Author: Amanda Linehan

Protected: Take the 2026 Community Health Equity Survey today!

Posted on October 22, 2026 at 12:27 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

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Protected: Complying with State Regulations for Consolidated Local Permitting for Clean Energy

Posted on October 21, 2026 at 12:55 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

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Couldn’t Make it to the MARPA/DLS Conference? Here’s What You Missed

Posted on October 9, 2026 at 12:07 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Couldn’t Make it to the MARPA-DLS Conference? Here’s What You Missed October 05, 2026 – More than two hundred municipal and planning staff from across the Commonwealth gathered in Worcester […]

Beat the Peak: MAPC’s Peak Demand Notification Program Helps Communities Save on Emissions and Money

Posted on September 22, 2026 at 11:26 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

By Lily Fender (MAPC Clean Energy Summer Fellow) Summer’s almost over, and with it, MAPC is closing out our 12th year of the Peak Demand Management program. Peak demand is […]

Building a Cool Culture in the Lower Mystic: The Summer 2026 Cool Communications Campaign

Posted on June 23, 2026 at 12:36 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Massachusetts residents are no strangers to inclement weather conditions – preparing for winter weather is part of our culture. Extreme heat, however, is a newer public health threat in Massachusetts, […]

Cooling our Homes & Buildings

Posted on June 12, 2026 at 9:14 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

While outdoor heat matters, people also experience high temperatures in their homes, schools, and workplaces. In fact, most heat-related deaths occur in people’s homes. Massachusetts buildings were historically designed to […]

Cooling our Blocks

Posted on June 11, 2026 at 9:42 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Cooling does not only happen on the individual or building scale – it can also be done on the neighborhood scale through proactive land use choices. Shade, plant life, reflective […]

Cool Communities

Posted on June 10, 2026 at 10:04 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Community plays a major – and possibly unsurprising – role in keeping people safe during extreme heat events. Researchers have found that most heat deaths happen at home among people […]

Cool Communications

Posted on June 9, 2026 at 9:45 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Building heat resilience means building effective communication networks, so you can reach people before the next heat wave hits. Awareness of extreme heat, its impacts, and what people and decision-makers […]

Extreme Heat 101

Posted on June 8, 2026 at 9:13 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Over the last couple of decades, heat-related deaths have risen dramatically in the U.S. even though they are largely preventable. Extreme heat can increase the risk of dehydration, heat exhaustion, […]