Tweet This was brought to our attention by a long-time BuildingEnergy exhibitor, Consulting Engineering Services. Gaylord Hospital is the first in the state of Connecticut to receive state funding through a Connecticut Clean Energy Fund grant for a solar-thermal hot water system. The $323,000 from the Energy Fund will be a tremendous boost to the hospital, [...]
Tweet (Proxy) Guest Post from the wonderful Jo Lee of Greenmachine PR (and the NESEA Board) Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) will unveil its new PHIUS+ Verification developed in partnership with the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) at the 6th Annual North American Passive House Conference on October 28, 2011. PHIUS+ represents the culmination of [...]
Tweet Well, this was certainly inspiring. Friday’s Greenfield Recorder had a great article on a great local business, Real Pickles (they’re delicious) and their steps to cut their business’s carbon foot print. What’s even better? They used a local company to do it. Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics was contracted to install a 17kw array for real [...]
Tweet We get a lot of requests from professionals who are looking to start new solar companies or expanding their existing businesses into solar. With the last Massachusetts SREC aucton clossing at $535 MWh, and New Hampshire solar incentives coming online it’s no wonder so many companies are looking to it. For those in the [...]
Tweet Curious about zero net energy and high performance buildings? Ever wonder how zero net energy is possible? Interested in net zero/high performance building design and mechanical systems? Join us November 10th at the Mitsubishi Training Center in Southborough, MA to find out! RSVP HERE. Our hosts and sponsors Mitsubishi Electric have helped us pull [...]
Tweet If you visited some residences at Green Buildings Open House this past weekend and were looking for some more information or next steps, you may want to check out NESEA member Rachel White’s (of Greener Every Day) talk at the Chelmsford Public Library. Her talk is part of a two part series “Bringing Your [...]