Historic Past, Carbon Neutral Future: Planning for Climate Action at Historic New England

FAIN: CLI-293577-23

Historic New England (Boston, MA 02114-2702)
Benjamin K. Haavik (Project Director: January 2023 to present)

Completion of a comprehensive institutional climate action plan for all 38 of Historic New England’s properties as well as data-informed carbon neutrality plans for the Pierce House (1683) in Dorchester, Massachusetts and Casey Farm (1750) in Saunderstown, Rhode Island.

Building on more than a decade of capacity building in the area of climate resiliency, Historic New England will undertake an ambitious planning effort to define goals and strategies for advancing resiliency, mitigation, and climate justice goals across a collection of thirty-nine historic properties in five New England states. The project will produce an institutional Climate Action Plan and two actionable project plans for achieving carbon neutrality at high-profile public historic sites in Dorchester, Massachusetts and Saunderstown, Rhode Island.