Rainwater capture seems particularly important at this time as the Northeast suffers from a drought. Alex Wilson writing for Environmental Building News shows us several clever means of capturing what rain we do get. Take a look!
Goggins Real Estate will have an open house this weekend of our newly completed Energy Star 3.0 compliant Whitman's Cottage at 77 Emerson Way, just off Burts Pit Road in Northampton. Designed by the Wright Builders' team, this home features double exterior walls, energy recovery ventilator and triple pane windows - which means big savings [...]
The Kyle and Carolyn Cave home in Hadley harnesses the sun's power and gives some back! Check out the Gazette's June Home Magazine article about this very green home, designed by Coldham and Hartman Architects and built by Wright Builders.
New England Real Estate Journal chose Atkinson's Family Practice Ground Breaking and project as one of their feature articles for May's issue. Amherst, MA Atkinson Family Practice, Kuhn Riddle Architects, and Wright Builders broke ground for the medical group's new sustainable, solar-powered offices on April 25th, at their new location 17 Research Dr. Representatives from [...]
On April 17th, we received this Thank you from ENERGY STAR (text below). Wright Builders, Thank you for your continued partnership with ENERGY STAR. By building ENERGY STAR qualified homes, your company is doing its part to help protect the environment while offering consumers new homes that are more comfortable and save money on utility [...]
HOLYOKE – The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts formally broke ground Tuesday on its 9,380 square-foot, $1.5 million service center at 301 Kelly Way in the Crossroads Business Park. The ceremony comes as the national girl scouting movement celebrates its 100th anniversary, said Patricia L. Hallberg, CEO for the organization. “This is about [...]
NORTHAMPTON, MASS – Wright Builders, Inc. has received a 2011 GreenBuilder Home of the Year Award for a newly built Hadley, Massachusetts, house which generates 33 percent more energy than it consumes and powers the owners’ electric car. For their 2011 Home of the Year Awards, GreenBuilder selected “ten outstanding projects displaying the best and [...]
Like the Eastview town homes, Morningside is the first market-rate single family homeownership development at the old Northampton State Hospital site, rechristened Village Hill. The last three single family homes at Morningside will be delivered this fall, with all of these homes also LEED certified. Although the lots are only 7000 sq. feet, the proximity [...]
After 25 years of planning, the former Northampton State Hospital Grounds are finally in the build-out stages of redevelopment. After three years of planning, design, and construction, Eastview (which is the region’s first all - LEED certified townhouse project) is complete and has been turned over to owner-trustees, a little ahead of schedule, despite the [...]
