Tweet This is was originally posted at EnergyEmporium by Kim Quirk Creating a Zero Net Energy Building in a Historic Shell “That’s the title of the talk I am going to do at the NESEA (Northeast Sustainable Energy Association) conference in Boston in March 2012. The conference, BuildingEnergy 12, will be held at the Seaport [...]
Tweet If you’ve been following the movement towards renewable energy, you probably know that Europe is way ahead of us. And you might feel that we’ve got a long way to go if we’re ever going to catch up. NESEA is hoping to change that with a new international collaboration. We’re proud to announce an [...]
Tweet Great news from the NESEA membership! Congratulations to Dietz & Company Architects on receiving the LEED Gold Certification for their work on a project with the YWCA! This is especially exiting news because Marc Sternick, VP of Dietz & Co, is on our Board of Directors and the firm is a local, NESEA business [...]
Tweet In November, you learned about the process to reach net zero, now it’s time to learn more about the mechanical systems that help make net zero possible! Join us January 10th, 2012 at the Mitsubishi Training Center in Southborough, MA. RSVP here! Due to overwhelming demand for a more technical session to follow-up our [...]
Tweet This is a more personal post, but I promise it’s relevant to NESEA! In 2008, the 200 year old Putney General Store caught fire and was severely damaged. The Putney Historical Society and town rallied to purchase the property and start to rebuild. In 2009, an arsonist set fire and obliterated the store completely. [...]
I wanted to share with you all an email exchange that took place earlier this week that I believe goes to the heart of NESEA’s role as a membership organization.
Earlier this week we sent the following invitation out to all of our Green Buildings Open House hosts and prior years’ entrants to the NESEA Zero Net Energy Building Award:
Tweet I was excited to learn that our newest business-level member, Boston-area Distributed Energy Research & Solutions, Inc (DERS) has concurrently released EnergySage.com , the latest, greatest tool for researching renewable energy solutions. EnergySage, in brief, is a web platform designed “to make the case for clean energy” by helping everyone from home owners to facilities [...]
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 [...]
