Resources
Climate Adaptation and Reliability: A Legal Primer and Workshop Summary Report
Understanding climate-related liabilities could be an important lever for moving implementation efforts forward, gaining political buy-in, and overcoming present barriers. This series and workshop summary seek to begin addressing this gap and to foster much-needed dialogue on this important topic.
Voluntary Resilience Standards: An Assessment of Market Options for Boston’s Large Commercial Buildings
This report, by A Better City, reviews eight resilience standards relevant to Boston’s large commercial facilitates.
Climate Ready Boston: Coastal Resilience Solutions for East Boston and Charlestown
Coastal Resilience Solutions for East Boston and Charlestown presents near- and long-term strategies for protecting East Boston and Charlestown from sea level rise and coastal flooding. It is the first neighborhood coastal resilience plan from Climate Ready Boston, the City of Boston’s ongoing initiative to adapt to climate change.
Boston Area Laboratory Energy Benchmarking Study: Year 2 Data Analysis
This report supplements our Boston Area Laboratory Energy Benchmarking Study, which analyzed energy consumption data for calendar year 2014 from a sample of 121 academic lab buildings in the Boston area. In this new work, calendar year 2015 energy usage data were obtained for the same set of buildings. The goal of this exercise was two-fold:
GRC Profile in Climate Action, Making the Green Grade in Higher Ed
The GRC’s most recent case study is on Harvard University and their amazing achievements in meeting their campus-wide greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targets. Harvard chairs the GRC’s Higher Education Working Group which convenes a group of Greater Boston’s leading academic institutions to address carbon reduction challenges facing universities, from reducing energy in labs, to sharing best practices in innovation.
Boston Area Lab Energy Benchmarking Study: Year 1 Data Analysis
The Higher Education Working Group commissioned a data collection and analysis effort to better understand how Boston area lab buildings compare to each other with regards to energy use and to lab buildings nationally.
The Commercial Net Zero Energy Building Market in Boston
Exploring the commercial net zero energy building market in boston and implementing net zero energy buildings is critical to reducing commercial sector emissions and energy use. This overview document will discuss the feasibility of commercial net zero energy buildings in Boston and explore options that encourage the construction of these facilities.
GRC Profile in Climate Action, A Case Study on Commercial Real Estate
A member of the Boston Green Ribbon Commission’s Commercial Real Estate Working Group, AvalonBay Communities manages over 280 multi-family properties throughout the country, and is committed to building sustainable communities that minimize their carbon footprint. AvalonBay had made energy efficiency investments in its portfolio for many years, with good results. But it wasn’t until the