Boston to Developers: Make New Buildings Net-Zero
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is proposing that all new buildings larger than 20,000 square feet should emit net-zero carbon from the day they open.
A Sustainable Landmark Rises on the Boston Skyline
Winthrop Center’s energy-efficient design is setting a new standard, and helping it attract anchor tenants, too.
New Energy-Use Rules Require Better Energy Management Tools
Today, the city of Boston has some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country, with institutions across the city grappling with ways to maximize energy and financial efficiency during a pivotal moment in the ongoing national discourse on the environment.
Maine Vote Raises Questions About CRE Emissions Rules
A referendum in Maine spells big trouble for both office building owners and developers in Boston as they scramble to meet the city’s tough, new carbon emissions rules.
Cutting Carbon Footprints and Costs in Real Estate
Chris Gray looks at commercial properties through an energy efficiency lens to help Boston-based Taurus Investment Holdings evaluate potential acquisitions, at a time when landlords are creating efficiencies through operational upgrades, and reducing their exposure for capital upgrades.
Boston Takes a Step Towards Carbon Neutrality
Based on input from the business community, Boston’s new requirements for carbon neutrality in the city’s commercial buildings are clearer and more achievable. But hard work remains to make BERDO 2.0 succeed.
Boston Gives BERDO Ordinance New Teeth
The city of Boston’s goal of reducing carbon emissions will impose new energy-efficiency requirements on landlords of large buildings in the wake of a city council vote.
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