by Rachel White When Byggmeister transitioned to worker-ownership, we committed to donate 5-10% of our annual net profit to organizations that focus on climate change, affordable housing, workforce development in design and construction, and justice and equity. A charitable giving committee selects recipients from proposals submitted by employees. In 2024, we donated a total of… Read more »
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The Goldilocks Approach to Residential Retrofits
by Brendan Kavanagh Rachel and I were honored to give the Day 2 keynote at NESEA Building Energy Boston conference this past March. In our presentation, Why We Stopped Doing Deep Energy Retrofits, we shared the story of how and why Byggmeister has shifted away from super-insulating homes to lighter envelope improvements coupled with a greater… Read more »
Why We Temporarily Suspended Construction During COVID-19
by Rachel White This post was published on March 16, 2020. We resumed field operations the week of May 26th and updated the title to reflect that the work suspension has passed. No other edits have been made to the original post. Upton Sinclair wrote, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something… Read more »
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