Spotlights

Low Impact Development: From Voluntary Best Practice to Mandatory Requirement

Low Impact Development (LID) techniques for a natural systems approach to stormwater management used to be a best practice that forward-thin...

Professional Credentials

The LEED AP program has always been grounded in the pursuit of excellence and continuous improvement. To continue to meet these goals, GBCI ...

North East Sustainable Energy Association

The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is a membership-based professional trade association that promotes energy efficiency an...

Greenhouse Gas Reduction - Becoming a Standard Consideration for Development Projects

Massachusetts' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy and Protocol [Revised GHG Emissions Policy and Protocol (Effective February 3, 2009)] require...

Geothermal Heating and Cooling - More Than A Hole In the Ground!

Geothermal systems use the earth as an energy source/sink to significantly improve the efficiency of heating and cooling systems. Properly d...

Stephen Turner 2009

Name: Stephen Turner Title: Managing Director, northeast Company: CTG Energetics, Inc. Location: 235 Promenade St., Suite 525, Providence, R...

James Lehouiller 2009

Name: James Lehouiller Title: President Company: DiLeonardo International, Inc. Location: 2348 Post Rd., Suite 501, Warwick, RI 02886 Place...

Janice Greenwood 2009

Name: Janice Greenwood, PE Title: Vice President Company: Woodard & Curran Location: 95 Cedar St., Suite 100, Providence, RI 02903 Place of ...

Advanced Buildings offers a direct path to better energy performance; Pre-modeled protocol qualifies for LEED points, saves time and money

The client wants a low-energy, LEED building, but time and money are tight. Sound familiar? More and more, design teams are turning to a dir...

Sustainable Design Becoming Key to Long Term Investment Strategies

In today's value-oriented real estate world, sustainable design is fast becoming more than just an "alternative investment" option for inves...