Resources
Carbon Free Boston: Social Equity Report
The Carbon Free Boston social equity report details how action taken toward carbon neutrality, which will fundamentally transform the city’s buildings, transportation, waste and energy systems, could potentially affect socially vulnerable populations. The social equity report provides a roadmap to engage the City’s communities in climate action, which represents an opportunity to address historic inequities
Boston Area Laboratory Energy Benchmarking Study Year 3 Data Analysis Report: University Labs
The first two years of this study involved the collection of data from 121 lab buildings from seven academic institutions in the Boston area, including building energy use data for calendar years 2014 and 2015; the Year 1 and Year 2 reports are available on this website. In this third and final year of the
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Feasibility of Harbor-wide Barrier Systems Preliminary Analysis for Boston Harbor
The aim of this study is to provide the City of Boston with a preliminary assessment of the feasibilities and potential benefits, costs, and environmental impacts of three harborwide barrier configurations.
New England Overview: A Primer on Natural Gas Related Issues in 2018
Natural gas continues to be an issue of great interest and significant controversy throughout New England. Proponents of building additional gas pipeline infrastructure to secure additional natural gas supply into New England maintain that doing so will reduce gas prices and electricity prices (since approximately half of the region’s generation fleet is now gas-fired). They