Annual General Meeting

Payette HQ 290 Congress St, Boston, MA, United States

Join us to celebrate our community’s success and look forward to our future goals. This past year we have accomplished a lot together, including launching our Green Building Leadership Institute and our Workforce Training Program, as well as awarding EMD Serono Sagamore the Green Building of the Year at our Green Building Showcase. At the event, we […]

Emerging Professionals of Massachusetts Meeting

Room Hummingbird, Floor 12 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

EMERGING PROFESSIONALS OF MASSACHUSETTS (EPMA) The EPMA Committee is a great venue for becoming more engaged with green building community and forming meaningful connections with colleagues across the industry. Our monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in becoming more involved. MEETING AGENDAS TYPICALLY INCLUDE: The meeting starts with a 45 minute discussion with the […]

Building Tour: The Distillery North

The Distillery in South Boston 516 East 2nd Street, Boston, MA, United States

In South Boston, there is an old rum distillery retro-fitted to be a Passive House.  Join USGBC MA for a behind the scenes presentation about the architectural features of the space, as well as a tour of the location. Features include: No drafts, temperature gradients, or excessive dryness and humidity Uses 95% less energy HVAC […]

Comprehensive Green Roof: Beyond Extensive and Intensive

Hemingway, Floor 18 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

Learn how to maximize the environmental, social and financial benefit from green roofs. The decade-old U.S. green roof market is largely based on German technology. Advanced understanding has led to breakthroughs that address issues in first-generation green roofs and technology transfer. Comprehensive green roofs bring the most advantageous qualities of intensive and extensive green roofs together. […]

Living Building Challenge Roundtable

Hercules, Floor 17 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

USGBC MA’s mission is to drive sustainable and regenerative design, construction, and operation of the built environment. The only way to accomplish our mission is to collaborate with community members. To that end, join us for our first Living Building Challenge (LBC) Roundtable. The LBC Roundtable will enable like-minded professionals to gather and explore specific […]

Presinar – Green Lights: A Lighting Manufacturer’s Road Map to LEED v4

Room Edison, Floor 16 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

GBCI: 0920014794 Lighting enables visual engagement with our built environment, with innovative manufacturers raising the performance bar ever higher. Join us in this half hour course to evaluate how lighting products contribute to LEED v4 certification. We will review LEED v4 credits as they relate to lighting products, and identify steps that can be taken […]

Intro to Passive House

5th Floor "Meridian" Conf Room 50 Milk St, 5th Floor "Meridian" Conf Room, Boston, MA

PassivHaus, Passive House or PH for short: we know you have been hearing about it, if you subscribe to high-performance building. This well-known standard has made its way to the Americas and now is growing roots in Massachusetts. Come connect with the leaders at Passive House Massachusetts and learn the basics of the system. Passive […]

Emerging Professionals of Massachusetts Meeting

Room Hummingbird, Floor 12 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

EMERGING PROFESSIONALS OF MASSACHUSETTS (EPMA) The EPMA Committee is a great venue for becoming more engaged with green building community and forming meaningful connections with colleagues across the industry. Our monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in becoming more involved. MEETING AGENDAS TYPICALLY INCLUDE: The meeting starts with a 45 minute discussion with the […]

LEED BD+C version 4.1 – What You Need to Know

Room Anchor, 1st Floor 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

The latest update to the LEED BD+C Rating system, version 4.1, was released this January. Version v4.1 promises to be “bigger, bolder and stronger", raising the bar to more directly address carbon emissions and climate change. It also streamlines and simplifies many credits, resulting in a system that is easier to use, with bigger impacts.  […]

Mindful Materials Boston

Steelcase WorkLife Center 101 Seaport blvd. #600, Boston, MA, United States

If we change the way products are made and the way buildings are designed, we can positively impact the health of the population and the planet. With this in mind, the material health of building products is becoming a hot topic among architects and designers. We need to provide information and education to help the […]

Presinar: Protecting Building and People from Fire

National Grid's Sustainability Hub 912 Main St, Worcester, MA, United States

AboutThis one hour course will describe the evolution of light wood frame construction and why it is an effective method to solving the affordable housing crisis. Our team will discuss how fire poses significant threats to mid-rise light wood-frame buildings-under-construction. We will also explore fire protection strategies and how to design safer and more sustainable […]

LEED Green Associate Exam Prep

Room TBD 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

The LEED Exam Prep Course is a comprehensive course which will prepare attendees for the LEED Green Associate. The day-long curriculum is designed to cover the segments of the Green Associate Exam. If you have specific questions regarding a specialty exam, feel free to bring these questions to class and have the instructor cover these […]

Walking tour of MIT w/ MIT’s Office of Sustainability

Lobby of Building 76, on the corner of Ames and Main 500 Main St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Join the USGBC-EPMA as we go on a tour led by MIT’s Office of Sustainability with Emma Corbalan and MIT Solve with Sharon Bort. This MIT tour highlights projects that represent important architectural and high-performance milestones in the Institute’s history. The planning approach is based on the development of a holistic assessment of the natural […]

BuildingEnergy Boston 2019

Westin Boston Waterfront 425 Summer St., Boston, MA, United States

Attend the BuildingEnergy Boston Conference + Trade Show, the region's premier event for professionals and practitioners in the fields of high-performance building, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Hosted by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), this year's event is Wednesday through Friday, March 14-15. Register at nesea.org/be19.

Emerging Professionals of Massachusetts Meeting

Room Hummingbird, Floor 12 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

EMERGING PROFESSIONALS OF MASSACHUSETTS (EPMA) The EPMA Committee is a great venue for becoming more engaged with green building community and forming meaningful connections with colleagues across the industry. Our monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in becoming more involved. MEETING AGENDAS TYPICALLY INCLUDE: The meeting starts with a 45 minute discussion with the […]

WELL vs FITWEL vs LEED

Edison, Floor 16 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

Sometimes, it can be easy to feel drowned in different standards and systems. As a member of the A&D community, deciding what standard will best fit your projects needs can be confusing. Whether designing for occupant health, building efficiency and more, this course will give you an introduction on how to differentiate LEED, WELL, and […]

Presinar – Vegetated Green Roofs for LEED Projects

Room Hemmingway, Floor 18 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

GBCI: 0920014219 This course begins with the basic definition of a vegetated green roof and moves on to a discussion of green roofing policies in various jurisdictions, focusing on American cities. We will talk about the LEED credits related to vegetated green roofs. We will examine the details of green roof design and construction, including […]

Tour of Fort House: Passive House and Net Positive Energy

Fort House 65 Fort Ave, Roxbury, MA, United States

Join Placetailor for a tour of Fort House, a Passive House and Net Positive Energy construction in the Highland Park neighborhood of Roxbury.  The project is nearing the end of framing, so the tour will focus on envelope design, detailing, and construction strategies, as well as an introduction to other key passive house strategies. Chapter […]

Grow your Leadership Skills in the Sustainability Field

Room Windrose, Floor 5 50 Milk St., 16th Floor, Boston, MA, United States

Note: This course is a 2 part series, both dates are included in the price. Part 1: March 25th from 9 AM to 12 PM Part 2: April 1st from 9 AM to 12 PM Do you run meetings? Manage a team? Want to be promoted to a position where you manage people? Are you […]

Health and Wellness Roundtable: Flame Retardants

Room Anchor, 1st Floor 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, United States

With Governor Baker’s veto of the recent bill banning certain flame retardants, we understand that we must continue to educate and engage all members of the product supply chain. Join our next Health & Wellness Roundtable led by Kathryn Rodgers, Staff Scientist at the Silent Spring Institute, and Monica Nakielski, Director, Sustainability & Environmental Health, […]