Green Buildings

Wind turbine commissioned at Applied Materials Varian Semiconductor Equipment site

Applied’s Varian Semiconductor Equipment business unit successfully commissioned a 2.5 megawatt wind turbine at their Gloucester, Mass. si...

Peabody Properties goes LEAN on green

Peabody Properties, Inc. plans to take its energy conservation commitment to the next level by going “LEAN on green.” In 2012, Peabody P...

Regulatory and climate changes will impact development

As we ring in 2013, we look ahead to the challenges for developers in New England. The federal Wind Energy Tax Credit has been extended at t...

Green infrastructure: Street trees reduce stormwater impacts

Trees add an obvious aesthetic appeal to any community or development ... and new thinking has turned street trees into another tool in the ...

Skanska USAs 68,000 s/f Laurel Hall at UConn receives Gold LEED Certification

Laurel Hall at the University of Conn., the new classroom building that opened in 2011 in the center of the campus, has received LEED Gold C...

Skanska acquires parcel at Seaport Sq. for planned 455,000 s/f building

Skanska USA Commercial Development Inc. has acquired Parcel L1 of Seaport Sq. in the city's Seaport District from MS Boston Seaport, L.L.C.,...

New Mass. National Guard Armory breaks ground - Will be rated at LEED Silver

Lieutenant governor Timothy Murray joined major general L. Scott Rice, The Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard, at the grou...

Professional Profile: Rudy Frank 2012

Name: Rudy Frank Title: Partner Company: AKF Group, LLC Location: Princeton, N.J. Place of birth: New Jersey Family: Married, two kids Col...

Professional Profile: John Almy 2012

Name: John Almy Title: Director of Client Relations Company: Maugel Architects Location: Harvard and Boston, MA Place of Birth: Boston, MA F...

EPA reinterprets regulations for disposal of PCB

Polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs are substances that were widely used in construction materials and the electrical industry due to their fa...