If you’ve kayaked near the Broad Canal, biked along the Cambridge Parkway, or ridden the Red Line train over the Charles, chances are you have caught a glimpse of a...
What do harvest rainwater for irrigation, eSteam™, and learning gardens have in common? Siena Construction. Siena’s integral process, and approach to construction management, benefits from the principles of ecology and...
500 Kendall is a 13-story building that utilizes innovative, environmentally intelligent design and received the AIA 2004 Excellence in Sustainable Design Award and the AIA COTE 2004 Top Ten Green...
Amgen has a monumental goal: reach net zero before the end of the decade, by 2027 specifically. Amgen pledges to reduce water use by 40% and waste disposal by 75%...
Pursuing energy conservation and decarbonization measures across its assets is a passion for Bulfinch, which has implemented strategic partnerships, stormwater management designs, green roofing, and more to champion sustainability across...
While LabCentral’s mission is to produce the next generation of powerhouse biotech companies, it is also focused on creating companies that are good stewards to the community and environment. The...
From using bio-based centrifuge tubes to addressing carbon emitted from their labs’ cold storage, Sanofi is committed to addressing climate change. So much so that the company’s sustainability goals are...
For the last 15 years and counting, Engineering News-Record has ranked Turner Construction Company the #1 Green Contractor in the United States. While Turner has countless green building across the...
In 2022, the Philips Cambridge site composted enough food waste to power some 45 homes. This is just one of many reasons Philips was named a global sustainability leader by...
The new BXP Life Sciences Center (Kendall Square MXD Substation Plan) is well underway and will be home to one of the first underground substations in the United States. A...
Net zero emissions by 2030. That’s Google’s goal across its operations and value chain, including consumer hardware products. Google aims to reduce 50% of its combined scope 1 – 3...
The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research recently announced a new project that aims to use biomedical research to mitigate the effects of climate change. The Whitehead Initiative on Biology, Health, and...
Vicinity Energy provides district energy, as well as energy asset and infrastructure maintenance and upgrades to customers across the country including Cambridge. During 2022, the company made strides to ensure...
The Earth’s oceans are saturated with 30-40% of the greenhouse gas produced by human activities—and MIT has discovered a new way to remove those. As reported in an article by...
This is the second in a year-long series about how organizations in Kendall are addressing climate change inside, outside, under, over and beyond the buildings here in Kendall. This week,...
There was optimism in the air at Kendall Square Association’s 14th Annual Meeting Celebration: [Re] Imagining a Sustainable Future. For the first time in three years, we gathered, in person,...
