Cradle to Cradle: Specifying Sustainable Materials
Sustainability for buildings and interiors has become a fundamental tenet of design, whether or not a project pursues LEED certification. The products and processes used for building should be thoughtfully manufactured, installed, recycled and disposed of when they are no longer of use.
BOSTON — Nitsch Engineering, a Boston-based civil engineering firm, recently moved into a new LEED Gold-designed office space at Two Central Plaza. 
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — LEED Platinum certification was not part of the plan for the new 186,000-square-foot Forrester Research headquarters in Cambridge, but it has since achieved that after opening in mid-2011.