Literature tutor. “[The students] see what their peers are doing, and there’s a certain incentive to push themselves.?...