On Wednesday, April 15, a project developed through MIT D-Lab's two energy-focused classes, Introduction to Energy in Global Development and Applications of Energy in Global Development, was featured at the MIT Museum for their Day of Climate program, an event aimed at pk-12 students and educators.
The project was developed in Argentina with Nicolas Maggio of FOVISEE (Foro de Vivienda Social y Eficiencia Energética/Social Housing and Energy Efficiency Forum), Weatherizers Without Borders, and multiple D-Lab student teams overseen by instructor Joshua Paul Maldonado.
According to UN Habitat, +2.8 billion people —more than one in three people on the planet— lack adequate housing, living in nearly one billion homes. This exhibit represents one of these homes, displaying housing poverty up close and illustrating how it can be addressed through building science.
Visitors experienced the way that building science can make visible the connection between housing poverty and carbon emissions, and how that tendency can be measured and reduced cost-effectively.
By consulting this display of whole-home performance, visitors had the chance to see and measure the impacts of housing poverty on health, safety, quality of life, and energy waste for billions of people worldwide.
More information
Blogpost: Studying weatherization and tackling inadequate housing In Bariloche, Argentina, October 2025
Blogpost: Building science, weatherization and community-based learning in Argentina, March 2026
Contact
Josh Maldonado, MIT D-Lab Instructor
Nicolas Maggio, FOVISEE