Jenga building7/1/2023 ![]() The electric bill to heat a building of this size would be astronomical, if not for the geothermal wells that rely on the earth’s relatively constant temps to provide heat in the winter and to remove it in the summer. ![]() The Wu administration also wants Boston to be one of 10 communities in the state to be allowed to impose bans on fossil-fuel hookups for most new construction.Īn interior view of the main stairway to the lobby. Within a few years, Boston officials will start requiring that systems in large and midsized buildings gradually move toward net-zero emissions. ![]() “It’s not the optics, but the realization it can be done.” “It’s a tremendous moment,” said Joe Curtatone, president of the Northeast Clean Energy Council. The completion of the structure, built by Suffolk Construction and designed by KPMB Architects, represents an important milestone for state and city efforts to push building systems toward the point in which they do not result in an increase in carbon emissions. BU leaders say it’s also the biggest geothermal building they’re aware of to go up in a dense urban environment anywhere in the United States. Ryan/Globe StaffĪs it opens to professors and staff this month, and to students next month, the tower will be by far the largest net-zero carbon building in Boston, and probably all of New England. Boston University's new Center for Computing & Data Sciences will be the greenest tower in the city. ![]()
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