Community Events

NESEA is now accepting proposals for our 2026 BuildingEnergy magazine: this year’s theme is My Favorite Project. This is your chance to write about a project that holds a special place for you and to share it with the NESEA community. Whatever your role in the project, we’d like to hear why it is ...

We are excited to invite you to the 8th Western Massachusetts Economic Ecosystem Summit, a regional convening focused on advancing economic growth, strengthening cross-sector collaboration, and aligning ecosystem development efforts across Western Massachusetts. This summit brings together

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Climate change is no longer a future concern—it's reshaping what buildings must do right now. Reimagine Buildings: Designing for Survivability brings together leading practitioners to explore how the built environment can protect, sustain, and support the people inside it, even under the most ...

For 16 years, the Green Building United Sustainability Symposium has been a cornerstone event for regional leaders committed to driving sustainability forward. As we continue to face challenges in building a more sustainable future, our collective efforts are more important than ever.

Keep the energy and conversations from BuildingEnergy Boston 2026 going! Join us on May 19th for a networking happy hour with the conference leadership team, selected speakers, and fellow attendees.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a new construction, custom single-family home in Sherborn, Massachusetts, designed to minimize embodied carbon, maximize operational efficiency, support healthy indoor air quality, and mitigate negative impacts to the immediate watershed, all while providing a beautiful ...

We’re pleased to invite you to NEXUS: Power Perspectives—From Grid to Building, an exclusive, in-person event bringing together industry leaders to explore

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Join Passive House Massachusetts for an afternoon of professional learning and community connection. This forum is designed to bring the Western Massachusetts high performance community together to explore field-tested research and a local project case study, followed by an afternoon networking

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At NEEP, collaboration is more than a principle — it’s our foundation. Our work has never been a single voice — it’s the chorus. The “us” is every partner, every community, and every leader ready to drive our region toward an affordable, clean, and resilient energy system. For more than three

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Carpenters, Builders, and Residential GC's: learn high-performance building install skills BEFORE you need them with a client. Studio HPDC's course combines building science and control layer basics with hands-on practice with plans, mock-ups, and frequently used tapes and materials - all inside ...

Join us for a casual, fun, and free event for women, trans, and non-binary folks in construction, design, and engineering. 

Participants gather to connect, share experiences, and build a supportive community.

Feel free to bring a friend or colleague who might be interested. The

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The BuildingEnergy NYC 2026 Content Committee will be meeting to make final decisions about this year's conference session lineup. This meeting is private, open only to the NESEA Member-volunteers serving on this year's committee.

Join us for a Pro Tour of a resilient new development that will be created on Salem Neck, located between Collin's Cove and Salem Harbor, in Salem MA. The site will include one building with 124 sustainable and affordable homes, amenity spaces, and a publicly accessible park. The building will be ...

Every year, the NESEA community comes together to create a vision for the BuildingEnergy Boston conference, ensuring that its theme and content are timely and relevant for a wide range of building and energy practitioners. This online brainstorming session is a chance for you to help shape next ...

Join us in Boston for a Pro Tour of an innovative new school and community facility, located on a tight, one-acre site in Boston’s dense, historic Chinatown. This building is a transformative example of high-performance, sustainable, and inclusive school. Designed to serve 650 students in grades 6- ...