MassCEC Blog

By Lisa Dobbs, Senior Program Manager, MassCEC

Lowering energy bills starts at the community level. With more families feeling the pinch of rising costs, connecting people with the right resources can make a real difference…

Galen Nelson, Chief Climate Officer, MassCEC

Massachusetts’ building industry looks very different today than it did 20 years ago. At the 2025 Building Tech Forum hosted by Built Environment Plus, I was struck by just how…

Andrew Kotila, Senior Engineer, Slipstream Group, Inc., Guest Writer for the MassCEC Blog 

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), in partnership with Slipstream, is excited to discuss the expansion of its Building Electrification and Transformation…

Sarah Cullinan, MassCEC Senior Program Director

On May 21, 2025, MassCEC, in partnership with Alliance for Climate Transition (ACT), hosted the event “Balancing Data Center Energy Use & Climate Goals.” 

The…

Gregory King, Managing Director, TSK Energy Solutions LLC, Guest Writer for the MassCEC Blog

In Massachusetts, building performance regulations are primarily governed by the state's building energy codes and local emission ordinances, which are designed to enhance energy…

Jim Stanislaski, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC

MassCEC Managing Director of Accelerating Decarbonization

Accelerating the Massachusetts Clean Energy Transformation

A modern car dashboard can tell us a lot. My first car gave me just the basics: fuel level, speed, and RPM (it was a…

Jim Stanislaski, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC

MassCEC Managing Director of Accelerating Decarbonization

Some of you may remember that loud and dramatic Bonnie Tyler song lyric from the 1980s movie Footloose. Last week, I was reminded that if you care about life on Earth, there is…

Karl Adrianza, MassCEC Program Administrator

With the aid of a grant from MassCEC’s EmPower Massachusetts program, the non-profit Habitat for Humanity of Greater Boston has created a valuable new resource that will help…

Amaya Sangurima, Building Decarbonization Fellow

MassCEC is pleased to announce the expansion of the Building Electrification and Transformation Accelerator (BETA): Project Planning pilot. BETA: Project Planning (…

Guest blog by Mary Kraus, Project Coordinator for UMass Clean Energy Extension

The Offshore Wind Career Access Scholarship, funded by a generous grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Offshore Wind Works program, is designed to support students…