BE+ Community Blog
Stretching the Stretch Code
By Grey Lee The USGBC MA Chapter, as part of our national agenda, joins with colleagues at Acadia Center and the Sierra Club to urge the Commonwealth to enact better building codes - in particular, a stronger stretch code. Recently, information was made public at a...
Green Apple Day of Service – Boston Green Academy (Project 2)
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager All fifteen, 10th grade environmental studies students participated in the Green Apple Day of Service, which focused on energy. The service project actually lasted over the course of 6 days in November, as they completed the project...
Day of Service – Boston Latin Academy (Project 2)
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager In partnership with staff from NELSON and thanks to a mini grant sponsorship from TOTO, Boston Latin Academy was able to design and build a large terraced garden in front of their school in celebration of Green Apple Day of Service....
Day of Service – Boston Latin Academy (Project 1)
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager Thanks to a mini grant sponsorship from MassSave Program(administered by ICFI), over fifty Boston Latin Academy students, parents, staff, and community volunteers spent Saturday, October 3rd, beautifying the school grounds, weeding...
GRESB Networking Night
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager We are please to partner with USGBC National and EnerNOC and we are excited to learn about the next level of green building market transformation. Our friends at EnerNOC are excited to take us on a tour with presenters from GRESB...
New CEO at USGBC, Meet Mahesh Ramanujam
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager Washington, D.C. – (Sept. 8, 2015) – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors announced today that USGBC’s Chief Operating Officer Mahesh Ramanujam has been named incoming Chief Executive Officer, and will move...
This Week’s New Green Building Showcase Sponsors: National Grid, View Dynamic Glass, and Suffolk Construction
By Allison Maynard, Communications Associate We are excited to welcome gold level sponsors National Grid, View Dynamic Glass, Suffolk Construction to our quickly growing list of Green Building Showcase 2015 supporters and presenters. This week's collection of...
Vote for your favorite MIT Green Buildings Solution!
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager Green Building Community, I hope that you all are enjoying a well deserved Labor Day weekend! If you have not heard, the MIT Climate Colab is in its final week of public voting and the buildings category has a few ideas which...
Meet our Members: Kimberly Le
By Allison Maynard, Communications Associate Our Chapter Member Kimberly Le is Chair of the Residential Green Building Committee. She organizes and leads fun and engaging monthly meetings where learning and exchanges of ideas, concepts, and experiences...
Don't miss the Green Building Bike Tour
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager Do not miss the Bike Tour! Our Emerging Professionals sure know how to have fun and this is going to be an insightful event. If you have not yet registered, do it now! Space is limited. We will be starting at Inman Square and...
September Newsletter
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager
Memories from a 2014 Green Building Showcase!
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager Innovation | Performance | Display | Sponsor | ATTEND Believe it or not, the 2014 Showcase was a year ago. Click on the photos below to recount the event. There are many familiar faces and it only builds excitement for this...
Pre-Greenbuild Workshop with the Green Engineer
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager Pre-Greenbuild Workshop: Successful Energy Modeling for LEED Project Our Sponsoring members and supporters at the Green Engineer are offering this great opportunity for our community of green building practitioners...
Our Latest Green Building Showcase Sponsors: Touloukian Touloukian Inc. and Tsoi Kobus & Associates Inc.
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager We are pleased to share that our latest sponsors for the Green Building Showcase are Touloukian Touloukian Architecture and Tsoi Kobus Architecture. The two architecture firms are honored to support the green building mission in the...
There is still time: Green Apple Day of Service
By Celis Brisbin, Programs Manager Educators and Community Partners! The Massachusetts Chapter is looking forward to what will be the largest Day of Service in Chapter history! We are delighted to share that the majority of Green Apple Day of Service hosts...