BE+ Community Blog
Brooke Mattapan Charter School's Huge Green Apple Day of Service Collaboration
By Scott Knox by Scott Knox The first of the 300 volunteers arrived at 6:30 AM on September 23rd to start the arduous task of building a playground in one day. Brooke Mattapan Charter School, in conjunction with the national playground building...
DisruptCRE is coming to Boston 10/16/14
By Grey Lee USGBC MA Chapter is proud to support this great mini-conference on Thursday, October 16th from 1-7pm at District Hall in Boston's Seaport District. Read more about DisruptCRE here! We will be hosting an excellent panel at 3pm titled "The Science of...
USGBC MA Chapter Celebrates LEED Platinum at 81 Brent Street, Dorchester, MA
By Neil Angus, LEED AP & USGBC MA Board of Directors By Neil Angus, LEED AP, USGBC MA Board of Directors On September 6th 2014, the owners of 81 Brent Street Cynthia Loesch and Ivan Liriano opened up their 3-unit LEED Platinum home to the public to showcase all of...
Nitsch Engineering Celebrates 25th Anniversary By Giving Back to Community
By Grey Lee Congratulations to Nitsch Engineering and USGBC MA Chapter sponsor for celebrating 25 years in business by giving back to the Boston community! Nitsch Engineering celebrated their 25th anniversary by honoring their commitment to “building better...
$5600 in Green Apple Day of Service Mini-Grants Awarded
By Grey Lee Green Schools Update $5600 in Green Apple Day of Service Mini-Grants Awarded Thanks to the generous support from a number of sponsors, we have awarded a total of 14 mini-grants of $400 each to schools in support of Green Apple Day of Service...
The Weekly Bulletin to 9/12/14
By Grey Lee Are you going to volunteer with us? That's right - we have a great opportunity in two weeks (most of the projects are on Saturday, Sept. 27th) with our Green Apple Day of Service! You can participate in a project at a school or other learning facility...
Green Buildings Set the New Standard
By Jessica Roche, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council by Jessica Roche, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council Cambridge has joined Boston in enacting a building energy disclosure ordinance, under which owners of buildings more than 50,000 square feet will be required to...
Bring the Outside In! 10/2 in Boston
By Grey Lee Buildings are designed to shelter us from the harshness of nature, but the most comfortable and energy-efficient indoor environments are those that use the free resources of the outdoors for heating and cooling. For many architects, using the outdoors to...
The Weekly Bulletin to 9/5/14
By Grey Lee USGBC MA Chapter is moving full steam ahead! Lots going on. And you could be our 500th "Like" on facebook - like us right now! Coming up: This Monday the 8th: Residential Green Building Committee. They will be hosting a presentation about sustainable...
Zero Net Energy: the latest trend in high-performance buildings
By Suzanne Abbott, Business Development Manager at Gilbane Building Company by Suzanne Abbott, Gilbane Building Company For the past century (okay decade!), LEED certified buildings have been the premier standard in high performance sustainable buildings. Other...
The Weekly Bulletin to 8/29/14
By Grey Lee I hope you're all looking forward to a great Labor Day Weekend - it's that time of the year to squeeze out the last drops of summer! Have you seen these green buildings? As for the USGBC in Massachusetts, we have a few things coming up: Next...
Member Spotlight and Marathoner Samantha DeMagistris
By Grey Lee Today we get to know Samantha. I just met her via phone during our last Membership Committee meetings. She brings a breath of fresh air and diversity to the Committee. Let's get started! USGBCMA: What is your current job and how does it differ from...
EPMA Sustainable Bike tour of the Emerald Necklace
By Ryan Montoni, The Green Engineer By Ryan Montoni, The Green Engineer Overall, the bike tour turned out to be a huge success! All who attended would all like to thank Jessica Mink from MassPaths for providing us with a wonderful, seventeen mile ride through places...
The Weekly Bulletin to 8/22/14
By Grey Lee Summertime and the green building is easy! Especially with the new announcement of integration across Standard 189.1 - linking ASHRAE, IES, the IgCC, and LEED. Read about it in a great post by Brendan Owens at USGBC. We have our EPMA Sustainable...
$5600 in Mini Grants Available for Green Apple Day of Service Projects
By Grey Lee On September 27th, 2014, students, teachers, parents, and companies from around the world will come together in support of healthy, sustainable schools as part of Green Apple Day of Service. Through local service projects, we are bringing...