Resources
GRC Profile in Climate Action, A Case Study on Sustainability and Reduction of Energy Consumption at 200 Clarendon
A member of the Boston Green Ribbon Commission’s Commercial Real Estate Working Group, Boston Properties has a strong commitment to responsible management of energy, water, and greenhouse gas emissions. The company has exceeded 2020 targets by reducing energy use intensity by 23 percent, water use intensity by 26 percent and greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 38
Governance for a Changing Climate: Adapting Boston’s Built Environment for Increased Flooding
Climate Change is impacting everything in our society and in our world. The changes we are already experiencing are starting to multiply and accelerate. Determining how to respond to this new reality wisely within the governance and governmental structures that we have built is a complex challenge. This is the third and final in a
Executive Summary: Governance for a Changing Climate: Adapting Boston’s Built Environment for Increased Flooding
One of the recommendations of the CRB report is to evaluate governance structures for managing the implementation, operations, and maintenance of adaptation actions. This report responds to that recommendation by outlining possible paths forward to support wise governance for adaptation efforts that will increase our resilience.
Institutional Renewable Energy Procurement: Quantitative Impacts Addendum
This addendum aims to provide more detailed guidance to institutions considering how to conduct emissions impact analyses associated with procurement decisions.
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.