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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Response to the NESEA BE Boston 2023 Wednesday Keynote, “Why We Stopped Doing Deep Energy Retrofits”
NESEA Lifetime Member Michael Hindle, of Passive to Positive, wrote the following post in response to the keynote address "Why We Stopped Doing Deep Energy Retrofits" on day two of the 2023 BuildingEnergy Boston Conference. Read More
Brendan Kavanagh and Rachel White, of Byggmiester Inc., presented the keynote address "Why We Stopped Doing Deep Energy Retrofits" on day two of the 2023 BuildingEnergy Boston Conference. The post below reflects additional thoughts they wished to share with the NESEA community since their… Read More
I’m pleased to provide the NESEA Board of Director’s annual update on efforts and progress put forth towards Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI). We formalized providing this annual update as part of our official response to recommendations from the 2019 Diversity Caucus at BuildingEnergy Boston;… Read More
The Board of Directors has appointed Florence MacGregor as the Executive Director of NESEA. Flo has been an incredible asset to the NESEA community since she joined us seven years ago, and she had been serving as the Interim Executive Director since July 1. Read More
After eight years with NESEA, Miriam Aylward will be leaving to pursue another professional opportunity. Her last day at NESEA will be July 1, 2022, although she will stay on in a consulting role through the end of the calendar year. Read More
Strategic planning is an essential habit of a healthy, flourishing organization. It is an opportunity and an obligation to reflect on where we’ve been and to craft a vision of where we want to go. This is the case in times that are turbulent and fraught with uncertainty as well as those that are… Read More
Each year, the NESEA Board of Directors provides the community with an update on our progress towards efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Read More
NESEA is an extraordinary community of practice. We share our lessons learned, our successes, and our questions. We challenge each other to reinvent the status quo and include more perspectives, all in service of our shared vision: a built environment in the Northeast that is climate neutral,… Read More
Events this month exposed a vein of racism in our NESEA community. Many of us are hurting and need to acknowledge what happened and how it has affected us. Read More
This message is to follow up on an incident that occurred last week, during the BuildingEnergy Boston Diversity Caucus. The Diversity Caucus is an event designed for people of color, indigenous people, LGBTQIA people, people with disabilities, and women. Read More