Green Buildings

Project of the Month: The Hunter Group and Elaine Construction complete $4.4 million renovation and deep energy retrofit

The renovation and deep energy retrofit of the former Presentation Academy School building at 640 Washington St. is nearing completion. Once...

By Paul Hewins: Green Elementary Schools

At Skanska, we frequently argue that no one needs to start from scratch to reap the benefits of green buildings. With this in mind, the Mass...

By Curtis Snyder: Controlling Energy Costs

As with almost everything, there is no silver bullet for controlling energy costs. Make sure building occupants are more informed through ...

By Jim Cavan: Solar Hot Water Rebates

By now, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone left unscathed by the country's long-lingering economic recession. On the surface, N.H.'s sola...

By James Dumas: Solar 30% Tax Grant - Still within reach...until 12/31/11

There continues to be huge interest in Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems in Massachusetts and throughout New England. One of the big drivers h...

By Tom Walsh: Green wall systems: Possibilities are endless

Green walls, vegetative walls, living walls and bio walls. What do these words mean? These are some of the common names you might hear when ...

By Susan Bernstein: Eye on the Future and more Regulatory Changes

The state's Executive Office of Environmental and Energy Affairs recently issued its Climate Change Adaptation Report, which outlines the fu...

AGC-Mass. and WasteCap Resource Solutions Inc. to hold recycling course on November 17

On November 17, AGC of Massachusetts in partnership with WasteCap Resource Solutions, Inc. will hold a Recycling Training course for contrac...

Sustainable Building Industry Council 2011 Beyond Green High-Performance Awards call for entries - November 15

Along with our sponsors, Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC) is seeking nominations for the 2011 Beyond Green High-Performance Buil...

EBC Environmental and Energy Industry Summit

The U.S. economy recovery continues to struggle. Congress is unable or unwilling to pass a jobs bill with infrastructure funding. Massive bu...