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Smart Building Summit, April 10th in NYC
Join the Cross-Learning Alliance for the Smart Building Summit. This day-long event will convene 22 expert building professionals to investigate how building automation can improve ener
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BuildingEnergy Boston 2026, March 23-24, Boston, Massachusetts
BuildingEnergy Boston is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It brings more than 1,000 indust
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Delivering affordable housing is a challenge in every country around the world. All growing economies or urbanizing metropolitan areas create increased effective demand for housing, pushing up prices
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BayREN C&S Training: 2025 Energy Code Changes – Single Family, Online, January 14, 9 - 10:30 am PT
This course will provide an overview of the 2025 Energy Code changes for single-family buildings, including changes to the structure of the energy code as well as changes to mandatory measures and per
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IHACI: (CAQI/QM/QS) Electrical Module, Four part series, January 21-29, Tulare, California
This four-part seminar provides practical fundamentals and theory behind basic electricity, as well as knowledge of electrical symbols, components, wiring diagrams, electronics and electrica
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Energy Efficiency: Educators, Online Workshop, November 7, 1 - 4 pm BST (UK)
Designed to support educators in building their knowledge and confidence around net zero and sustainability in construction and the built environment, this workshop is ideal for tutors, curriculum lea
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Climatetech Summit 2025, In Person and Live Event, November 6, Boston, Massachusetts
The world is at an inflection point: there’s an unprecedented demand for energy globally, emissions must be drastically reduced, and resilience has never been more critical. Meeting this growing
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Achieving High Performance with a Code-Designed Project, Online, October 24, 3 - 4 pm ET
We all know that the right way to build a high-performance, low-carbon home starts in the design phase, right? Early and careful planning, research, estimating and coordinating with trades during desi
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Free Webinar: Next Generation Passive Solar, September 23, 9:30 - 11 am PT
We all learned the principles of passive solar design in school – south facing orientation, strategic windows, thermal mass, etc., but the old rules don’t apply in the same way. Modern bui
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Free Webinar: Best Practices for Hot Water Distribution, August 20, 4 - 5:30 pm PT
Do you want higher performance at lower costs? Every decision that increases pipe length decreases efficiency and adds costs. Right-sizing pipes and water heaters is essential. Integrating air source
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Bike Ride Green Building Tour, USGBC Colorado, August 23, 4-7 pm, Aspen, Colorado
Kick off your weekend with bikes, beers and buildings at Buttermilk!
Join the local USGBC Colorado Roaring Fork community and bike around and tour the Burlingame affordable housing complex, fo
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Design Build Australia, May 14-16, Sydney
DesignBUILD brings Australia’s most enterprising Architects, Developers and Construction professionals together, not only to connect in the most efficient way possible, but to raise industry sta
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FREE WEBINAR: Rethinking Traditional Finance - Better Buildings, April 2, 4/2 3pm-4pm
Efficiency-as-a-service is a financing mechanism in which customers pay a provider for the service of energy savings, allowing them to implement their energy (and water) efficiency projects with no up
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Green Building Open House Tomorrow 10/17 in Milton
Tomorrow 10/17 at 10am - Green Building Open House at: 9 Crown Street #Milton #Massachusetts Contact David Kelman at dkelman@kw.com. Come see a 1920s single family house that features various gre…
This course will better inform the architect and designer about decorative hardwood plywood in terms of its manufacture, uses, types, and sustainable attributes. The architect and the designer will ga
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Conquering the Energy Code for Architects and Engineers: Residential, January 17th in NYC
The new Energy Code is now in effect! Conquering the Energy Code:Residential prepares architects and engineers in New York State to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Ener
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The Future of Transportation: Lessons From the Governor's Commission, Dec 19, Boston MA
Please join Transportation for Massachusetts for a presentation by Commission Chair Steve Kadish, and a panel discussion on the report of Governor Baker's Commission on the Future of Transpor
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11th AEE Solar Dealer Conference, Jan 23-25, San Diego, CA
Join us for the 11th AEE Solar Dealer Conference at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Resort in San Diego from Wednesday, January 23th through Friday, January 25th. Stay up-to-date on policy cha
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Sustainability Symposium 2019, February 18, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Sustainability Symposium 2019: The Desert Shall Bloom agenda is packed with illustrious leaders. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience opening remarks from Academy Award-w
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Cleantech Energy Storage Finance Forum, September 23, Boston, 5:30-7 pm
The Cleantech Energy Storage Financing Forum will feature short “pitches” from several startup companies in this market space and a panel presentation. Take advantage of this opportunity to networ…
Drilling in the Arctic simply does not make sense. Please stand with the NRDC.
We need to STOP ARCTIC DRILLING. From the NRDC: "Shell Oil is racing to sink its drills into the Arctic's Chukchi Sea — and the Obama Administration has given them the green light. This comes…
Rockaway Health Festival and Transition Convergence, Sat. June 27
Date: Saturday, June 27th Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Location: Battalion Pentecostal Assembly Church 454 Beach 67th St Arverne, NY 11692 Resilient Far Rockaway sets an example for coastal commu…
Sustainable Communities - Trends and Developments in C40 Cities - April 28
Sustainable Communities April 28 at 11:30 am EST (4:30 pm UK) Zach Tofias will share insights about the latest developments in sustainable communities. Zach serves as the Head of the Sustainable C…
Energy and Demand Charges on Commercial Electric Bills
Hello Everyone! As a sales rep for a renewable energy developer, I am curios to see what business owners on this site would know about their electric bills (Besides that the bill is expensive). A comm…
BASEA Meeting: Making the Solar Future Bright in Massachusetts: Thursday, 12/11 at 7pm
BASEA (Boston Area Solar Energy Association) Meeting: Making the Solar Future Bright in Massachusetts: Thursday, 12/11 at 7pm, First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist; 3 Church Street, Harv…
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