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Insulate Britain Was a Bargain

September 18, 2022 By gmoke

Insulate Britain (https://insulatebritain.com) is an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion which demanded that the British government fund insulation for all public housing by 2025, and, by the end of 2021, the government must create a plan to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, DIY, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, heet, housing, insulate, retrofit, sustainability, UK

Zero Net Energy – March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022 By gmoke

Treehouse with "green walls, facades and rooftops, plus water features, natural light, and ventilation strategies to green the traditional office building,” winning an award from the World Green Building … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, ecology, energy, environment, housing, net zero, net zero emissions, net zero energy, real-estate, renewables, solar, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – March 24, 2021

March 24, 2021 By gmoke

Making a wooden solar insolation visualization https://youtu.be/PvcvY4ToFaQ https://www.makingdatatangible.com/solar/ - program to help you make your own https://pysolar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - a collection of Python libraries for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: building codes, buildings, construction, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, housing, renewables, solar, sustainability

Charley Blandy for Arlington Town Meeting, Precinct 6

March 24, 2021 By Charley on the MTA

Update: I survived. Another three years of meetings! Woot! - CB Dear readers: Please indulge this instance of self-promotion. Hopefully it will only happen once every three years. - Charley Vote April 10, 8am-8pmHardy School or early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: arlington, housing, sustainability, transportation

Rep. Connolly puts together a housing agenda

April 9, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

I mentioned the other day the foreclosure and eviction moratorium legislation that has passed the House. State Rep. Mike Connolly is putting together a coalition for a whole host of actions, at https://rentfreeze.org. ProgressiveMass is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: COVID-19, COVID19, housing, mortgage, renters

Genuinely hopeful news on housing

December 19, 2017 By Charley on the MTA

We've been writing here about the cost and shortage of housing in Greater Boston for over a decade. This actually sounds like hopeful news: Aiming for the construction of 135,000 new housing units by 2025, the Baker administration on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, housing, smart-growth

New Leadership For Boston: Tito Jackson For Mayor

November 4, 2017 By jamaicaplainiac

(While I’m promoting this post as being of general interest, this shouldn’t be seen as a BMG endorsement in this race - Charley) Boston is at a crossroads. Tuesday's election is fundamentally about what kind of city we want this to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: bospoli, boston, BPS, education, election, housing, marty-walsh, mbta, Tito Jackson

Can’t Solve Transportation Without Addressing Housing

April 27, 2016 By thegreenmiles

Charley already wrote up WBUR's transportation poll, but WBUR did a sidebar story on some non-highway transportation ideas. Reporter Steve Brown talked to State Sen. Tom McGee about his idea to relieve traffic & help people get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: development, environment, housing, smart-growth, transportation, urban-density, urban-sprawl

Getting to Net Zero: Cambridge, MA

March 26, 2015 By gmoke

For the past year, the Cambridge, MA city government has had a Getting to Net Zero Task Force studying the implications of a net zero energy building requirement. They finished the draft report on March 16, 2015 and will have an open forum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, cambridge, construction, district heating, ecology, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, environment, housing, ma, municipal government, net zero emissions, net zero energy, renewable, solar

Governor candidates on transportation and smart growth

August 13, 2014 By joshostroff

Transportation for Massachusetts and the MA Smart Growth Alliance asked the Democratic, Republican and Independent candidates for governor to respond to ten questions.  The questions were submitted in late May, and received in June/July.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: environment, governor, housing, massachusetts, smart-growth, transportation

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