Spotlights

USGBC MA Chapter hosts Annual Earth Day Celebration at Two International Place on April 10th

US Green Building Counsel Mass. Chapter hosted it's Annual Earth Day Celebration at Two International Place on April 10th. Photo's courtesy ...

Award for Innovation in Green Design - Building Category: Hostelling International Boston designed to use 22% less energy than a similar building

The creation of the new Hostelling International Boston (HI-Boston) flagship was rooted in the desire to capture the attention of a more des...

Special Recognition - Mass. Green Building of the Year: Payette completes energy reduction renovation of a 100,000 s/f building at Harvard University

Payette was retained to plan, program and design the comprehensive renovation of a 100,000 s/f research building originally completed in 198...

Special Recognition - Mass. Green Building of the Year: One Boston Place was one of the first to achieve the USGBC LEED Gold EB O&M

One Boston Place was built in 1970, yet it operates as efficiently as many newer buildings. Driven by a core belief that businesses have an ...

Mass. Green Building of the Year Award: Homeowner's Rehab Inc.'s 95 - 97 Pine Street project achieves LEED for Homes Platinum

Homeowner's Rehab Inc. completed a deep energy retrofit to a 12 unit residential property in 2011 that was the first affordable housing reha...

Mass. Chapter of the US Green Building Council Award Winners and Entrants

This past April marked the 6th Annual Award Competition hosted by the Massachusetts Chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC MA). The...

Frequently Asked Questions about American Land Title Association's Best Practices

Question: What are the best practices? Answer: ALTA's Title Insurance and Settlement Company Best Practices are a benchmark for the real est...

Drum of WFG National Title Insurance Co. named recipient October Research's Joe Casa Leadership Award

WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG National Title) executive vice president Joseph Drum, Esq. was named the recipient of October Rese...

American Land Title Association sets record membership for fourth consecutive year

According to the American Land Title Association (ALTA), for the fourth consecutive year it has achieved all-time record membership. To date...

Discharge tracking services as a best practices solution to the consumer for paid mortgage liens

Laws, regulations and contractual duties provide the mortgage servicer and title insurer with the minimum guidelines to comply with the mort...