2026 Pro Tour Series

Join NESEA for our first Pro Tour of the year! We will be touring two six-story, 100% low-income buildings in Boston's South End, both currently undergoing an ambitious deep energy retrofit and electrification (VRF and AWHP, + central ERV), with residents in place.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a new construction, custom single-family home in Sherborn, Massachusetts, designed to minimize embodied carbon, maximize operational efficiency, support healthy indoor air quality, and mitigate negative impacts to the immediate watershed, all while providing a beautiful and functional space tailored to the client’s lifestyle.

On June 5, NESEA will bring attendees behind-the-scenes for a Pro Tour of a new, 124 unit affordable passive housing development in Salem, MA. This project is being built for Passive House certification, and will include flood-resistant features to help to protect occupants from coastal climate events. In addition to the housing, the project includes amenity spaces and is adjacent to a public park.

Join us in Boston for a Pro Tour of an innovative new school and community facility, located on a tight, one-acre site in Boston’s dense, historic Chinatown. This building is a transformative example of high-performance, sustainable, and inclusive school. Designed to serve 650 students in grades 6-12, this all-electric, LEED Platinum-certified facility replaces outdated buildings with a fully programmed middle and high school campus focused on health, equity, and climate resilience.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour that demonstrates, at real scale, how high-performance building strategies can directly support both climate goals and housing affordability. We will be touring and learning about a new development in Dorchester that delivers 12 affordable homeownership units across four Passive House–designed, four-unit buildings-the first of their kind in the neighborhood. Among other building science topics, the project team will teach attendees about the off-site panelizing approach that made this project possible. This project shows how thoughtful design, rigorous performance standards, and repeatable construction methods can produce healthier, lower-energy homes without sacrificing cost control or delivery timelines.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a new, all-electric, 6,000-square-foot nature conservancy headquarters in Southern New Hampshire. This recently completed net-zero energy building demonstrates how high-performance, low-carbon goals can be achieved within a typical nonprofit construction budget when sustainability goals are established early.

On September 4, NESEA returns to Burlington, VT for an in-depth Pro Tour of a new, all-electric high school and tech center. We’ll be visiting a 250,000 square-foot campus and learning from the professionals behind the project how it all came together.

Join NESEA for an in-depth Pro Tour of a redesigned and fiercely independent art center that dates back to 1979 when it became a haven for radical art and radical politics, squatters and hardcore punks. Over the decades, as other downtown spaces went under or were priced out, this space has endured by the skin of its teeth as a link to an old New York that exists mainly in memory. Now, the center is getting a brand-new building, courtesy of $21 million from the city that for years fought to evict it.

NESEA returns to New York’s Capital District for a Pro Tour of a new, 3-phase Passive House development project. When complete, this development will total over 200,000 square feet and provide a total of 168 Passive House-certified units, making it one of the largest Phius-certified projects to date.

Join NESEA in Connecticut for a Pro Tour featuring an exciting collaboration between two NESEA Bottom Lines members (Wolfworks and Rare Forms), showcasing a new, single family home, built from straw panels to reduce embodied carbon.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour where we will learn about East Montpelier Vermont's decision to electrify their city garage, which could be a replicable solution for other towns in the Northeast. This is the first building of its kind that NESEA has featured in our Pro Tour program.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of an occupied 19th century factory building undergoing a re-renovation and electrification using historic tax credits. There are numerous points of interest in this project, including updating to air-to-water electric heating and cooling with minimized refrigerant distribution.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of an innovative Single-family home featuring new wood-frame construction on concrete bond beam over 1892 stone foundation. This interesting project uses wood stove heating with no mechanical cooling, heating the home with mechanical ventilation. An attached greenhouse is a classic passive solar heating element, upgraded with contemporary glazing technology. The ventilation concept delivers more fresh air to living spaces than a typical concept.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of the landmarked Harlem River Houses, New York City’s first purpose-built public housing development. This development has undergone a thorough and senstive renewal, updating the building for its residents while preserving its historic character. Originally built in 1937, the complex now features electrified heating and cooling systems and other energy-efficient upgrades, restored public art, and revitalized community and outdoor spaces. This Pro Tour will highlight the seamless integration of energy-conscious design into the historic fabric. We will share the design strategies used to achieve significant performance improvements and meet Enterprise Green Communities Criteria for affordable housing while preserving architectural integrity.