The Berkshire Design Group, Inc. has been leading sustainable design strategies for the New England Region since 1984. We work with our clients holistically to craft an integrated project that minimizes negative impacts on the environment and improves a project’s immediate surroundings. We’ve been reducing greenhouse emissions, improving water quality, and developing cutting edge design solutions since the firm began. Not only has the firm developed many of the prototypes and standards used by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for Stormwater Design, we’ve lead the site design and construction of the following:

First Certified Living Building Challenge in New England

First Net Zero Community in New England

First PassiveHaus Childcare Center in New England

Projects have included working with Mass Development on the first Net Zero Neighborhood in Northampton, Massachusetts, the R.W. Kern Center at Hampshire College which paved the way for progressive Living Building Challenge projects in the state. The project included a net zero water system--capturing drinking water from the roof, and processing greywater within the building and the first project in the country to capture drinking water from rain water and treat without the need for chlorine.

Other project experience includes design and permitting for a range of alternative septic systems and packaged treatment plants for a variety of projects. Our team of civil engineers has been leading this charge since 1984 which has become a hallmark of our design approach