BE+ Community Blog
Look Forward to Building Cleantech: Smart Cities in Early 2017!
By USGBC MA Last year's Building Tech Forum was so much fun, that we decided to do it again in 2017! This event will focus on real estate industry leaders coming together to address the problems of building performance, and working on ways to improve it. Firms and...
Healthy Materials Sponsor Profile: Mats Inc.
By Alexander Landa Following the Healthy Materials Summit in October, we've become more devoted than ever to the subject of healthy materials in sustainable design. Every part of a building's lifecycle is important, and the components going into it...
We Thank YOU For Helping Us on Giving Tuesday!
By Alexander Landa Yesterday was Giving Tuesday, and it was a massive success - all thanks to YOU! Our community is awesome, and we're so happy to have great people interacting with us every day, all for #MoreGreenBuildings. With all of your generous contributions...
Women in Design Mistletoe Mingle & Holiday Charity Party 12/7
By USGBC MA On December 7th, the Women in Design group in partnership with the USGBC MA will be hosting the Mistletoe Mingle, meant to benefit Rosie's Place. Rosie's Place supports poor and homeless women by collecting monetary and material donations to give...
What is Giving Tuesday and How Can You Help?
By Alexander Landa We've been talking a lot about Giving Tuesday the past week, but it's all for a good reason. This is the biggest day of the year for non-profits such as ours, as we celebrate our contributions towards our community, and our plans moving...
Welcome to the USGBC MA! We're Excited to Unveil Our Brand Video
By USGBC MA Over the course of three months, our video intern Nicole Kwan worked diligently to create our AWESOME brand video, to showcase what it is we do for our community. Today, on a very special Giving Tuesday, we're happy to finally post it online for...
Supporting your future by supporting us
By Grey Lee, Executive Director Green Building Advocates, I am stuffed from the recent holiday...but I am still hungry! We have so much work to do. And now it's #GivingTuesday. Allow me to ask for your help, yet again. I hope that you all had a great long weekend...
Healthy Materials Sponsor Profile: Shaw Floors
By Alexander Landa Much more goes into a building's lifecycle than just design and construction - there are the components that go into the design that will determine how long the building will stand, as well as its impact on the sustainable environment. Recently...
YouthBuild Giving Back Day Winterization Service Project
By USGBC MA On Saturday, November 19th, we worked with YouthBuild Boston and the Residential Green Building Committee to learn how to winterize your home, with a focus on helping low-income elderly homeowners in need. With a packed room of eager volunteers from our...
Annual General Meeting January 26th
By USGBC MA Come on down! Join us for our Annual Green Building mission "revival" as we celebrate our community's victories and share a war story or two from the front lines of the transformation of real estate. We will be recognizing green building achievements,...
November and December Events! Let's Celebrate and Network this Holiday Season
By Alexander Landa See our full November Event Note II here! What are you thankful for? We appreciate your support and ongoing participation. We are grateful that you support our mission to transform the built environment for net positive results! The leaves are...
Ding! Ding! Ding! LEED for Homes vs Passive House December 15th
By USGBC MA So what's the diff? Come to our Passive House and LEED for Homes educational session led by Mike Duclos, regional expert and market leader in Passive House design and Mike Schofield, LEED Faculty and LEED for Homes Expert. We will be comparing and...
Upcoming LEED and WELL AP Exam Prep Courses
By Alexander Landa 2016 isn't over yet! And that means we have plenty more going on between now and January 1st. Aside from the few holiday & networking parties going on, we still have more LEED and WELL AP exam prep courses coming up. See how our last LEED exam...
Healthy Materials Sponsor Profile: Armstrong
By Alexander Landa Sustainability in our built environment is a complicated machine that goes beyond just the design and features of a building. The materials that go into these designs are important to consider, especially noting that the people inside spend so many...
Education Sessions for Greenbuild 2017
By Grey Lee, Executive Director Greenbuild is coming to Boston in 2017! It's time to start thinking about educational sessions to produce and deliver at the conference next year. Greenbuild is soliciting entries from presenters already - and the proposals are...