BE+ Community Blog
Get More Involved with the Chapter
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow If you are passionate about sustainability, efficiency, and the environment, then consider coming aboard our volunteer squad. We are looking for those of you that are familiar with green building and eager to make a difference in...
Become a Green Associate with Our LEED Exam Prep Course!
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Are you serious about your dedication to sustainable building? Come to our Green Associate course Wednesday, April 13th, in our Boston office! Anybody that's serious about sustainable building should definitely have their LEED...
Sponsor Spotlight: New England Lab
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow New England Lab, is a laboratory furniture specialist. Their products include lab casework, adaptable lab furniture, lab fume hoods, lab tables & carriers, lab storage & shelving, lab sinks & pegboards, lab work surfaces, lab...
From the Acadia Center: Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Programs Again Top National Bests for Savings
By Kiernan Dunlop, Acadia Center Massachusetts' energy efficiency Program Administrators recently announced remarkable preliminary program results for 2015. In 2015, the programs produced an estimated $3.42 billion in benefits for Massachusetts, delivering $4.70...
Promoting Walkability Training at the Mel King Institute
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Join LISC for a LEED approved continuing education credit training sponsored by the Mel King Institute for Community Building! The Mel King Institute for Community Building fosters vibrant and thriving Massachusetts communities by...
Sustainability, Emerging Economies & the Developing World
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow The following is an excerpt taken from Chapter 3, "Building Green," of Green Think: How Profit Can Save the World, written by USGBC's co-founder and CEO, Rick Fedrizzi: Not long ago, I traveled to Mumbai, India, to visit the...
Living Building Challenge in Australia
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Attention USGBCMA community! We have a special challenge for all our members from the Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA). The LFIA has launched a design competition for a retail centre in Melbourne Australia to meet the...
Sponsor Spotlight: Vidaris
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Vidaris, a bronze-level sponsor of ours, is a provider of niche consulting services within the architecture, engineering and construction industries focusing on high-performance buildings and specialty structures. Through an...
The State of Our Schools– From the Center for Green Schools
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow The Center for Green Schools just released a 30-page long assessment of America's K-12 Facilities. This comprehensive federal review of our nation's school infrastructure bleakly concludes that schools are severely...
National: New Report Shows Systemic Inequity in American School Infrastructure Investment
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow USGBC National Press Release Contact: Leticia McCadden Media Relations Manager, USGBC lmccadden@usgbc.org 202-742-3785 Groundbreaking Schools Report Shows Systemic Inequity in a State-By-State Analysis of Investment in American...
USGBCMA COP21 Unconference– Next Week!
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow NextTuesday, March 29th, the USGBC MA chapter will be hosting a special COP21 Paris Climate Talks Unconference to revisit 2015's important climate discussions. This is a unique opportunity to discuss the historic 2015 United...
Residential Green Building Committee Recap
By Molly Cox By Molly Cox, RGBC The Residential Green Building Committee gathered on March 14th 2016 before the “Policy Podium: Panel Discussion on Energy with Legislators and Industry Pros” that followed. We reviewed the goals we set for 2016, such as recruiting more...
Last Minute (Tomorrow): Building Tour at 450 Kendall Street!
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow Join us tomorrow, March 24th, from 5:30 to 8:30 PM for a tour of 450 Kendall, led by our sponsoring partners AHA and Arrowstreet. The facility has achieved LEED Gold, making all six of the buildings in BioMed Realty’s Kendall...
Unique Chapter Event: Social Equity in the Built Environment
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow On April 4th, we will be holding a special event focusing on the connections between green building, sustainability, and social equity. Social Equity is typically conceptualized as the third--and least significant-- component...
Educational Opportunity: the WELL Building Standard
By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow We are excited to invite the thought leaders and practitioners from our region to join us for a concise introduction to this groundbreaking new building standard, followed by a roundtable discussion. We are excited to welcome...