Cambridge House Lift: Thermally Broken Foundation System

For this post, we though you might like a peek at the Thermomass system we’re employing to create a thermal break between the earth and the interior.  First we start Continue reading →

Cambridge Complete Renovation

We’ve just gotten underway with a comprehensive renovation project in Cambridge. When we visited the house during walk-throughs while bidding, we realized that the foundation was failing in many places. Continue reading →

Design-Build in Somerville

Boston Green Building’s Design-Build division is very excited to have just begun work on a gut renovation of this Prospect Hill single family home in Somerville. Architect Steve Baczek developed the Continue reading →

Its almost time for Building Energy 2013

Brian Butler is chairing a session at the upcoming NESEA Building Energy 2013 event at the Seaport World Trade Center on March 5,6,7 2013. The session in the homes track Continue reading →

Lexington DER update

Our Deep Energy Retrofit project in Lexington managed to beat the air sealing target prescribed by the National Grid utility pilot program; thereby qualifying the clients for an additional $2000 Continue reading →

Medford DER energy usage tracking

Best wishes for a healthy and productive 2013 from the Boston Green Family to yours. We are looking forward to a productive 2013 and creating a lot more healthy and Continue reading →

Bay Village “Head House” update

Our newest project is a “headhouse” addition in the historically significant Bay Village neighborhood of Boston. We are creating super-insulated office space and exterior decks on the roof of an Continue reading →

BGB at ABX

Boston Green Building is going to have a booth at  Architecture Boston Expo at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. We have been working hard to fabricate an interactive tradeshow Continue reading →

Architecture Boston Expo (ABX) 2012

Brian Butler, along with David Legg and Henry MacLean will be presenting at a session on ” The Emerging DER Baseline in Eastern Massachusetts ” at ABX on Thursday, November Continue reading →

19th century Victorian gets a 21st century retrofit

The clients, owners of a 19th century Victorian house in Newton, came to us wanting to be more comfortable in their home and reduce their heating bill. The house had Continue reading →