Green Buildings

EBC Demo & Materials Summit

On January 21, the Environmental Business Council of New England hosted its Fifth Annual Construction and Demolition Materials Recycling Sum...

Managing green building risk so that building green doesn't leave you in the red - Part 2 of 4

Part 1 appeared in the December Green Buildings supra. at p. 6. Accordingly, where financing and/or incentives that aid in financing require...

USGBC approves revamped Greening Your Firm Boot Camp

The US Green Building Council approved the workshop Greening Your Firm Boot Camp for 8 GBCI CE for the LEED Credential Maintenance Program. ...

Meeting code with Single-Wythe Masonry Walls

Myth: Pre-Insulated Single-Wythe Masonry Walls don't pass 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), because of the Continuous Insu...

EYP designed science center at Holy Cross receives LEED Gold Certification

The major components of the new Integrated Science Complex at the College of the Holy Cross have earned LEED Gold certification by the U.S. ...

NEREJ to publish Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's BE11 Trade Show Guide

The New England Real Estate Journal (NEREJ) will be publishing BE11 Trade Show Guide, the official trade show guide for BuildingEnergy 2011....

Fikiet

Name: James Fikiet, LEED AP Title: Director Company: Synergy Consultants, Inc. Location: Wareham, Mass. Family: Married with children and M...

Bowen

Name: Bob Bowen Title: Owner/Operations Manager Company: Indoor Environmental Location: Marshfield, Mass. Place of birth: Boston, Mass. F...

Dagle installs I-495 solar panels for Electric Alert Board

Dagle Electric has installed two solar panels on I-495 between exits 46 and 47 powering an Electric Alert Board displaying construction dela...

Energy-efficient retrofitting old structures

New sustainable buildings are increasingly in demand, but energy-efficient retrofits on existing buildings are often more cost effective, le...