Emilia Charno – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2025

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School: MIT

Fellowship: Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Project Description: Emilia Charno is a Master in City Planning student at MIT studying how to localize benefits of the clean energy transition. This summer, she worked at the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. Emilia completed independent research on geothermal energy solutions—fossil-fuel-free infrastructure that uses the Earth’s shallow crust for heating and cooling. Emilia also supported siting decisions in the deployment of the Merrimack Valley Renewal Fund.