LEED controversy
Taxonomy upgrade extras: PoliticsBuildingsNote: I wrote a follow-up to this post. It's here.I mentioned NESEA’s public forum Tuesday night in advance of it, but haven’t been able to report on it until...
View ArticleState picks two zero net energy projects
Taxonomy upgrade extras: PoliticsBuildingsZero net energyenergyThe state has decided to move ahead with two of the three zero net energy projects recommended last week by the Zero Net Energy Task...
View ArticleBarns a-raisin'
Taxonomy upgrade extras: BuildingsenergyThe Boston Climate Action Network, in conjunction with Boston Workers Alliance, The Green Roundtable and NEXUS, and Boston Building Materials Co-op has put...
View ArticleMIT and sustainability
Taxonomy upgrade extras: BuildingsenergyMITMy grandfather, who didn't go to college but nevertheless started a business in 1929 that thrives today, had a sign on his desk that said, "don't ask me, I...
View ArticleSuperinsulation workshop
Taxonomy upgrade extras: BuildingsZero net energyenergyI'm still catching up on events from the food-addiction summit over at fisherblue.com/blog, and tomorrow I'm leaving for another week away (I'll...
View ArticleIcon of design
Taxonomy upgrade extras: commerceBuildingsCongrats to Icon Architecture. It won awards for two of its affordable housing projects, Egleston Crossing in Roxbury and Maverick Landing in East Boston.The...
View ArticleFor your radar
Taxonomy upgrade extras: PoliticsBuildingsenergyI have neither the time nor the means to attend this event, but I'd sure like to — Chu, Gore, Pickens, Podesta, and others. The National Clean Energy...
View ArticlePassive House 2
Taxonomy upgrade extras: BuildingsPaul EldrenkampWolfgang Feist, founder of the Passivhaus Institut in Germany and co-originator of the Passive House concept, will be the featured speaker at a second...
View ArticleBuilding Energy 11
Taxonomy upgrade extras: BuildingssustainabilitygreenNESEAAs you know, I've shifted my focus from the part of sustainability that many think of as green to the part that addresses obesity and food...
View ArticleSustainability stalwarts merge
Taxonomy upgrade extras: BuildingssustainabilityThough visitors to 100 Terrace St. in Roxbury could be forgiven for not knowing that the Building Materials Resource Center and the Boston Building...
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