Green Buildings

EBC announces winners of "Best Place to Work" challenge

The Environmental Business Council of New England announces the winners of the second annual "Best Places to Work" challenge. The participan...

Star Market to redevelop Chestnut Hill store as sustainable - Suffolk Construction is GC

When the Star Market at Chestnut Hill re-opens for business in 2009, it will serve as a pilot for sustainability - the first in the region t...

SGE/NE&C joins USGBC as corporate member: offering LEED workshop

SGE/Northeast Engineers & Consulting, a multi-discipline engineering firm doing work locally and world-wide, has joined the United States Gr...

GZA assists Crane & Co. with hydroelectric energy renewal project

GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. recently assisted Crane & Company with a feasibility study and grant application with the Mass. Technology Collabo...

International School of Boston installs environmentally sustainable green synthetic turf - one of the first in the U.S.

While synthetic turf has become popular as a low-maintenance recreational surface across the U.S., its rubber infill is increasingly seen as...

Six of Sebago Technics employees earn LEED AP

Sebago Technics, Inc., a member of the USGBC, recognized employees who have recently been awarded the status of Leadership in Energy and Env...

Avoiding the next green wave: Green disputes on design, product, certification and owner/tenant

INTRODUCTION Why is the AEC/OO industry so slow to change the way they do business and work together? Are we failing in some ways to learn ...

Davis Marcus and National Grid hold topping off of 312,000 s/f LEED Gold designated Reservoir Woods East Campus

Davis Marcus Partners and National Grid held an official topping-off ceremony at 40 Sylvan Rd. on the East Campus at Reservoir Woods. The 31...

Avoiding the next green wave: Green disputes on design, product, certification and owner/tenant

The green building movement is sweeping the nation. Both public and private entities are embracing the concept. Among the potential benefits...

Developers can go green...and prosper! Can't afford not to take a sustainable design approach

In these days of rising fuel costs and growing concern for the environment, sustainability is no longer an esoteric academic topic, but is n...