Building Tech Forum 2026: Early Bird Tickets

Join 350+ green building leaders, architects, engineers, and innovators to discover practical solutions shaping the future of sustainable and regenerative buildings.

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Summer Shellebration

Come celebrate the local green building community over drinks and food at Island Creek Raw Bar!

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Just Celebration

Celebrate leaders and changemakers advancing a more equitable, transparent, and just built environment!

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Net Zero Update

Massachusetts is going Net Zero — with more than 66.1 million GSF across 500+ projects on Built Environment Connects, read the full update.

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LEED v5 in Practice Training Series

Prepare for LEED v5 and dive into health assessment, construction, decarbonization, and more.

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500+ Net Zero Projects on Connects

Discover high-performance projects, professionals, and companies—and add yours by March 31 to be included in the MA 2026 Net Zero Update.

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Community

The Heartbeat of BE+

Check out the roundtables and events convening industry leaders and aspiring leaders to share successes and overcome challenges.

Upcoming Events:

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Education

Sharpening the industry

We offer training for designers, engineers, contractors, sustainability consultants, owners and more. Courses are also available for grant funding.

Upcoming Trainings:

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Bringing together large existing building stakeholders to enhance building performance and reduce carbon pollution across Massachusetts.

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Connects is the high-performance building marketplace that showcases real projects and the professionals behind them.

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Community Blog

BE+ Summer Interns 2026

Welcome Our 2026 Summer Interns!

Join us in welcoming our 2026 Summer interns: Amanda Xu, Alexander Orth (returning to BE+ for another season), and Michael Pirozzi. Already making an impact across the BE+ community, Amanda is helping us prepare for Building Tech Forum while supporting our Communities program. Alexander and Michael are working together to expand Built Environment Connects by adding new companies, professionals,...
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MA Net Zero Update Report 2026

Massachusetts Surpasses 66.1 Million Gross Square Feet of Net Zero and Net Zero Ready Buildings, Marking Nearly Tenfold Growth Since 2021

Massachusetts continues to demonstrate strong and consistent growth in high-performance building development, according to our new statewide report, Massachusetts is Going Net Zero: Spring 2026 Update. From Cost Concerns to Market TransformationWe started this research in 2021 by collecting real project data to demonstrate that despite a strong narrative about cost fears, there was little to no...
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Reclaimed steel sourced from a nearby deconstruction project

Reframing the Future

The following post was provided by Turner Construction.Boston exhibit shows low-carbon construction is ready now A temporary pavilion was constructed as part of the Structural Engineering Institute’s Structures Congress, “Reframing the Future: With Low-Carbon Construction.”  It brought together a nationwide collaborative team to demonstrate that high-performance, low-embodied-carbon building...
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