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...levels by 2016. This September, Harvard Real Estate services installed two forty-foot wind turbines on the Soldier’s Field Parking Garage that will provide up to 10 percent of the garage’s annual energy needs, said Joe A. Gregory, assistant director of sustainability for HRES. To further cut emissions, Harvard has undertaken the installation of the largest institutional solar array, a 250-yard solar complex atop a University-owned building in Watertown that will generate over seven percent of the complex’s annual energy...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Obama Praises Renewable Energy at MIT | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...number of subcontracted janitors were laid off at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Real Estate Services, prompting student protests and even a vigil for the workers. American Cleaning Company laid off 11 employees but then rehired two at HMS, and OneSource laid off seven at properties administered by HRES, Langley said. He added that due to a contract swap and reduction, Unicco also lost two employees at HRES...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cutbacks to Subcontracted Janitorial Staff Continue | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

...union organizer. OneSource and UNICCO—subcontracted companies that clean properties administered by HRES—had been asked by Harvard earlier this year to cut contract costs in response to a predicted 30 percent decline in the University’s endowment. Two weeks ago, HRES told OneSource more specifically that it must cut 40 percent of its costs by March 16, according to Daniel B. Becker, an organizer for Service Employees International Union Local 615, which represents custodial workers at Harvard. Manny Costa, who manages OneSource’s contract with Harvard, said that...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Janitors Face Job Losses | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...added that in addition to pursuing personnel cuts, HMS and HRES custodial directors have reexamined the frequency with which offices and building spaces are cleaned. While highly visible areas such as labs and washrooms will continue to be cleaned each day, other locations—such as offices, stairwells, and common spaces—may only be cleaned twice a week or weekly...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard To Trim Custodial Staff | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...their choices are severely limited. There has been no true grocery store in the Square for seven years. It is therefore with relief and growling stomachs that we anticipate the arrival of Market in the Square, a grocery store that will cater specifically to students. Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) should be commended for intervening in the Square’s pricy commercial real estate market to bring in a business that was badly needed, but that the free market could not provide. The Market’s impending opening is the result of a directive to HRES from former...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Building a Sensible Square | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

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