Technology, Partnerships Help Shelters Save Energy and Money
By Dave McMahon | Fri, February 7, 14
Dave McMahon, Co-Executive Director of Dismas House
Dave McMahon, Co-Executive Director of Dismas HouseMa. StretchCode or: How I Learned to Stop Updating and Love the Timebomb
By Kevin Rose | Tue, February 4, 14
Unless Massachusetts communities push to update the state’s Stretch Code before July 1, 2014, the 20% boost in building energy efficiency it provides will evaporate, creating market confusion and violate the very concept behind its inception.
NE-CHPS Paves the Way Forward for Schools
By Carolyn Goldthwaite | Tue, January 21, 14
When you think back to your days spent in school what do you remember?
Was it a favorite teacher? The countless trips to the vending machine between classes? A visceral rush of excitement after your crush unexpectedly sat next to you in biology?
Building Rating Helps Markets Understand and Value Energy Efficiency
By Allison Webster | Tue, August 27, 13
Everyone knows that one way to judge the performance of a car is by its fuel efficiency, and car manufacturers love to crow about cars with high 'miles per gallon' ratings. But, what if there was a way to assess “MPG” for buildings that gave potential owners or renters a sense of how much it would cost to operate their building over time?
New Schools are Built to Last, Can I Go Back?
By Carolyn Goldthwaite | Mon, August 12, 13
Back to school? Yes please!
I want to go back to school.
Really I do. I’m not talking about masters' degrees or professional development courses.
The Monster in My Basement: Tough Lessons in Building Science
By Natalie Hildt Treat | Thu, August 1, 13
Sweetums seems much less scary now that I’ve met the monster called mold.NEEP Explores the Opportunities and Challenges of Multifamily Efficiency
By Yung Huynh | Wed, July 24, 13
Multifamily: A Nut Hard to Crack
Tung Huynh, NEEP's Public Policy Intern
Multifamily housing represents an important sector with large untapped energy savings potential.
Tung Huynh, NEEP's Public Policy InternCiting the Evidence – the Benefits of Building Energy Disclosure Policies
By Allison Webster | Mon, June 24, 13
The benefits of building energy rating and disclosure far outweigh the negatives. Any opposition can almost be considered...Rebuild it Right, A Tour of EcoBuilding Bargains
By John Otterbein | Wed, June 5, 13
The Springfield tornado demolished more than 40 buildings and caused over $100 million in damages.Inaccurate facts and figures surface after the adoption of Boston's Building Energy Rating Ordinance
By Jim OReilly | Thu, May 9, 13
Disinformation on Boston's Building Energy Disclosure Ordinance continues - The Boston Globe needs a fact check when discerning building energy rating and disclosure' fact from fiction.
NEEP's Jim O'Reilly wrote a response to the Boston Globe's article, 