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Challenging Addition Creates Stunning New Tower at Hood Park

In this short film, SMMA's designers discuss the challenges of designing a "building on top of a building" and...

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New Building Codes Set to Change Local Life Science Market

What you need to know about the latest building and energy regulations.In this Q&A, Adrian Walters, SMMA’s Life...

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Why Massachusetts Schools are Finally Embracing Net Zero Energy

In Massachusetts, many school stakeholders have turned from net zero skeptics to fully-fledged advocates. There are...

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4 Questions Life Science Companies Should Ask Before Signing a Lease

In the Boston area, the pandemic-era boom in life science development led to more companies being caught out by code...

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How to Achieve Net Zero Energy in Five Steps

Net zero energy (NZE) was once the holy grail of sustainable building design—enticing, but often out of reach.  That...

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Cafeteria at Cambridge Savings Bank operations center

Health and Wellness Take Center Stage at Cambridge Savings Bank

Designed to enhance the employee experience and strengthen collaboration, CSB’s new operations center earned the...

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Designing for Light Industrial Manufacturing

Advancing Light Industrial Design

The light Industrial category is wide-ranging: distribution centers, industrial plants, data centers, and...

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Net Zero Energy Schools SMMA

Achieving Net Zero: The Future of School Design

Today’s most urgent facet of green design involves Net Zero Energy (NZE). To see NZE strategies applied in...

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Passive House standards by SMMA's Anthony Iacovino.

Passive [Aggressive] House

Passive House (PH) is a building standard that enhances energy efficiency, thereby reducing our ecological footprint...

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