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Smart Building Summit, April 10th in NYC

by AbbieKnight

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

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Energy performance,Control systems

0 replies | 1922 views | Posted on: 03/05/2019 | Last updated: 03/05/2019

BuildingEnergy Boston 2026, March 23-24, Boston, Massachusetts

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 827 views | Posted on: 01/13/2026 | Last updated: 01/13/2026

Affordable Housing Essentials: How to Design, Develop, & Finance Properties Growing Cities Need, February 04, 11 am - 1 pm

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

0 replies | 604 views | Posted on: 12/22/2025 | Last updated: 12/22/2025

BayREN C&S Training: 2025 Energy Code Changes – Single Family, Online, January 14, 9 - 10:30 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 691 views | Posted on: 12/01/2025 | Last updated: 12/01/2025

IHACI: (CAQI/QM/QS) Electrical Module, Four part series, January 21-29, Tulare, California

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 875 views | Posted on: 11/07/2025 | Last updated: 11/07/2025

Energy Efficiency: Educators, Online Workshop, November 7, 1 - 4 pm BST (UK)

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

UK Green Building

0 replies | 734 views | Posted on: 10/08/2025 | Last updated: 10/09/2025

Climatetech Summit 2025, In Person and Live Event, November 6, Boston, Massachusetts

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1781 views | Posted on: 09/19/2025 | Last updated: 09/19/2025

Achieving High Performance with a Code-Designed Project, Online, October 24, 3 - 4 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

0 replies | 1685 views | Posted on: 08/30/2025 | Last updated: 09/01/2025

Free Webinar: Next Generation Passive Solar, September 23, 9:30 - 11 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 1349 views | Posted on: 08/14/2025 | Last updated: 08/14/2025

Free Webinar: Best Practices for Hot Water Distribution, August 20, 4 - 5:30 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 643 views | Posted on: 07/25/2025 | Last updated: 08/15/2025

Bike Ride Green Building Tour, USGBC Colorado, August 23, 4-7 pm, Aspen, Colorado

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Green Building Building Bike Tour

0 replies | 2287 views | Posted on: 05/24/2019 | Last updated: 05/24/2019

Design Build Australia, May 14-16, Sydney

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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

Keywords: Australia,Design Build

0 replies | 1384 views | Posted on: 04/28/2019 | Last updated: 03/22/2021

FREE WEBINAR: Rethinking Traditional Finance - Better Buildings, April 2, 4/2 3pm-4pm

by ella.nielsen44 // Student

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

Filed under: Green Building Finance

Solar Energy and Green Building

Keywords: Green Building,Better Buildings Challenge

0 replies | 1314 views | Posted on: 04/01/2019 | Last updated: 04/01/2019

Green Building Open House Tomorrow 10/17 in Milton

by admin

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…

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Green Home

0 replies | 1272 views | Posted on: 10/17/2014 | Last updated: 03/06/2015

FREE WEBINAR: Decorative Hardwood Plywood: ATTRACTIVE + SUSTAINABLE, Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST

by GreenCE Sustainable Design and Construction

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

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Flooring,hardwood,plywood

0 replies | 2272 views | Posted on: 01/18/2019 | Last updated: 11/13/2019

Conquering the Energy Code for Architects and Engineers: Residential, January 17th in NYC

by AbbieKnight

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

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Energy Codes,Energy Conservation,Architects,Engineers

0 replies | 1403 views | Posted on: 01/09/2019 | Last updated: 01/09/2019

The Future of Transportation: Lessons From the Governor's Commission, Dec 19, Boston MA

by Yishan

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

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1358 views | Posted on: 11/29/2018 | Last updated: 11/29/2018

11th AEE Solar Dealer Conference, Jan 23-25, San Diego, CA

by Aditya

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

Filed under: Energy

California Green Building

Keywords: clean energy,Sustainability,Solar Energy

0 replies | 1418 views | Posted on: 11/13/2018 | Last updated: 11/13/2018

Sustainability Symposium 2019, February 18, Las Vegas, Nevada

by Yishan

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

Filed under: Events

Green Building Advocacy

0 replies | 1775 views | Posted on: 11/04/2018 | Last updated: 11/04/2018

Cleantech Energy Storage Finance Forum, September 23, Boston, 5:30-7 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: clean energy,Energy Storage,Mass Clean Energy Center

0 replies | 1800 views | Posted on: 08/20/2015 | Last updated: 08/29/2015

Drilling in the Arctic simply does not make sense. Please stand with the NRDC.

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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…

Filed under: Environmental Activism

Keywords: Environment,Arctic Drilling,Shell Oil

0 replies | 1429 views | Posted on: 07/16/2015 | Last updated: 07/27/2015

Rockaway Health Festival and Transition Convergence, Sat. June 27

by Chelsea W. // Student

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…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: New York,New York Events

0 replies | 1807 views | Posted on: 06/22/2015 | Last updated: 06/22/2015

Sustainable Communities - Trends and Developments in C40 Cities - April 28

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: WorldGBC,C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group,Sustainable Communities Initiative

0 replies | 1280 views | Posted on: 04/23/2015 | Last updated: 04/23/2015

Energy and Demand Charges on Commercial Electric Bills

by PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado

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…

Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 1220 views | Posted on: 03/13/2015 | Last updated: 06/16/2016

BASEA Meeting: Making the Solar Future Bright in Massachusetts: Thursday, 12/11 at 7pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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…

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 769 views | Posted on: 12/10/2014 | Last updated: 12/10/2014

 

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