BE+ Community Blog

Weekly Bulletin to 6/13/14

By Grey Lee All eyes are on next Thursday: We have three things going on at the same time. I know it's not the best form, but it's really three partnering organizations who are working with us where each wound up needing to hold forth next Thursday. I hope you...

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The Transparency Tool from Perkins+Will

By Grey Lee We hosted our latest Networking Night on Tuesday evening June 10th at the Boston offices of Perkins+Will on Franklin Street at Post Office Square.     Thank you to the team at Perkins+Will for hosting us and especially to Juliette Bowker for presenting on...

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Member Spotlight: Jenna Dancewicz

By Grey Lee USGBC MA EPMA Member Spotlight Jenna Dancewicz Let's get to know Jenna who's another of our active EPMA members!   USGBC MA: What is your current job and how does it differ from past jobs in Sustainability? JENNA: As an Assistant Project Manager at...

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The Sustainability Superstition

By Shawn Hesse, emersionDESIGN by Shawn Hesse, emersionDESIGN There’s a superstition within the sustainability movement that codes, budgets, schedules, clients, consultants, or some other unseen thing controls the outcome of our work.  That is the reason we aren’t...

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Weekly Bulletin to 6/6/14

By Grey Lee Next week is a triple-header for us - a lot of great opportunities to connect as a community of green building practitioners. One of the great things about the USGBC is that we are on a mission.  Many professional societies and trade associations are...

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Cape Cod LEED Learning & Networking

By Andrea Baerenwald, Cape Associates Inc. By Andrea Baerenwald, Cape Associates, Inc. The USGBC Cape & Islands Interest Group recently hosted an evening of LEED-learning and networking, focusing on both residential and commercial buildings. First 25+ attendees toured...

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Quinn Middle School – Green Building Tour

By Grey Lee In the evening of May 29th at Hudson, Massachusetts, the USGBC MA Central Mass Committee convened an amazing tour of a recently finished super-green school. Quinn Middle School demonstrates the kind of care and concern for the "crystalized pedagogy" that...

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Member Spotlight: Adam Kreitman

By Grey Lee Our First EPMA Member Spotlight It's been a short while since we had a member spotlight and we are very pleased to speak with Adam! As usual we ask a few questions to get acquainted with him.   USGBC MA: What is your current job and how does it differ...

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Weekly Bulletin to 5/30/14

By Grey Lee For a full listing of upcoming events, take a look at our May 2014 Digest. Coming up next week: LEED Learning & Networking in Eastham, MA (Cape Cod) - Tuesday June 3 Combined Quarterly Committees Gathering in Boston - Tuesday June 3   Any ideas where this...

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LEED ND: Beyond Buildings Attracts Neighborhood Professionals

By Bob Weiss, Sustainable Neighborhood Development Working Group By Bob Weiss, Sustainable Neighborhood Development Working Group, USGBC MA Before a spirited crowd filled the seats in the Atlantic Wharf’s Fort Point Room, the USGBC MA Chapter, in conjunction with the...

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Strategic Priorities of the USGBC

By Grey Lee While at the Mid-Year Meeting of the big USGBC Family - the National Staff, the Board, the various technical committees and LEED Steering Committee and the various designees from the Chapters - chapter leaders, staff, emerging professionals, green schools...

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Weekly Bulletin to 5/23/14

By Grey Lee I hope you enjoyed the recent post about the USGBC Mid-Year Meeting! What's coming up for USGBC MA? Tuesday 5/27, 5:30-6:30 - Green Schools Committee Conference Call Thursday 5/29, 5:30-7:30 in Hudson, MA - Green Schools Tour of Quinn Middle School...

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USGBC Mid-Year Meeting

By Grey Lee What's up? A contingent of USGBC MA Staff & Volunteers attended the USGBC Mid-Year Meeting in downtown Detroit this week. Every year the many committees, boards, technical advisory groups, and chapter staff & volunteers from around the country gather...

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Healthy Buildings Summit Coming to Boston this Autumn

By Blake Jackson, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates By Blake Jackson, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates Originally posted at A Better City's blog It has taken the green building movement almost twenty years to begin investigating the human health impacts of the chemical ingredients...

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Weekly Bulletin to 5/16/14

By Grey Lee What's up?   - BERDO VICTORY (again!) - see our update at our BERDO Advocacy resource page.  Brian Swett sent us a nice thank-you note.   - BEUDO is Coming to Cambridge! That's right B-E-U-D-O - "Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance" is the...

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