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EarthCraft Builder Training, August 23, Atlanta, Georgia

by gracemorrison

This EarthCraft Builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design. Explore the ways the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the gr

Related to: HVAC Instrumentation and Controls

Georgia on My Mind - Green Building, Sustainable Products and Building Practices

0 replies | 1237 views | Posted on: 06/15/2022 | Last updated: 06/16/2022

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 | 444 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 | 553 views | Posted on: 12/01/2025 | Last updated: 12/01/2025

Building for Tomorrow - Integrating Lifeline Infrastructure Summit, January 28-29, Anaheim, California

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

In the wake of the devastating Southern California wildfires, this summit stands as both a call to action and a catalyst for national resilience. The historic fires exposed systemic vulnerabilities sh

California Green Building

0 replies | 649 views | Posted on: 11/07/2025 | Last updated: 11/07/2025

Green Tech Horizons, An Austin Energy Green Building Seminar, Free & Online, November 4, 12 - 1:30 pm

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Learn how sustainable building innovations are shaping the future of high-performance design. This seminar highlights breakthrough technologies that make buildings cleaner, smarter and more resilient.

Texas Green Building

0 replies | 506 views | Posted on: 10/10/2025 | Last updated: 10/13/2025

2025 Southeast Energy Summit, November 17 - 19, Atlanta, Georgia

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

The annual Southeast Energy Summit brings together the brightest minds in the industry to connect, explore and innovate for a more energy-efficient Southeast.

Join Southeast Energy Efficiency Allia

Georgia on My Mind - Green Building, Sustainable Products and Building Practices

0 replies | 1200 views | Posted on: 09/13/2025 | Last updated: 09/15/2025

MnSEIA 2025 Gateway to Solar Conference, October 7 - 8, Minneapolis, Minnesota

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

The Gateway to Solar Conference, hosted by the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA), is one of the Midwest's biggest and best solar + storage conferences. Each year, solar instal

0 replies | 2090 views | Posted on: 08/25/2025 | Last updated: 08/25/2025

Free Webinar: Building The Future: High Performance Construction in California, September 9, 12 - 1:30 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Join Emu Passive for a panel discussion with experienced Passive House Builders, and learn how to lay out successful strategies for cost-effective, high-performance projects.

3C-REN will have a cha

California Green Building

0 replies | 850 views | Posted on: 08/07/2025 | Last updated: 08/10/2025

Grey to Green Conference, August 14-15, Denver, Colorado

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

Join the Denver Grey to Green 2025 Conference, a must-attend event for architects, landscape architects, and green infrastructure professionals.

Why Green Infrastructure Matters in Denver

As a c

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 827 views | Posted on: 07/19/2025 | Last updated: 07/21/2025

Green Living Festival: Missouri Botanical Garden, September 17

by samanthaklein // Intern

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.

Filed under: Events

Missouri Green Building

Keywords: Community Events,Community Garden,Missouri

0 replies | 1090 views | Posted on: 09/06/2022 | Last updated: 09/06/2022

Introduction to Passive House Trades, Online, October 25, 1 - 5 pm

by gracemorrison

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 

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1988 views | Posted on: 07/28/2022 | Last updated: 09/29/2022

2022 MIT Sustainability Conference, Cambridge, MA, September 20-21

by gracemorrison

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

Developing Technologies

0 replies | 1354 views | Posted on: 07/20/2022 | Last updated: 08/26/2022

Curating Tomorrow: Exploring Sustainable Futures For People and Places, Melbourne, Australia, September 14

by gracemorrison

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.

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 791 views | Posted on: 07/07/2022 | Last updated: 08/26/2022

USGBC Massachusetts Residential Green Building Committee May Meeting, with David Lis of NEEP, May 14, 6-8:30pm, Boston

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The Residential Green Building Committee is focused on improving the housing stock of the Commonwealth by championing green building practices in our communities. Join us on the second Monday of each …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: NEEP,Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

0 replies | 1154 views | Posted on: 05/09/2018 | Last updated: 05/09/2018

Webinar: LEED for Cities + Communities: A Catalyst for Change, July 1, 1PM

by gracemorrison

In this session, panelists will address how local leaders are scaling up the impact of individual green buildings and spaces to the city and community level. They will share examples of certified

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1235 views | Posted on: 06/07/2022 | Last updated: 06/13/2022

Free Green Building Webinar: Architectural Vertical Opening Solutions - Plus! June 22, 12 - 1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In this course, we will discuss vertical operating systems to better understand their construction and the operating systems used in each type. Characteristics of various types of vertical operating s

0 replies | 1005 views | Posted on: 05/24/2022 | Last updated: 05/26/2022

Free GreenCE Webinar: Designing Touchless Solutions in Commercial Restrooms, May 18, 12 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

How can commercial restroom design reduce touchpoints, promote proper hand hygiene, and reduce the spread of infection? This course explores this timely question. Attendees will first hear an overview

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Air Quality,Eco Friendly Restrooms,Commercial Restrooms,Green hygiene

0 replies | 1480 views | Posted on: 04/28/2022 | Last updated: 05/02/2022

Online: USGBC New Member Volunteer Orientation, 3 - 4:15 PM, August 14

by Eileen Flynn // Student

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…

Filed under: Events

Green Building Advocacy

Keywords: Online Course,LEED Building

0 replies | 1486 views | Posted on: 07/25/2018 | Last updated: 07/25/2018

Solar Conference, Aug 5-8, Boulder, Colorado

by YijunW

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…

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 1328 views | Posted on: 07/16/2018 | Last updated: 07/16/2018

Zone Greener: Facilitating Solar Adoption: July 10th in NYC

by AbbieKnight

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…

Filed under: New York

Related to: Other

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Solar,Greener,Energy Efficient Design

0 replies | 1342 views | Posted on: 06/27/2018 | Last updated: 06/27/2018

USGBC-NCR Green Affordable Multifamily Construction Educational Panel, July 31, Washington D.C.

by Eileen Flynn // Student

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…

Filed under: Events

Equity and Green Building

Keywords: Green Building,Affordable Housing

0 replies | 1151 views | Posted on: 06/14/2018 | Last updated: 06/27/2018

Net Zero Roundtable Discussion- Boston, MA on June 20th, 7-9pm

by AbbieKnight

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…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Net Positive,Net zero

0 replies | 1370 views | Posted on: 06/07/2018 | Last updated: 06/07/2018

U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index: California in the First Place, Followed by Massachusetts

by YijunW

Clean Edge’s 2017 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index ranks the clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the United States’ 50 largest metropolitan areas from electric vehicles, renewables initia…

Filed under: Studies/Surveys

0 replies | 1005 views | Posted on: 06/04/2018 | Last updated: 06/05/2018

Live Seminar: Tiny Houses - A Sustainable, Eco-Friendly and Affordable Housing Solution, June 29, Oakland, CA

by YijunW

A Tiny Solution to a Big Housing Crisis California is experiencing major affordable housing crisis. Are tiny houses a partial answer to this problem? The tiny house movement is no longer a fad, bu…

Filed under: California

California Green Building

0 replies | 1415 views | Posted on: 05/20/2018 | Last updated: 05/20/2018

Women in Green Jobs

by StacySinclair // Technical writer

This week I’m at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, watching and learning as over 3,000 teens from about 82 countries share research and innovative ideas that could ch

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

0 replies | 1207 views | Posted on: 05/16/2018 | Last updated: 02/18/2023

 

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