Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
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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A few months ago, BuildingEnergy 15 conference chair Matt Root asked Stephan Wollenburg... Read More
On a sunny, crisp day in December 40 people (many NESEA members) embarked on the Bensonwood and Unity Homes Pro Tour. We met in Walpole, NH at Bensonwood headquarters and travelled by bus to the first site in Putney, VT. The bus served multiple functions, not only reducing our carbon… Read More
2014 Kate Fund Award Recipient Heather Nolen reflects on her experiences in Denmark and Stockholm. Read More
If you could tackle a few easy tasks that would keep you warm and snug all winter – and save money – would you? Strangely enough, few people opt to take on these tasks... Going under the collective term weatherization, these jobs range from squirting caulk with a gun (easy, yet… Read More
Big news for BuildingEnergy 15! We're pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual Net-Zero North American Leadership Summit will be co-located with us at the Seaport World Trade Center for BuildingEnergy 15, March 3-5, 2015 (natch). We're excited for this great opportunity to celebrate innovation… Read More
I spent the better part of a week in August hobnobbing with some of the world’s leading building scientists, and I found a recurring theme: they complain bitterly about the condition, comfort, and cost of energy and water in their home. It starts out as minor grumbling, then it gets more… Read More
Join us on Friday, December 5 for a half-day tour of two sites, one in Southern Vermont and one in Southern New Hampshire. The first site is a Unity Homes project showcasing a high performance home with a 6.5 week projected timeline between shell raising to completion. The second site is a tour of… Read More
NESEA Funder, the Barr Foundation, is up to some exciting projects. Mariella Puerto's been keeping us in the loop. Two thirds of the world’s energy use and 70% of global carbon emissions come from cities. There is no way we can address climate change without them. Larger cities like Boston have… Read More
The owners of this Cambridge home had chronic ice dams that leaked into the house, often while they were on out-of-town trips during the winter. A number of roofers had attempted to address the issue, without success. One trip up into the home's attic, however, made it clear that the roof wasn't… Read More
Currently, the biggest issue facing energy efficient building today is how do we scale it up and do the volume of retrofits and new construction necessary to really make a difference in energy use in America and around the world? Deep Energy Retrofits have been called “prohibitively expensive… Read More