News, updates, and special announcements from the NESEA staff and Board of Directors. These announcements include news about NESEA programs, initiatives, strategic plan updates, or other items directly related to our operations or programming.
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This week I am celebrating a professional milestone: it has been ten years since I first joined the NESEA staff and this incredible community. It’s my NESEA anniversary. Read More
As part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we thought it would be fun and interesting to facilitate a conversation between one of our first Executive Directors, Alex Wilson, and our current Executive Director, Florence MacGregor. Alex was kind enough to invite us up to his farm in Vermont, where… Read More
We recently sat down with Anddie Chan-Patera of A Square Design, a minority-owned and operated full-service, Boston-based interior architecture firm, offering design services and project management. We sat down to discuss the business and their participation in the BuildingEnergy Access program... Read More
We recently had a conversation with Elaine Chow of ChopValue Boston, minority-owned and operated business creating premium wood alternative products from discarded chop sticks at their local microfactory in Charlestown, MA. We discussed their business, circularity, and their participation in the… Read More
We recently sat down with Mark Tajima and Yamil Brito of B. Alpha Construction, minority-owned and operated commercial insulation and construction business based in Chicopee, MA to discuss their business and their participation in our BuildingEnergy Access program. Read More
We recently sat down with Edward Bartholomew of Bartholomew Lighting, an award-winning, Black-owned Architectural Lighting Design and Consulting firm in Boston, MA. We discussed their work, running their business, and their impressions of the BuildingEnergy Access program so far... Read More
I am writing on behalf of the NESEA Board of Directors in reflection and review of our diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments. This includes our progress over the past year and our plans for the year ahead. Read More
As your Board of Directors, we represent the greater NESEA community and we are here to share our collective voice regarding the current rhetoric-at-large across the country. Read More
We recently sat down with Katie Faulkner of West Work, a woman-owned architecture and energy design company based in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts.
We discussed their work, running the business, and their impressions of the BuildingEnergy Access program so far... Read More
We recently had a conversation with Wendy Brown of Terra Design-Build, a woman-owned architecture firm focused on sustainably designed residential and light commercial projects. They are based in Dalton, Massachusetts and licensed to work in both MA and VT. Read More


