Hanscom Field is a public airport operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) in Bedford, MA. As a state-run facility, it has recently had the advantage of participating in the Commonwealth’s Leading by Example Program (LBE) which works to reduce the overall environmental impacts of state government operations. The PV…
The recently completed School of the Arts in Redding, California immerses its students, grades K-8, in environmentally friendly space. The building and school campus were designed by Trilogy Architecture to achieve a LEED platinum rating. The major contributors to this pending certification are the energy efficient building, sustainable use…
The Allied Health Building at the North Shore Community College campus in Danvers, MA is the leading example of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ outstanding commitment to energy efficiency and renewable energy. The project is the Commonwealth’s first state-owned zero net energy building. In order to fulfill the zero energy designation,…
February 2012—This month Environmental Building News features an update on the viability of solar PV in the US energy market in an article entitled, “For Cheap Solar, Look to Laws, Not Labs” by Paula Melton. The piece points out that the critical path for PV is to achieve grid parity,…
For the second consecutive year, Solar Design Associates was named the Best of Boston in Boston Magazine’s 2011 contest. Best of Boston, Boston Magazine January 2011: “Unrivaled in Boston — and indeed, the country — Steven Strong’s Solar Design Associates provides peerless solar integration into homes, commercial and academic…
The State of California wanted to power the new data processing center for their State Compensation Insurance Fund with solar electricity. With the building’s roofscape already well subscribed with roof-top equipment to manage the center’s cooling requirements, SDA worked with HOK Architects’ San Francisco office to design a solar…
Stretching across 9,000 acres on the Red Sea coast about 60 km north of Jeddah, is the sparkling new campus of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). KAUST is the vision of King Abdullah. The $23 Billion cost was financed by the Saudi Royal Family to create…
October 2011– The Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion, located on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston’s financial district, has received the Grand Honor Award from the Build New England awards program, put on by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) to recognize project teams that execute outstanding design, structure, and planning. The…
