Resources
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:
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.
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.
Virtual Energy Assessments
Remote or virtual energy assessments are an emerging technology that provides building owners with a greater understanding of their building’s energy use and operations using inputs from utility meters and computer modeling. Building owners are investigating the technology as an affordable alternative to more comprehensive walk-through energy audits, which can cost tens of thousands of
Preparing for the Rising Tide – Executive Summary
An overview of the leading report by The Boston Harbor Association on preparing Boston for sea-level rise and coastal flooding.
Institutional Renewable Energy Procurement: Guidance for Purchasing and Associated Claims
Guidance for Purchasing and Making Associated Environmental Impact Claims