Resources
Energy Conservation Lease Agreement Template
This sample offers guidance on developing an energy conservation lease agreement.
Strategic Energy Master Plan Template
This sample offers guidance on developing a strategic energy master plan for a hospital or healthcare facility.
Boston’s Climate Vulnerabilities and Solutions Symposium
The Climate Vulnerabilities and Solutions Symposium in September of 2016, brought together over 325 participants from the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Boston’s Climate Ready Boston team shared climate projections, vulnerability assessments, and resilience strategies.
Climate Innovations European Study Tour Key Takeaways
A collection of key takeaways and best practices participants learned on the Climate Innovations Study Tour.
Carbon Free Boston Initiative
The Green Ribbon Commission is partnering with Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy to develop 2030 and 2050 strategies for inclusion in the City’s 2018 Climate Action Plan Update.
European Climate Innovations Study Tour Overview
From June 13-18, the Boston Green Ribbon Commission hosted a Climate Innovations Study Tour for approximately 20-25 Boston and Commonwealth leaders interested in in-depth learning about climate adaptation and mitigation best practices in several advanced cities in Northern Europe. This document is the original overview of the entire project.
Issue Brief: Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Bend the Health Care Cost Curve?
By: Susan Kaplan, Blair Sadler, Kevin Little, Calvin Franz, and Peter Orris Abstract: As policymakers seek to rein in the nation’s escalating health care costs, one area deserving attention is the health system’s costly environmental footprint. This study examines data from selected hospitals that have implemented programs to reduce energy use and waste and achieve
Higher Ed Working Group Mitigation Progress Summary
The following summary report synthesizes the results of the HEWG Phase I stakeholder assessment. It gives a succinct progress report on how the HEWG universities are approaching mitigation and includes a detailed comparison table of HEWG university GHG goals, progress, best practices, awards and recognition, and other information.
2014 Green Labs Symposium Summary
This document offers of the first Green Labs Symposium. For a look at all the materials related to the 2014 Green Labs Symposium, click here.