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Energy Efficiency and Climate Change

Provided by: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative |Published on: April 27, 2021
Lesson Plans Grades 9-12

Synopsis

  • This lesson lets students explore information about energy efficiency, perform an energy audit of their classroom, and make recommendations about how to help reduce climate emissions through energy conservation and reducing energy waste. 
  • The educator guide provides discussion questions, class activities, and student readings. 

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Subjects: Science, Mathematics, Computer Science
Authors: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Region: North America, United States, Global
Languages: English

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MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Founded in 2014, the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) is MIT’s institute-wide effort to mobilize the substantial scientific, engineering, policy, and design capacity of the MIT community to contribute to addressing climate change and other environmental challenges of global import. ESI pursues multidisciplinary research, education, events, and partnerships to help move society toward an environmentally and socially sustainable future. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts on MIT’s main campus, ESI is powered by a lean staff working closely with students and faculty across the full spectrum of disciplines. Led by architecture professor John E. Fernandez, a leading scholar in the emerging field of urban metabolism, ESI is advised by students, faculty, alumni, and thought leaders from many sectors of society.

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