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Free Webinar: Material Disclosure Miniseries, Part 1: Understanding C2C Certified®, April 6, 11 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This 3-part series will introduce several of the leading material ingredient disclosure programs (C2C, HPD, Declare) helping AECOs and MFRs make better decisions about materials used in

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Filed under: Certifications/Labels and Transparency

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1393 views | Posted on: 03/28/2022 | Last updated: 03/28/2022

Green Building Congress 2026, November 26 - 28, Mumbai, India

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

The Green Building Congress stands as Asia’s largest platform dedicated to green buildings and sustainable development. With sustainability now at the core of the building industry, it has de fa

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India Green Building

0 replies | 663 views | Posted on: 10/01/2026 | Last updated: 10/11/2026

Free Webinar: BayREN Codes & Standards Training - 2025 Energy Code Updates, Nonresidential, October 21, 9 - 10:30 am PT

by Srushti // Social Media Executive

This course will provide an overview of the 2025 Energy Code changes for nonresidential buildings, including changes to mandatory measures, new compliance forms, as well as updated performance and pre

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California Green Building

0 replies | 735 views | Posted on: 09/02/2026 | Last updated: 09/12/2026

BE+ Bike Tour, September 19, Boston, Massachusetts

by Srushti // Social Media Executive

Grab your helmet, water, snacks, and a bicycle to embark on an exciting journey with BE+!

Join the BE+ Emerging Professionals for an urban bike tour showcasing innovative sustainable building proje

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 611 views | Posted on: 07/29/2026 | Last updated: 08/07/2026

NESEA Pro Green Building Tour: Low Embodied Carbon in a Zero Energy, Straw Panel Farmhouse, October 30, Southbury, Connecticut

by Srushti // Social Media Executive

Join NESEA in Connecticut for a Pro Tour featuring an exciting collaboration between two NESEA Bottom Lines members (Wolfworks and Rare Forms), showcasing a new, single family home, built fr

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 648 views | Posted on: 07/16/2026 | Last updated: 08/28/2026

The Benefits of a Portfolio-level Plan for Building Performance Upgrades, Online, August 25, 12 - 1 pm ET

by Srushti // Social Media Executive

Most building owners tackle energy improvements one building at a time, which can be slow, expensive, and miss opportunities to prioritize the most beneficial upgrades at the right time across a build

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 819 views | Posted on: 06/27/2026 | Last updated: 06/29/2026

Turf Day, Automated Electric Lawn Mower Demonstrations at Lovell's, June 18, 10 am - 5 pm Medfield, Massachusetts

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Automated Outdoor Solutions of New England will be showcasing several mowers, including the Navimow x4 (below, and at work!), June 18th from 10 am - 5 pm at Lovell's Florest and Nursery in Me

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 778 views | Posted on: 06/12/2026 | Last updated: 06/12/2026

Building Performance Standards (BPS) Foundations, July 21, 2 - 4 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Building Performance Standards (BPS) are becoming an increasingly important part of state and local decarbonization efforts—but what do these targets actually mean in practice?

In this first

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Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 1025 views | Posted on: 05/26/2026 | Last updated: 05/26/2026

124 Units of Passive, Affordable Housing, Built for Coastal Flood Resilience, June 5, Salem, Massachusetts

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

On June 5, NESEA will bring attendees behind-the-scenes for a Pro Tour of a new, 124-unit affordable passive housing development in Salem, MA. This project is being built for Passive House certificati

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 901 views | Posted on: 05/12/2026 | Last updated: 05/12/2026

Advancing Existing Building Performance with AI, a 6-part USGBC webinar series, May 20 - June 24

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how buildings are operated but most organizations are still navigating how to apply it effectively.

This series explores how AI and digital tools can tr

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0 replies | 1327 views | Posted on: 04/20/2026 | Last updated: 04/21/2026

Webinar: Building Resilience -- Resilient Water Systems, July 13, 11:30 am PDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

Access to clean drinking water is a fundamental human right. California’s water system faces a variety of challenges, from drought to an aging water infrastructure, to changes in precipitation.

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Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

Keywords: Drought,Water,California,Resilience,Resilient water systems

0 replies | 1522 views | Posted on: 06/06/2022 | Last updated: 06/06/2022

2022 Affordable Housing Summit, Virtual, June 14-15

by samanthaklein // Intern

Housing plays a critical role in the health and equity of neighborhoods and in their resiliency to the effects of climate change. Building affordable housing right now means accounting for these simul

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Filed under: Events

Keywords: Affordable Housing,Healthy Building,Community Development,Equity

0 replies | 2002 views | Posted on: 05/19/2022 | Last updated: 05/25/2022

Free Webinar: The Science of Climate Change: Food, May 6, 12 pm PDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

The Department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona hosts monthly webinars on climate change. This month's webinar is on heat and the environment and how it pertains to the science of

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Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

Keywords: Sustainable Architecture,Sustainible Food

0 replies | 2182 views | Posted on: 04/18/2022 | Last updated: 04/18/2022

Energy from Waste Conference 2018, February 28- March 1, London

by AbbieKnight

Now in its 14th year, Energy from Waste is the premier conference in the UK and Europe driving new technology discussion, operational efficiency, best practice and compliance in the global energy from…

UK Green Building

Keywords: Energy,Waste,Waste Management

0 replies | 1657 views | Posted on: 02/22/2018 | Last updated: 02/22/2018

Free Webinar: Empowering Businesses to Tackle Climate Change, March 17, 3 pm CET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, businesses and suppliers of all sizes need to measure and reduce their carbon footprint, resulting in a halving of their emissions by 2030 and achieving n

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0 replies | 1283 views | Posted on: 03/11/2022 | Last updated: 03/11/2022

Averting a Solar and Storage Waste Crisis, February 24, 9 am PST / 12 noon EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

To lower emissions, humanity is in a race to deploy as much solar, wind, and storage as fast as possible. However, this equipment has a useful life of 20 – 35 years. By 2050, it is projected tha

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California Green Building

0 replies | 2167 views | Posted on: 02/10/2022 | Last updated: 02/10/2022

Free Webinar: EcoRise: Building a Green Texas Program, Educator Workshop, February 5, 9 am CST

by samanthaklein // Intern

This workshop of the 2021–22 school year will train in EcoRise's Green Building Lessons for a Sustainable Future and the Sustainable Intelligence K-12 environmental education resources.

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Filed under: Green Schools

Texas Green Building

Keywords: Green Schools,Indoor Air Quality,Texas

0 replies | 1935 views | Posted on: 01/15/2022 | Last updated: 01/15/2022

Free Webinar: The Future of Sustainable Kitchen Design: Induction Cooking-Free CE Webinar, January 12, 12-1 pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This educational course will cover the topic of sustainable food service, looking particularly at how all-electric kitchens, specifically induction cooking equipment, can transform commercial food ser

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Michigan Green Building

Keywords: Electrification,Induction Cooking,Induction Stoves,Cooking

0 replies | 2837 views | Posted on: 12/13/2021 | Last updated: 12/24/2021

2018 3rd International Conference on Green Composite Materials, June 28 - 30, Sarawak, Malaysia

by YijunW

ICGCM 2018 focuses on all technical and practical aspects of green composite materials. The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to foc…

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 1058 views | Posted on: 05/18/2018 | Last updated: 05/18/2018

Home Building Crossroads: 2015 Energy Code & High Performance, May 22, 7:30am - 2pm, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

by YijunW

Home Building Crossroads: 2015 Energy Code & High Performance Join the event in Portsmouth, NH, for a lively discussion about the changes in the 2015 IECC as they relate to the building enclosure. …

Filed under: New Hampshire

New Hampshire Green Building

0 replies | 1368 views | Posted on: 05/11/2018 | Last updated: 05/11/2018

13th Annual North American Passive House Conference, September 19 - 23, Boston, MA

by YijunW

Path to Zero Comfort, Health, Resilience, Carbon Action NAPHC is the leading passive building conference for climate-specific zero energy design, construction, and building science expertise. Pre-…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 2254 views | Posted on: 05/03/2018 | Last updated: 05/03/2018

International Exhibition of Equipment, Technology and Environmental Services, The 10th Pollutec Maroc, October 2 - 5, Casablanca, Morocco

by YijunW

Pollutec Morocco, held under the auspices of the Secretary of State responsible for Water and Environment and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and New Technologies, has confirmed its position as the Ki…

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 1030 views | Posted on: 04/28/2018 | Last updated: 04/28/2018

NESEA BuildingEnergy NYC, Oct 4, New York

by YijunW

The BuildingEnergy NYC Conference + Trade Show is NYC’s premier event for professionals and practitioners in the fields of high-performance building, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It brin…

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1481 views | Posted on: 04/13/2018 | Last updated: 04/13/2018

Celebrate Earth Day in Boston, April 21st

by Oyin

We are inviting you to our party! Please join the Boston Affordable Energy Coalition for a special outdoor event to celebrate the Earth and the work we are doing together to take care of it and its in…

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1510 views | Posted on: 04/05/2018 | Last updated: 04/06/2018

Free webinar including updates on the EV market and Drive Green with Mass Energy on March 20

by AbbieKnight

The electric vehicle market has been growing and changing rapidly since Mass Energy launched our EV discount program, Drive Green with Mass Energy. Join for a 1 hour webinar to cover: What we need …

Filed under: Webinars

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Sustainable Transportation

0 replies | 2092 views | Posted on: 03/08/2018 | Last updated: 03/08/2018

 

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