MassCEC In the News

Is wood the new concrete? To slash carbon emissions now, Mass. architects are rethinking their building materials for the future.
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe covers MassCEC's Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge, a first-in-the-nation competition to reduce carbon emissions from building materials.
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'Historic' Salem Offshore Wind Terminal breaks ground
The Salem News
MassCEC breaks ground on the Salem Offshore Wind Terminal, beginning the process of transforming the site of a former oil- and coal-fired powered plant into the state's second wind port.
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Worcester building management tech firm awarded $335K from Mass. Clean Energy Center
Worcester Business Journal
Embue is using MassCEC grant funding to expand its climate technology to affordable housing communities.
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New Bedford port facility expanding to support offshore wind. What to know.
The Standard Times | SouthCoast Today
MassCEC announces expansion and improvement plans for the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.
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WPI, eSki among four Central Mass. climatetech firms granted slice of $4.2M
Worcester Business Journal
MassCEC grants are helping innovative climatetech companies and researchers in Central Massachusetts.
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AeroShield Materials Announces Manufacturing Facility Opening, Additional Funding
Window + Door
MassCEC portfolio company AeroShield Materials opens its new manufacturing facility in Waltham.
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GMGI pioneers eDNA to guide fisheries and wind farms
Gloucester Daily Times
MassCEC CEO Emily Reichert joins Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Sen. Bruce Tarr, and Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga on a tour of the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute.
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Roxbury affordable housing development goes fully electric — even when the power goes out
Bay State Banner
A grant from MassCEC is helping an affordable housing community in Roxbury transition from a diesel generator to a battery storage system.
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Cooper Center wins $30K award for clean energy, innovative construction
The Newton Beacon
The Newton Beacon explains that the City of Newton's new senior center, which will open in late 2025, was a runner-up award winner in MassCEC's first-in-the-nation Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge.
St. Peter’s-San Pedro Church to conduct geothermal feasibility study
The Salem News
The Salem News shares how funding from MassCEC is helping a church in Salem explore the feasibility of transitioning its property and neighboring buildings to geothermal heating and cooling.