Tag: sustainability
Seaport Residences Nears Completion
Boston – Gables Residential, a firm specializing in multifamily development and management, announced that the apartment community, Gables Seaport, located on 501 Congress St., will open in March 2020. In conjunction with Drew Company, Gables Residential is bringing a 23-story, 307 apartment home building to South Boston’s Seaport District, an area which has been transformed […]
SITES: Developing Sustainable Landscapes and Investing in the Greater Good
by Emily Langner Established almost two decades ago, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) has become a well-known green building system, providing “a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings.” More recently, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has added another program for evaluating and achieving sustainable design, the Sustainable Sites […]
Johns Named Senior Strategy Consultant
North Adams, MA – Amy Johns has been named senior strategy consultant for Integrated Eco Strategy (IES), a consulting firm facilitating sustainable and regenerative building design, renovation and construction. In this new position, Johns will help expand IES’s services to include carbon reduction plans and sustainability strategy, and policy implementation; provide technical and logistical support […]
Kumar Joins R. E. Dinneen Architects
Boston – R. E. Dinneen Architects & Planners, Inc. announced that Shruti Kumar, Assoc. AIA, Well AP, LEED AP BD+C has joined its Life Sciences group as a project captain/designer. Kumar’s experience includes project coordinator and job captain roles. She is interested in sustainability and healthcare focused design. — Kumar has a master’s degree in […]
Four Design Professionals Earn CPHC Certification
Boston – Global design firm Stantec announced that four design professionals have earned their Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC®) certification with PHIUS: Victoria Civitillo, sustainability project manager, New York, N.Y.; Blake Jackson, Northeast U.S. sustainability design leader, Boston, Mass.; Zachary Halstead, civil engineer, Boston, Mass.; and Brett Lambert, senior associate, Boston, Mass. CPHC is awarded […]
Three Services You Need to Win in the Brave New World of Retail
by Avi Shoss Experiential and immersive retail. Pop up stores. Concept stores. These are some of the most prominent trends retail is exploring as the industry races to adapt to evolving customer needs. For internationally-recognized labels and emerging digitally-native brands alike, the name of the game is a new in-store experience. So what does it take […]
Vassallo Receives Shepley Bulfinch Award
Boston – Shepley Bulfinch, a national architecture firm, announced that Jesús Vassallo, Gus Wortham assistant professor of architecture at Rice School of Architecture, received the Shepley Bulfinch Award during an awards ceremony at the Rice School of Architecture on April 29. The award grants funding to a faculty member or team of faculty members to […]
EEB Reps Tour Watson Facility
West Haven, CT – In June, representatives from the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Board (EEB) attended a facility tour of Watson, Inc. Vice President Gavin Watson presented various sustainability efforts and energy efficiency initiatives implemented at the West Haven/Orange facility, which produces ingredient systems and products for the food and supplement industries. Watson explained that they […]
Lockheed Garners First Place Award
South Windsor, CT – Lockheed Window Corp. of Pascoag, R.I. garnered a first place 2019 Project Team Award for Orchard Hill Elementary School, the district’s first project in a 10-year master plan to replace all four elementary schools in South Windsor. The building covers an area of 72,000sf and is built to house over 570 […]
Mass. GC Firm Selected for New Healthcare Facility
Billerica, MA – Erland Construction was selected to provide preconstruction services for EMD Serono’s new 146,000sf, mixed-use building on their growing campus in Billerica. The addition of this amenity-focused building will shape the advancement of specialty pharmaceuticals and patient care provided by the global healthcare company. With an emphasis on sustainability and employee welfare, the […]
