BE+ Community Blog
We're Building Our Volunteer Team & Looking for Fresh Faces
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Are you passionate about sustainability, efficiency, and the environment? Do you have familiarity with green building and understand how the built environment affects all of us and the world? If yes, then you should consider...
Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Join the EPMA's on April 30th, 2016 for our Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup! Over 3,000 volunteers around the Boston Area come together to pick up litter, remove invasive species and assist with park maintenance along...
Join Us at Massachusetts' Newest Living Building– The Kern Center
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Join us this Friday, April 29th at Hampshire College for the school's ribbon-cutting ceremony in honor of its flagship newest building: the R.W. Kern Center. The college’s first new building in three decades, it was built with...
Building Tech Forum 2016: Recap
By Grey Lee What a great evening - what a gathering of luminaries! It was epic, massive and hearty. When our people come out of the woodwork, they really come out. It was over 250 people from all aspects of the industry, design to construction to operation of...
A huge win for a low-carbon future: Kinder Morgan suspends Northeast Energy Direct Pipeline!
By Anthony Lucivero, Advocacy Fellow On Wednesday, April 20th 2016, Kinder Morgan announced the cancellation of the planned natural gas pipeline to Massachusetts. Kinder Morgan was working as part of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company for the past two years to extend...
For Resi Real Estate Pros: Understanding LEED for Homes
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Don't miss out on this great workshop taking place April 26th! This international based residential green building system helps residential professionals make their projects better. Learn how to ensure your next project is...
The Living Building Challenge: Learn More About Green Building's Most Rigorous Performance Standard
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow The Living Building Challenge is a revolutionary new green building certification program. It calls for the creation of building projects that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature's architecture. There are...
National Report: World green building trends 2016: Focus on China
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow In February, USGBC announced the results of research by Dodge Data and Analytics, with which USGBC has partnered, in the World Green Building Trends 2016 SmartMarket Report. In a brief series, USGBC has highlighted specific aspects...
Want Green Building-Related Experience, Contacts, and Knowledge? Volunteer with Us!
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Are you passionate about sustainability, efficiency, and the environment? Do you have familiarity with green building and understand how the built environment affects all of us and the world? If yes, then you should consider...
Green Building Tour: EMD Serono Research & Development Institute
By Anthony Lucivero, Advocacy Fellow Our next Green Building Tour event will be on May 26th at 6:00pm at EMD Serono Research & Development Institute in Billerica, MA. Come join your green building colleagues for a tour of the EMD Serono Research & Development...
Check out a co-sponsored event with the French & US Innovators & Entrepreneurs
By Anthony Lucivero, Advocacy Fellow If you can't make it to our Building Tech Forum this Thursday (which is going to be awesome!), you should check out this "Efficient Buildings And Sustainable Urban Development Techmeeting" event we are co-sponsoring tonight at...
Upcoming Workshop: Understanding LEED for Homes!
By Anthony Lucivero, Advocacy Fellow On April 26th, the Green Home Institute will be hosting an online workshop entitled "Understanding LEED for Homes." This is a great opportunity for aspiring LEED APs to learn the ins and outs of LEED Homes in preparation for your...
Intro to SITES Presinar
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Are you in need of GBCI credits? Do you want to better understand the USGBC’s suite of LEED rating systems? If so, come to our Introduction to the SITES program presinar Wednesday, April 20th! This is a part of our new 2016 USGBC...
Elkus Manfredi on Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
By Ritchie Lafaille, Office Fellow This new headquarters for administrative offices completes Novartis Institutes’ research campus located on the site of the historic NECCO building in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In contrast to the adjacent 19th century candy factory...
Building Tech Forum: Featuring these excellent companies!
By Grey Lee Coming right up on Thursday evening at Greentown Labs in Somerville - please get your tickets today! Read more about the event here. Use this link to get a ticket. Join our Gold Sponsors: Boston Properties and Wentworth Institute of Technology And...