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Marketers are recognizing “gamification” as a way to motivate and engage people. Can games help engage the public about clean energy through content delivery, education, a sense of community, ways to encourage behaviors?
In mid-March, Massachusetts legislators and experts in renewable energy gathered at the State House Grand Staircase for the New England Clean Energy Center’s third annual Massachusetts Clean Energy Day. The event celebrates the clean energy sector’s size and strength in the Commonwealth and the public …Continue Reading Images from Massachusetts Clean Energy Day
The U.S. Green Buildings Council (USGBC) has released its annual ranking of the top 10 states with buildings certified to a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. For the second year in a row, Massachusetts ranked number four with 13.68 million square feet …Continue Reading Massachusetts Buildings LEED Again
Imagine you own an office building. You have a great team managing the property and are always looking for smart investments to improve performance and decrease operating costs. In terms of energy management, you benchmark the building’s energy consumption through the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Portfolio …Continue Reading Building Asset Rating Pilot – How Does Your Building Really Perform?
On Wednesday, July 24, state officials met at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) to celebrate and reaffirm a clean energy “vision.” It seemed a fitting location: the nearby wind turbine served as a visual reminder of MMA’s dedication to greening its campus. And the crowd could …Continue Reading Celebrating the Vision – Five Years of Clean Energy
Now that we’re in the midst of summer, most of us are feeling the heat. With last week’s wave of high temperatures and humidity that loomed over New England, we’ve been using more energy to help keep us cool. Even though energy is invisible, the more …Continue Reading Don’t Sweat It – Keep You & Your Wallet Cool
On Monday, June 3, a national ceremony was held in Washington, D.C. to honor sixty-four U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) and fourteen recipients of the first-ever District Sustainability Award. This year marks the first time that Massachusetts has participated in the program. …Continue Reading Massachusetts Schools Earn a Green Ribbon
“The most important thing a city does is educate its children,” Westfield Mayor Daniel M. Knapik reminded us with a quote from one of his predecessors in the Westfield Mayor’s office, Rick Sullivan, now Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). At Westfield Vocational-Technical High …Continue Reading Westfield Vocational-Technical High School Grand Re-Opening Celebrates Energy Savings
A just-completed high performance computing center in Holyoke will help Massachusetts stay at the forefront of discovery and innovation, and demonstrate clean energy leadership through application of efficient data center design and technology.
Did you get some sort of new electronic gadget as a holiday gift? If you did, you have a new, easy opportunity to save energy in your home.
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