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Event Highlights | Carbon Smart Passive House: Birchfell Hard Hat Tour

Event Highlights | Carbon Smart Passive House: Birchfell Hard Hat Tour

by Kate Klein | Sep 10, 2025 | Event, News

On August 21st, BuildGreenCT toured Birchfell Passive House in Sharon, CT, our second Spotlight Tour of 2025. If you’re interested in hosting your own Spotlight Tour with BuildGreenCT, learn more here.  August’s Spotlight Tour was a powerful opportunity for...
Sustainable Transformations: Deep Energy Exterior Retrofits of Affordable Housing

Sustainable Transformations: Deep Energy Exterior Retrofits of Affordable Housing

by Kate Klein | May 1, 2025 | Event, Video

LOGIN TO VIEW THIS MEMBERS-ONLY RECORDING   Working towards a low-carbon built environment demands that we address our existing structures.   There is an abundance of existing buildings – and particularly existing housing – that are energy inefficient,...
Think Pozzotive!™ | Urban Mining Industries Tour: Ground Glass Pozzolans for Sustainable Concrete

Think Pozzotive!™ | Urban Mining Industries Tour: Ground Glass Pozzolans for Sustainable Concrete

by Kate Klein | Sep 16, 2024 | Event

November 7, 2024 | 4:00 – 6:00pm Tour A: 4-5pm (max. 15/tour) Tour B: 4:15-5:15pm (max. 15/tour) UMCT, 105A Breault Road, Beacon Falls, CT 06403 Tickets: Members $25, Non-Members $40 1.5 LU AIA Credits Available REGISTER HERE MEMBERS: ACCESS YOUR PROMO CODE HERE...
The Tyler: An Adaptive Reuse & Passive House Collaboration Between Developer and CPHD

The Tyler: An Adaptive Reuse & Passive House Collaboration Between Developer and CPHD

by Sara Holmes | Sep 20, 2023 | Video

Christina McPike and Kate Doherty talk about an adaptive reuse project—The Tyler—as an example of the collaborative process between a developer and Passive House Designer. They will discuss what it took to give this school a new life as 55+ housing while also getting...

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