Pro Tour: Under Construction Community-Centered Educational Facility & Business Spotlight
Boston, MA
United States
AIA (4 LU|HSW)
Join NESEA in Boston for an exceptional case study of how sustainability, equity, and innovation intersect in the built environment. We will be touring this new 68,000-square-foot campus in Roxbury’s Nubian Square, which embodied FCT’s mission of providing affordable technical education to a predominantly BIPOC and first-generation college student body, while also serving as a catalyst for community revitalization.
We will also be capitalizing on the opportunity of the day to introduce attendees to members of NESEA's BuildingEnergy Access program, designed to provide business support and connection to women and BIPOC-owned businesses. After check-in and a chance for refreshments and networking, our program will kick-off with mini-presentations from program participants.
After these introductions, we'll segue into learning about our day's tour site with a presentation including the design strategies, materials selection, performance goals, and community aspects of the project. Attendees will then break into small groups to tour the facility while hearing more from the interdisciplinary team of experts who made the building possible. After the tour, we’ll regroup for a reception and Q&A, giving attendees the opportunity to chat with the day’s speakers and each other.
More about the Project
This all-electric, resilient building has been conceived as a sustainable academic facility and a teaching tool, aligning the college’s green economy-driven curriculum with its physical environment. This project offers practical insights into creating an all-electric, community-centered educational facility that aligns design with mission and budget. Attendees will explore how sustainability, decarbonization, and social equity can drive a transformative educational experience while engaging with the challenges and successes of implementing advanced energy codes and reducing embodied carbon.
BuildingEnergy Access Spotlight
NESEA's BuildingEnergy Access program is designed to provide business support and connection to women and BIPOC-owned businesses. Our program will kick-off with mini-presentations from some of our program participants, who will be introducing their businesses and work with mini-presentations before the tour begins.
Access Companies Presenting
- A Square Design
- [RE] Architect
- Rethinking Power Management (RPM)
- Riverstone Sustainability
- Samar Real Estate Solutions
- Terra Design-Build
- West Work
More information will be added to this page as we get closer to the event date
Tentative Schedule
| 12:00 PM | Doors open, registration, networking and coffee |
| 12:30 PM | Welcome by NESEA, introuction of BuildingEnergy Access companies via mini presentations |
| 1:00 PM | Remarks from Pro Tour series sponsors |
| 1:10 PM | Overview of the project by hosting company, Studio G Architects |
| 2:00 PM | Tour of project begins; attendees rotate through content-specific stations |
| 3:45 PM | Group reconvenes and travels back to initial meeting point |
| 4:00 PM | Reception with light refreshments |
| 4:15 PM | Q&A panel with members of project team |
| 5:00 PM | Event concludes |
If you have questions about this event, you can contact us via protours@nesea.org.
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