In the Media 2011
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Barbra Batshalom to Speak at BOMA Green Real Estate Summit
April 1, 2011 | BOMA Boston
Barbra to speak in April at the BOMA Green Real Estate Summit for the Advanced Sustainability Management Track on Sustainability Trends.
April 9, 2011 | Forum Guide
CEO of the Green Roundtable; provides education and training on green design implementation.
March 17th, 2011 | TED Green Room
Can green building save the planet? That’s the question posted by a headline on SmartPlanet.com consisting of lengthy coverage of the Intelligent Infrastructure conference (attended by “principals of major architecture firms”).
New "Green" Certification by the Sustainable Performance Institute
March 6th, 2011 | Cara Green
The opportunity to be certified as “green” is now being extended to design and construction firms. The Sustainable Performance Institute (SPI) has launched a program that will recognize firms that can deliver on their promises of sustainability. The program has undergone a pilot phase in Boston, and takes the form of yet another credit based system that rewards leadership, project delivery and strategy among other criteria.
US Green Building Council Director Addresses Association in Manchester, NH
February 25th, 2011 | Builiding Design and Construction
"Members and guests of the Granite State Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction were briefed in a recent meeting of the importance of designging and constructing that minimize energy use and environmental impact.
Sponsored by Haworth, Inc. and Fulcrum Associates, the meeting was held February 7th, at Moe Joe's Restaurant in Mancheester, N.H., and featured guest speaker Barbra Batshalom, executive director of The Green Roundtable"
February 17, 2011 | Reed Construction Data
"There is help available — imagine an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to making “green” and “sustainable” more than zeitgeist buzzwords, transforming what might still be perceived as secondary building practices into the norm. The Sustainable Performance Institute (SPI) has a big vision: in their words, “to completely transform the standard paradigm of development, planning and architectural design.”
February 2011 | Goody Clancy
Goody Clancy is proud to be part of the Sustainable Performance Institute's (SPI) development of the first independent Certification program for design and construction companies. This evaluation measures the ability of firms to deliver consistent, high-quality sustainability services.
SPI Tests Out Green Certification Program
February 9, 2011 | Multi Housing News
"Boston–Many design and construction companies offer services that are not as green as they claim, so the Sustainable Performance Institute has created a new program to weed out the greenwashers, those entities that whitewash the level of sustainable services they offer."
First Public Comment Period Opens for the Green Firm Certification
February 3, 2011 | Green Building Pro
"Greenwashing has become ubiquitous over the past year, getting major coverage from The New York Times to The Moscow Times. Despite this market penetration, green labels such as LEED© Certification do not address issues of company performance – this void is now leading building owners and developers to seek a better way to cut through “professional greenwashing” and hire project teams that they can trust to deliver on their green promises."
Green Roundtable Mentioned as Massachusettes Resource for Green Education and Outreach'
February 2011 | Homes Across America
"The Green Roundtable, Inc. is an organization in New England that approaches issues of green development by bringing together all of the different stakeholders including building, land and planning professionals, universities, governments, facility managers, community and environmental groups"
Top 10 Reasons why Boston is a Cleantech City
Janurary 31, 2011 | CleanTechies
"The state of Massachusetts can be characterized by internationally strong industry clusters, a significant and growing venture capitalist base, the highest R&D spending in the US, world acclaimed universities. With that backdrop the City of Boston is at the heart of the cleantech movement in Massachusetts."
