Meet Matt Root. He will be our Boston based project manager. Matt comes to IES from CLEAResult, an Austin, Texas-based energy efficiency consulting firm, where he led a multi-disciplinary team of mechanical engineers, building-enclosure experts and building scientists. His experience includes serving as a Home Energy Rating System rater and then as a LEED for…
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Our staff grew, so we needed to move. Our office is now in downtown North Adams, around the corner from Mass MoCA.
Inhabitat / September 2, 2016 / Lacy Cooke According to Bruner/Cott, all the building materials are “Red List compliant” and they avoided products containing toxic chemicals. The building materials aren’t the only green aspects of the Kern Center. A rainwater harvesting system allows for net-zero water, and the roof is decked out with large solar…
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MASS Live / April 15, 2016 / Dave Roback Hampshire designed the building with the goal of becoming only the ninth building worldwide certified under the most advanced green building standard, the Living Building Challenge (LBC). The standard aims to break society’s dependence on environmentally harmful practices, to protect not only the environment but also the…
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Charley Stevenson, owner of Integrated Eco Strategy, was named a 2015 Living Building Hero by the International Living Future Institute.
Greener Than Green: The Class of 1966 Environmental Center is working to meet the Living Building Challenge / Williams Magazine / Summer 2015 “In fact, it’s possible Williams won’t meet the standards initially. “LBC is a learning process as much as it’s about living within our means,” says Mike Evans, assistant director of the Zilkha Center. “There are risks…
DetailsBerkshire Trade & Commerce / July 2015 / John Townes