Boston city councilors scheduled a hearing this week to investigate recent utility failures in Chinatown and the Leather District, where data indicates changing subsurface conditions including high groundwater temperatures.
Eleven employees from Boston-based Vicinity Energy took part in the Charles River Conservancy’s cleanup along the banks of the river. See who else gave back.
Vicinity Energy, the utility that supplies steam to many downtown Boston commercial buildings from plants in Kendall Square, the Leather District and Back Bay, has a new leader.
A senior executive at a company hoping to build a business offering carbon-free heating and air conditioning to downtown Boston commercial buildings now has a seat on the Boston Planning & Development Agency board.
Decarbonization of a 75-year-old Kendall Square power plant passed a milestone this week with delivery of an electric boiler that will replace gas-fired turbines to heat buildings in Boston and Cambridge.
Holyoke-based Peoples Bank celebrated Earth Day with its 10-year-old annual giveaway of tomato plants and seeds at its branches in Holyoke and South Hadley, Suffield and West Hartford.
Vicinity Energy touted the launch of its carbon-free “eSteam” service to Boston commercial developers including the $1-billion Fenway Center lab project, as it begins converting its Cambridge cogeneration plant from gas to electric power.
