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…

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.

This addendum aims to provide more detailed guidance to institutions considering how to conduct emissions impact analyses associated with procurement decisions.

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.

This report, by A Better City, reviews eight resilience standards relevant to Boston’s large commercial facilitates.

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. 

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:…

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.

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.