News

2024

Article in Stroll Magazine, Milton Hill and Village

 

2023

Transitioning to Carbon Free Homes

 

Search for Truth and Justice, Eight Years in the Process

 

Climate Action Team, First Parish Milton

 

Presentation to Mayor's Infrastructure Team, City of Boston

Boston Society for Architecture, BSA/AIA

 

Hearing for Climate Action Plan, Town of Milton

 

 

2022

Climate Action Team, First Parish Milton

 

A Path to Preserving Democracy, Conspiring to Unravel the Big Lies

 

Presentation for Melrose Energy Commission Event

 

Presentation to Chief of Operations, City of Boston

 

Hearing for Climate Action Plan, Town of Milton

 

On the Road to a Zero-Carbon Footprint

 

2021

Best Residential Architects in East Norfolk County, MA

 

Unmasking Lies behind Twenty Years of War

 

Transitioning to a Net Zero Carbon Home

 

 Boston Net Zero Energy Renovation

 

2020

A Whole Systems Template for a Carbon Free Boston

Managing these times of Reckoning, with Justice

 

Investing in Equity and Justice for Next Generation

Milton Access TV, Green Home Presentation

 

Making Our way to a Carbon Free Society

2019

Launch of Sustainable Milton Website, Fall 2019

Open Peer Review and Accountability

Boston City Hall: Transition to Green Beacon

Do You Know the MPG of Your Home?

  • June 5th, 2019, Milton Public Library
    Green Home Conversations , part 2
  • Full Presentation

Motion to BSA Board on behalf of Sustainability Education Committee

Pathways to a Net Zero Energy Milton

 

2018

Climate Change and our Homes

Presentation to Sustainable South Shore

Healing National Wounds: Engaging Due Diligence

Presentation to Milton Rotary Club

Solarize Milton; first solar program recipients

Solarize Milton Committee

August 2017 to June 2o18
Co-chair Joint Committee Sustainable Milton and Town of Milton Solarize Project Website

2017

Greenbuild/ABX 2017 Booth Design & Set-up for AE/911Truth

Presentation to Boston City Council President, Greening Boston City Hall

Leadership in Whole Systems Thinking

2016

Medical Dispensary for Historic Milton Building

The Third Tower, BSA Space & Watertown Library

Architects’ Growing Role in Social and Political Engagement

2015

AE911Truth @ ABX 2015

A Call for Building Community Leadership and Social Care

Green energy efforts in Milton

  • October 15, 2015
    Milton Times Article
  • Green Energy efforts in town continue to pay dividends

Green City Team RFQ response for BCH and BCHP

Greening Boston City Hall Plaza, RFI response

Community Energy: Taking Residential Efficiency to Scale

2014

Talk of the Town

  • December 18, 2014
    Milton Access Television
    Broadcast, Weekends, 9 PM, January 2015
    Interview w/  Host Brian Kelly and JB Clancy, AIA
  • Link: Video of Interview

Residents help launch Green Homes Milton

Homes to Community Footprints

Gateway Initiative, Boston 360

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Fall Semester, 2014
    Boston Architectural College
  •  A Museum in Boston City Hall

Green Home Fair’s environmental options

  • April 18, 2014
    Milton Times Article
  • Green Home Fair's environmental options

Deep Energy Retrofits: Full Value Proposition

  • March 5, 2014, 11AM -12:30 AM, DER Presentation
    Speaker Building Energy Conference
    Northeast Sustainable Energy Annual Conference

Emerging/Game-Changing Technologies

  • March 5, 2014, 2:30 PM - 4 PM
    Session Co-chair
    Building Energy Conference
    Northeast Sustainable Energy Annual Conference
  • Link: Video of Session
  • pdf: Contacts for further information on Game Changing Technologies

2013

Home Power Magazine:

Tools for Tracking Energy Savings

  • September 27, 2013
    Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
    Tufts University
    Talbot Ave, Medford , MA

Preservation Meets Performance

  • Historic Newton, NESEA Presentation
    September 11, 2013
    Durant-Kenrick House
    Waverley Ave, Newton, MA
  • pdf: MacLean, Presentation 9-11-13

Regional Green Building Committee, USGBC

  • June 10, 2013
    Summer Speaker Series
    281 Summer Street
    Boston, MA

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Next Steps for Milton

  • March 4, 2013
    Milton Times Article
  • pdf: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Sustainable Milton, Community Energy Presentation

  • March 20, 2013
    Milton Public Library
    476 Canton Ave Milton, MA
  • Sustainable Milton Speaker Series

Committee on the Environment Presentation

  • March 13, 2013
    DER and Residential Baselines in Eastern, MA
    Boston Society of Architects
  • COTE Presentation, March 13, 2013

Resilient Urban Waterways

  • March 6, 2013
    Presentation with Vivien Li, The Boston Harbor Association
    and Anamarija Frankic, Green Harbors Project
  • NESEA BE-13: Whole Systems Track, Session 2

My Town Matters Presentation

  • February 21, 2013
    Milton Access Television
    Interview w/ Host, Frank Schroth
  • pdf: My Town Matters Presentation

Whole Systems Tools for Tracking and Cutting Energy Use: Homes to Community Footprints

2012

The Emerging DER Baseline in the Boston Metro Area

  • Nov.14-16, 2012
    Speaker, ABX Conference
    Architecture Boston Expo
  • ABX Presentation 11-15-12

Green Residential Remodeling and Renovation, Course # TM 7318

  • October 22 - December 15, 2012, Fall Session #2
    Faculty, Sustainable Design Institute
    Boston Architectural College
  • SDI Program Home and Course Sign-up

Deep Energy Retrofit Case Study: The Wollaston 1905 Bungalow

  • October 17, 2012
    Presentation w/ Drew Gillett and Henry Vandermark
    Speaker, Affordable Comfort Institute
    ACI New England Home Performance Conference

Green Building Open House 2012

  • October 13, 2012
    Tour & Presentation of DER in Wollaston, MA
    Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
  • Open House Tour

Whole Systems Practice for Urban Areas

  • October 10, 2012,  8 AM
    Presentation w/ Anamarija Frankic, PhD
    Committee on the Environment
    Boston Society of Architects
  • pdf: Whole Systems Practice, BSA/COTE, 10-10-12

Graduate Research and Writing, Course # AS229

  • December 31. 2012 - March 3, 2013
    July 30 - September 14, 2012, Fall Session #1
    Faculty, Masters of Sustainable Design
    Boston Architectural College

Place-making, Healing w/ Nature’s Geometry

  • September 2 & 3, 2012
    The Wave Energy Center, Gt. Barrington , MA
    Presentation w/ Author Peter Champoux at The Wave Energy Center

Designs That Work, Building Science.com

Whole Systems Practices for Urban Areas:

  • NESEA (2012) Building Energy Conference
    March 8, 2012  Session Presentation
  • Coordination and Intro to Whole System Practices for Urban Areas

The Emerging DER Baseline in the Boston Metro Area

  • NESEA (2012) Building Energy Conference
    March 8, 2012
  • Session Presentation , Emerging DER Baseline

Residential Deep Energy Retrofits: Case Studies & ROI Analysis

  • NESEA (2012) Building Energy Conference
    March 6, 2012
    Workshop Presentation
  • Workshop Presentation, DER Case Studies & ROI Analysis

2011

Greenhouse Gases in Perspective

  • December 1, 2011
    Milton Times Article
  • Greenhouse Gases in Perspective, Milton's ERP, 1 year later

Boston.com

National Grid Deep Energy Retrofit Program

  • Fall, 2011
    2 Bromfield St, Quincy, MA
  • Project Program and Details, Project Open House

Green Building Open House 2011

  • A Deep Energy Retrofit Transforms a 1903 Bungalow
    Fall 2011, Northeast Sun Magazine, Green Buildings Open House 2011

Dropping our Energy Costs: Investment Strategy for Homes

  • September 15, 2011
    Green Space, Milton Times Article
  • Dropping our Energy Costs: Investment Strategy for Homes

Finding the MPG of our Homes

Boston.com

NESEA Workshop, Building Energy Conference 2011

  • March 8, 2011
    Tools for Greening Your Community

Clean Energy Options for Milton, Taking the Long View

  • February 24, 2011
    Milton Times Article
  • Clean Energy Options for Milton; Taking the Long View

2010

Town Achieves Green Status

  • December 23, 2010
  • Town Achieves Green Status
  • Milton Town Meeting, Green Community Presentation

Energy Developments in Milton

  • June 24, 2010
    Green Space, Milton Times Article
  • Connecting the Dots to the Gulf and Our Future

American Society of Dowsers

  • June 13, 2010
    50th Annual Convention (Lyndon State College)
  • Organic Life Form, Geometry as Conduit to Green Design

Boston Society of Architects

  • April 14, 2010
    Residential Design Conference
    Tools for Cutting Community Energy, Tracking Homes to Town Hall
  • Session A-22

2009

Boston Society of Architects

Life Form Conference

National Trust for Historic Preservation

2008

St Michael’s Episcopal Church

  • November 22, 2008
  • pdf: Low Carbon Diet for Homeowners

City Council Public Hearing

NESEA (2008) Building Energy Conf.

March 13, 2008

  • pdf: Residential Case Studies and Metrics

Milton First Congregational Church Newsletter

  • January through April 2008
  • pdf: Green Corner of Newsletter 2008

Milton Times

Jan. 18, 2008

  • pdf: Green Living Begins at Home

2007

Architecture Boston Magazine

  • Sep/Oct 2007, Past | Futures
  • pdf: “Proposals to fix City Hall and its Plaza”

Builder Architect Mag. (Greater Boston Ed.)

  • August 2007, Cover Story
  • pdf: “Timeless Architecture & Renaissance Const.”

Milton First Congregational Church Newsletter

  • January through December 2007
  • pdf: Green Corner of Newsletter 2007

2001

NESEA (2001) Building Energy Conf.

  • March 22, 2001
  • pdf: Historical Perspectives on Boston

1999

Boston Sunday Globe

  • May 23, 1999, Focus Section
  • pdf: “Making New the Place of the People’s Business”

Building Energy, NESEA

  • March ‘97 Conference Proceedings,
    “Design Tools for Placemaking”

1996

Bau-biology and Ecology Inc.

  • Winter ‘96,
    “Organic Architecture, A Reunion of Sustainability and Placemaking”

1993

 Boston Public Library

Tufts Center for Environment

AIA Journal

  • October ‘93, Washington DC
    Finalist in National Ideas Competition

1992

Harvard University, AIA National Convention

Building w/ Nature

1991

BSA Publication

  • Spring ‘91, Boston, MA
    “Regional Perspectives in Sustainability”

Design Spirit Magazine

  • Winter ‘91, NYC Conference Review
    “Organic Architecture Considered”

1990

April 20-21

BSA Newsletter

  • February ‘90, Boston, MA, Volume 76 #2
    “Larger Role Seen For Architects”

Design Spirit Magazine