Recent severe weather events have caused considerable damage to the Houston region.
Recent News
Sunday, May 3, 2020
The Climate Action Plan, introduced on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, is the product of more than a year of discussions among the city and representatives from the business sector, academia, environmental organizations and the community.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
The City of Houston’s first Climate Action Plan is targeting carbon neutrality by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement.
Friday, April 24, 2020
Houston has created a Climate Action Plan. This is what it means for transportation, energy and building.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston’s Office of Sustainability today released the Houston Climate Action Plan.
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Announcements
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Researchers at HARC (the Houston Advanced Research Center) are analyzing data describing regional mobility, air quality, and energy demand to determine the extent of regional and statewide changes due to COVID-19 and the resulting stay-at-home orders.
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Events
Register today for Southcentral Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Technical Assistance Partnership webinar on the growing opportunities for CHP in commercial buildings.
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Researcher Announcement
On February 10, members from HARC research staff and community leaders gathered for an interactive workshop addressing climate change.
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Events
Join the Department of Energy’s Southcentral CHP Technical Assistance Partnership on December 5, for a webinar on the opportunities and applications of combined heat and power (CHP) at data and IT facilities.
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Recent Features
Monday, March 18, 2019
This past fall Dr. Gavin Dillingham, HARC’s Clean Energy Policy Program Director, was selected to attend the second-annual Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
HARC researchers headlined several events at the Texas Energy Summit held in September.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
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.
Thursday, September 6, 2018
As a growing urban region and coastal metropolitan area, it is increasingly important that we become more resilient to better withstand disturbance and disaster. For the Greater Houston region to be successful in the future, we will need to shift the paradigm from one that focuses primarily on disaster preparedness, response and recovery to one that thinks broadly in terms of planning, equitable investment and adaptation to reduce risk.
