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Green Living Festival: Missouri Botanical Garden, September 17
Entrance to the Green Living Festival is included with regular entry to the Missouri Botanical Garden. FREE for Garden Members. FREE St. Louis City and County resident admission till noon.
12:30 p.
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Reimagine Buildings: Biomaterials, Online Conference, December 6, 11:30 am - 4 pm ET
Join RMI's HomebuildersCAN and Passive House Accelerator for Reimagine Buildings: Biomaterials, the online conference that explores how to create healthy, resilient buildi
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This information session will review case studies around electrification, including lessons learned around technology deployment and community engagement.
Join to learn about recent work on el
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Decarbonization & ESG Fundamentals Workshop + Exam, November 1, 10 am-12 pm PT
Many companies are facing increasing pressure to understand the environmental impacts of their work, especially in identifying their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions through Scope 1, Scope 2,
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Improved design, installation and commissioning practices lead to a dramatic improvement in building energy consumption, indoor air quality, and comfort. There are six performance factors that can be
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On the path to Zero Net Carbon Design, building electrification is the key to reducing operational carbon. In this course, we’ll share the nuts and bolts of incorporating all-electric syste
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Can buildings become a major carbon bank for the planet? This webinar explores the potential for buildings to shift from leading climate change contributors to becoming an important part of healing th
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Free Webinar: Zero Carbon Homes—Pioneering a Sustainable Future, August 7, 2 pm ET
The building sector is rapidly decarbonizing. This webinar will provide information you need to be an active participant.
The conversation in the building industry is rapidly evolving from the conc
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Want more Passive House in your workflow? Let's slam! Go from 100 to Zero (basics to certification) in one session. Check out 3 project case studies and best practices across the Design
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Passive solar residential buildings include a more thoughtful approach to orientation towards the sun, design of roofs, overhangs, building shape and windows, shading, solar reflective materials, and
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As buildings transitioned from analog to digital systems, controls were dominated by platforms with high financial and educational entry thresholds. But with a movement towards relying on natural ener
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Passivhaus Trust partner with NSBRC for a free in-person Passivhaus Workshop. This two-day event will enable you to understand the key aspects of Passivhaus, the application of Passivhaus retrofi
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Research highlights the benefit of running a whole building energy analysis in a wide array of areas including reducing costs, improving a project’s marketability, and fighting climate change. I
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The Green Building Convention, 3-5 October, Cape Town, South Africa
The Green Building Convention is a definitive event on the sustainability calendar and will take place in Cape Town in 2018. This year the convention's theme is: THE RACE TO ZERO. The event will…
Introduction to Passive House Trades, Online, October 25, 1 - 5 pm
The Introduction to Passive House Trades will broadly cover the following topics:
- Passive House basics
- Typical construction types
- Windows and installation
- Air barriers and insulation
2022 MIT Sustainability Conference, Cambridge, MA, September 20-21
Sustainability in the face of increasing climate change risk: What, practically speaking, does that mean for the corporate world? For manufacturing, chemical, materials and process companies, it
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Join in Melbourne to discuss how to reimagine all aspects of the corporate real estate sector.
The corporate real estate sector is undergoing significant change, but with that comes opportunity.
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Online Workshop: EcoDistricts -- A New Model of Urban Re-Generation, July 19, 1 pm EST
This workshop will provide a framework to transform existing neighborhoods through the lens of Equity, Resilience and Climate Change and a process to create a roadmap and structure for communities to
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The Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Conference & Expo (MABEX), September 12-14, 2018, Philadelphia, PA
The Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Council (MABEC) is looking forward to welcoming over 300 attendees from the Mid-Atlantic and beyond to Philadelphia, PA, September 12-14, 2018. Multiple program tracks…
Sustainable Job Opportunity: Greenovate Boston Communications Manager
Overview: Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job): Greenovate Boston is the Mayor’s initiative to engage all Bostonians in the City’s climate action goals, while continuing to…
Online: USGBC New Member Volunteer Orientation, 3 - 4:15 PM, August 14
USGBC is all in to get everyone in a green building in this generation and volunteers are a key part of accomplishing this big goal. Volunteers were at the core of USGBC’s foundation in 1993, and co…
Solar Conference, Aug 5-8, Boulder, Colorado
The Solar Conference moving north to Boulder, a city with a progressive sustainable energy vision, to continue the conversation on maximizing renewable energy, and to forge pathways for communities in…
Zone Greener: Facilitating Solar Adoption: July 10th in NYC
In 2012, the City of New York adopted a package of amendments to the NYC Zoning Resolution, collectively called Zone Green, to facilitate more sustainable and energy-efficient design. Zone Green addre…
USGBC-NCR Green Affordable Multifamily Construction Educational Panel, July 31, Washington D.C.
USGBC National Capital Chapter is excited to invite you to the Green Affordable Multifamily educational panel. As density in the built environment continues, growing concerns about gentrification a…
Net Zero Roundtable Discussion- Boston, MA on June 20th, 7-9pm
What does the community of the future look like? Probably net zero, or even net positive. What does that mean? It means a community that makes as much (or more) renewable energy as it uses. It’s not…
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