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BERDO Webinar: Hardship Compliance Plans for 2025 and 2026

March 5, 2025
2025-03-05T14:00:00 - 2025-03-05T15:30:00

The City of Boston’s Environment Department invites you to attend a webinar on Boston’s Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO). BERDO sets requirements for large existing buildings in Boston to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions over time. 

At this event, we will provide a brief introduction to Hardship Compliance Plans and explain the processes, requirements, and deadlines to apply for:

  • 2025 short-term Hardship Compliance Plans (for building owners facing unforeseen circumstances)
  • 2026 long-term Hardship Compliance Plans (Application Deadline: April 1, 2025)
  • 2026 short-term Hardship Compliance Plans (Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2025)

This event will be held virtually over Zoom on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., including a time dedicated to Q&A.

REGISTER HERE

Notice of Accommodations: Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at energyreporting@boston.gov  or at 617-635-3850 x5.

March 5, 2025
2025-03-05T14:00:00 - 2025-03-05T15:30:00
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BERDO Webinar: Launch Of 2025 BERDO Reporting And Emissions Compliance

March 12, 2025
2025-03-12T14:00:00 - 2025-03-12T15:30:00

The City of Boston’s Environment Department invites you to attend a webinar on Boston’s Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO). BERDO sets requirements for large existing buildings in Boston to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions over time. 

At this event, we will: 

  • Launch the 2025 BERDO reporting and emissions compliance season
  • Provide a brief introduction to BERDO (BERDO 101)
  • Explain processes and requirements for BERDO's first emissions compliance year
  • Highlight changes in the 2025 BERDO Reporting Form

This event will be held virtually over Zoom on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from 2 - 3:30 p.m., including a time dedicated to questions and answers.

REGISTER online

Notice of Accommodations: Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at energyreporting@boston.gov  or at 617-635-3850 x5.

March 12, 2025
2025-03-12T14:00:00 - 2025-03-12T15:30:00
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Flood Mapping and Green Infrastructure Planning

Do you live, work, study, or frequently visit Boston? The City wants to know where you experience stormwater flooding.

January 15, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building
    2300 Washington Street
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Kate England
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
    Environment and green living
  • Posted:
2025-01-15T18:00:00 - 2025-01-15T20:00:00

Learn about the Community-Based Flood Resilience and Green Infrastructure Planning initiative and how you can be involved. 

This is a hybrid meeting. Translation is available in the online meeting upon request. A light dinner will be served at the in-person meeting.

Please RSVP.

Online: Use this link to register in Zoom

Can't join the meeting but want to let the City know about flooding you have seen? Complete this survey.

Transit Options

MBTA Bus 14, 15, 19, 23, 28, 41, 44, 45, 66, SL4, SL5

Train: 0.7 miles from Roxbury Crossing Orange Line station

Accessibility Services

Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost.

 

January 15, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building
    2300 Washington Street
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Kate England
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
    Environment and green living
  • Posted:
2025-01-15T18:00:00 - 2025-01-15T20:00:00
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Boston's Black Heritage Tour

Reason for cancellation: Canceled due to unforeseen circumstances
January 19, 2025
2025-01-19T14:00:00 - 2025-01-19T15:00:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers on the Boston Common for an hour walking tour as we discover and pay tribute to the black Bostonians of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The tour will include a stop at Crispus Attucks grave, a rendition of one of Phillis Wheatleys poems, and a visit to the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Civil War Regiment memorial.

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage.

January 19, 2025
2025-01-19T14:00:00 - 2025-01-19T15:00:00
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Plastics and Human Health

Join the City of Boston's Zero Waste team and Dr. Bridget Lee to learn more about how microplastics affect human health and what we can do to reduce our risk.

January 22, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Civic Pavilion
    5 Congress Street
    Boston, MA 02203
  • Contact:
    Hannah
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Allston
    Back Bay
    Bay Village
    Beacon Hill
    Brighton
    Charlestown
    Chinatown/Leather District
    Citywide
    Dorchester
    Downtown
    East Boston
    Fenway/Kenmore
    Hyde Park
    Jamaica Plain
    Mattapan
    Mission Hill
    North End
    Roslindale
    Roxbury
    South Boston
    South End
    West End
    West Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Environment and green living
    Learning and lectures
  • Posted:
2025-01-22T18:00:03 - 2025-01-22T19:00:03

This workshop will explore what plastics are,  and what we are learning about their toxicity and effects on human health.  From there we will brainstorm what we can do to reduce our own risks and decrease our use of plastic.

Dr. Bridget Lee is an emergency physician at NeighborHealth in East Boston, where she runs a sustainability team.  She is also a member of Greater Boston Beyond Plastic and is on their speaker’s bureau, and helps to educate healthcare providers on how and why to reduce plastic in their practice.  

Members of Boston's Zero Waste Team will also be there to share resources for reducing and managing waste in Boston. 

January 22, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Civic Pavilion
    5 Congress Street
    Boston, MA 02203
  • Contact:
    Hannah
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Allston
    Back Bay
    Bay Village
    Beacon Hill
    Brighton
    Charlestown
    Chinatown/Leather District
    Citywide
    Dorchester
    Downtown
    East Boston
    Fenway/Kenmore
    Hyde Park
    Jamaica Plain
    Mattapan
    Mission Hill
    North End
    Roslindale
    Roxbury
    South Boston
    South End
    West End
    West Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Environment and green living
    Learning and lectures
  • Posted:
2025-01-22T18:00:03 - 2025-01-22T19:00:03
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Circular Economy Collage - Faneuil Boston Public Library

One great way to reduce trash is to reduce consumption. Join Boston's Zero Waste Team as we think about how to shift attitudes around shopping to maximize natural resources and minimize waste and pollution.

September 2, 2025
2025-09-02T17:30:00 - 2025-09-02T19:30:27

The Circular Economy Collage is an interactive workshop designed to get you thinking about the model of consumption we have today and different visions for a circular economy. During this workshop we will examine and understand the impacts of a linear economy, put that into context in our own lives, and think about how to transform a linear economy into a circular one. 

Registration required. To register, please email: faneuil@bpl.org

Learn more about the workshop

September 2, 2025
2025-09-02T17:30:00 - 2025-09-02T19:30:27
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JFK Elementary Geothermal Project Public Meeting

Renew Boston Trust is a program that invests in energy conservation upgrades for City buildings. The current phase focuses on carbon reduction upgrades in Boston Public Schools.

December 11, 2024
2024-12-11T18:30:53 - 2024-12-11T20:00:53

Join the City of Boston for a public meeting to discuss:

  • Progress updates from the Summer 2024 JFK Geothermal well drilling
  • Address community questions and concerns
  • Review engagement and project improvement plans for Summer 2025

SPANISH INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE

December 11, 2024
2024-12-11T18:30:53 - 2024-12-11T20:00:53

More Information on the Renew Boston Trust Program

Info about RBT
Contact: Environment

Renew Boston Trust

The City of Boston is leading by example with energy efficiency and resiliency in the City of Boston’s buildings.
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A Tree For Boston - An Oral History Series

Hike Boston is our series where we invite you to join us for a walk, hike, or interpretive program in one of Boston's parks or urban wilds.

December 22, 2024
2024-12-22T12:00:00 - 2024-12-22T12:30:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers for a 30 minute oral history series to discover the tragic story behind the Halifax Explosion, a 107 year old friendship that formed and how the donation of a Christmas Tree has turned into a 53 year old tradition.

For more information visit the Hike Boston homepage.

December 22, 2024
2024-12-22T12:00:00 - 2024-12-22T12:30:00
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A Tree For Boston - An Oral History Series

Hike Boston is our series where we invite you to join us for a walk, hike, or interpretive program in one of Boston's parks or urban wilds.

December 21, 2024
2024-12-21T16:00:00 - 2024-12-21T16:30:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers for a 30 minute oral history series to discover the tragic story behind the Halifax Explosion, a 107 year old friendship that formed and how the donation of a Christmas Tree has turned into a 53 year old tradition.

For more information visit the Hike Boston homepage.

December 21, 2024
2024-12-21T16:00:00 - 2024-12-21T16:30:00
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A Tree For Boston - An Oral History Series

Hike Boston is our series where we invite you to join us for a walk, hike, or interpretive program in one of Boston's parks or urban wilds.

December 15, 2024
2024-12-15T12:00:00 - 2024-12-15T12:30:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers for a 30 minute oral history series to discover the tragic story behind the Halifax Explosion, a 107 year old friendship that formed and how the donation of a Christmas Tree has turned into a 53 year old tradition.

For more information visit the Hike Boston homepage.

December 15, 2024
2024-12-15T12:00:00 - 2024-12-15T12:30:00
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