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The Weekly Bulletin to 8/15/14
By Grey Lee by Grey Lee, USGBC MA What's been going on? I hope you've had a good time getting out into the countryside, or the oceanside for that matter. Though the city existence has good moments too. Coming up next Saturday is our EPMA Summer Bike...
The Net Zero Imperative with Eric Corey Freed
By Grey Lee Star of the organicARCHITECT world, Eric Corey Freed came to the USGBC MA to present his program on "The Net Zero Imperative" this morning. Almost 20 practitioners came out to roll up their sleeves and hear Eric's 20-point plan on how to get to net...
Putting Solar On It: Boston Properties Garage Roof 840kW PV Array
By Grey Lee Monday witnessed the "Switch Flipping" ceremony for Boston Properties' new solar array at their Bay Colony Corporate Center in Waltham, MA. See the previous blog for the details on the system. Many of the project participants were in attendance along...
Press Release for Boston Properties' 840 kW Solar Array in Waltham
By Laura Sesody, Boston Properties By Laura Sesody, Boston Properties Boston Properties, Healthy Planet Partners and Solaire Generation Complete Northeast’s Largest Garage-Mounted Solar Canopy – 840 kW Solar Array at Boston Properties’ Bay Colony Office Park in...
USGBC Massachusetts Chapter: West Branch – Summer Social 2014
By Mark Dunn, Chair of USGBC MA West Branch By Mark Dunn, Chair, USGBC MA West Branch Friday August 8th, approximately two dozen members of the USGBC MA West Branch (and friends & family) attended the second annual Summer Social BBQ at the home of former West Branch...
Leading Edge Green Partnership Program = donations for USGBC Massachusetts
By Grey Lee New Program Gives Back to Non-Profits Whose Missions Include Sustainability and Green Buildings Natick, MA (July 31, 2014) – RE/MAX of New England is pleased to announce that Boston-based RE/MAX Leading Edge has unveiled the Leading Edge Green Partnership...
The Weekly Bulletin to 8/8/14
By Grey Lee New office, new views: The Chapter hasn't missed a beat. We are moving full steam ahead with vigorous programming for the rest of the year. We just had our August Board Meeting and discussed our upcoming website renovation - we have just selected a...
Nitsch Engineering Ranked #2 Best Civil Engineering Firm to Work For
By Grey Lee Congratulations to Nitsch Engineering, a USGBC MA Chapter Sponsor, for being named a great place to work! For the sixth time, Nitsch Engineering, Inc. – a Boston-based civil engineering, land surveying, transportation engineering, sustainable site...
LEED Project Showcase 2014: Your Sponsorship is Requested
By Grey Lee The following is a letter sent to over 150 eligible LEED Project Teams to encourage their participation in the Showcase. If you know anyone who's worked on a LEED-certified building in the past year and a half, please refer them to me so we can bring...
Passive House Conference Gathering in Portland, Maine, in September
By Dona Pfeffer, NAPHN by Dona Pfeffer, NAPHN Portland, Maine to Host Global and Local High Performance Building Experts North American Passive House Network 2014 will gather Passive House leaders from across the continent and around the world to share new...
USGBC MA Chapter
By Grey Lee USGBC MA Chapter has a new home! We have officially started operations at the new CIC Boston coworking facility - at 50 Milk Street in Boston. We are now on the 19th floor with many of our colleagues from Space with a Soul. The new location is between...
Chapter Volunteer Phoebe Beierle Nationally Recognized
By Grey Lee Phoebe Beierle, long-time Chapter volunteer and former Board President, has been recognized in the magazine gb&d - a 50,000 subscriber portal for all things in the green building & design world. Congratulations to Phoebe for being acknowledged as one of...
BEUDO Passes in Cambridge
By Grey Lee The City of Cambridge has passed the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance. Read more about the vote here. We have resources for learning more about BEUDO and building energy benchmarking in general on our advocacy resources page. The USGBC MA Chapter...
Tuesday, September 30: The 2014 MA LEED Project Showcase
By Grey Lee Are you ready for the biggest LEED show in New England? That's right, the 2014 LEED Project Showcase is coming right up in 2 months. This year we expect to be even bigger and better than last year. Did you catch that video we made? We anticipate over...
The Weekly Bulletin to 7/25/14
By Grey Lee It's been a busy summer so far with the Chapter. We had a great time at Spaulding Rehab on the 17th - take a look at the pics for more on that! Then on Wednesday our wonderful Emerging Professionals (EPMA) put together a great "Oceanview Summer...