Green Buildings

Brough of Wright-Pierce and Lafayette team takes top honor at U.S. Green Building Council National Conference

Lindsey Brough, an environmental engineer in the wastewater practice group at Wright-Pierce, an award winning environmental engineering firm...

J.K. Scanlan, construction manager for Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary receives LEED Platinum

J.K. Scanlan Company Inc., construction manager for the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary project has received the U.S. Green Building Counci...

New England academic institutions lead the way with innovative green design projects

The academic world has long been respected for its innovation, with groundbreaking research and innovations oftentimes hallmarks of America'...

Sustainable and Historic: The ultimate blend of old and new for green buildings

In Boston, green building is no longer synonymous solely with new construction; in fact, several historic properties have been converted int...

Kids design a sustainable future: A model curriculum for teaching sustainable in schools

Each year, the USGBC awards a Legacy Grant as a gift to the city that hosts Greenbuild, its annual international green building conference a...

Green market appeal: Why building green can mean seeing more green

Particularly during tight markets, building green can pay off due to greater public interest and an increased buyer pool, factors which give...

Green Grocer: Stop & Shop Supermarkets demonstrate leadership in sustainable design

Grocery stores are known to be low margin businesses, always looking for an edge. With skyrocketing energy costs, smart operators know that ...

Mass. green schools are minimizing impact on the environment and less costly to operate

There has been a huge shift in public awareness about the importance of reducing our "ecological footprint" and our dependence on fossil fue...

Svigals + Partners and Yale University earn LEED Gold for the renovation of the new Genetics Department building

Imagine taking a portion of a medical research building constructed in the 1920s and converting it into a sustainable lab. Without destroyin...

ADD Inc celebrates historic rehabilitation and green design of its $14.4 million, 67,500 s/f new headquarters

Nationally recognized architecture and design firm ADD Inc was joined by city officials, members of the project team, and community and advo...