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Webinar: Zero Carbon Zero Bills, Presented by Zero Carbon Home, January 21, 6pm CST
How to cut your heating bill, electric bill and carbon footprint to zero, by someone who has done it - David Green
This webinar is free. It will help you to save a lot of money and cut your carbon
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WUFI Passive Single Family Training, Online, October 16 - October 22
Geared toward experienced users, this training is meant to up your game and fine tune your work flows. WUFI Passive is a powerful user-friendly passive building energy modeling software tool
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2025 High Performance Home Builder Summit, September 17-19, St Paul, Minnesota
EEBA's High Performance Home Builder Summit will focus on providing the tools and networking that builders, raters, analysts, and architects need to take high-performance, healthy, resilient homes
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Free Webinar: Ask the Experts: Enclosures, August 26, 12 pm - 1 pm PT
This is an office-hours style open discussion about high-performance building enclosures with Home Performance Pro Judy Rachel. 3C-REN will be talking insulation, windows, air sealing, blower doo
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Carbon Forward: SoCal Sustainability Forum, August 21, 7:30-11 am, Los Alamitos, California
Uniting USGBC-CA and SEAOSC (Structural Engineers Association of Southern California), the SoCal Sustainable Building Forum is a must-attend forum for Sustainable building innovation.
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As the 2022 energy code wraps up its final year and the 2025 code emerges, the trends of building electrification, healthier indoor air quality, and improved resiliency continue to permeate the c
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Green California Schools and Higher Education Summit, November 13, Pasadena
Keynote Speakers
Welcome Remarks
Victor M. Gordo
Mayor of Pasadena, California
Featured Speakers
Tony Thurmond
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Abel Guillé
Midwest Solar Expo, June 9-11, Chicago, Illinois
Join industry leaders, innovators, and clean energy enthusiasts for the 2025 Midwest Solar Expo.
With three days of cutting-edge presentations, policy updates, networking opportunit
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Local Government Leadership Summit, May 19, Santa Monica, California
This year, USGBC will travel to California, Iowa, Colorado and Massachusetts to host local government summits aimed at expanding the LEED for Cities network and deepening engagement with local go
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Virtual Pro Tour: Mid-Rise Passive House & Urban Density Study, March 12, 12:30 PM EST
Join NESEA online for this upcoming Pro Tour, featuring a mid-rise project built to Passive House standards that includes 30 units of affordable housing and an early education center. Curtis + Ginsber
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2021 Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment (NESSBE), Online, March 25
NESSBE (Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment) is a biennial northeast regional summit meant to include a larger community of building professionals, owners, academics, policymakers, ad
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Webinar: Health and Wealth Series - Empower Yourself to Wellness in Your Home, March 5, 12 pm EST
American Homes can be some of the most toxic places. Learn how to keep you and your families safe with tips on how to create a healthy living space, testing your home for toxins and how to prevent Cov
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FREE Webinar: Climate Mobilization Act Primer, February 17, 1 pm EST
Get informed on New York City climate legislation and its impact on buildings. Register now for the Climate Mobilization Act Primer, a one-hour seminar examining the basic principles of the Clima
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Webinar: Teaching Systems Thinking to Fill the Climate Literacy Gap, June 1, 1:15 to 2:45 PM EST
Teaching Systems Thinking to Fill the Climate Literacy Gap What will it take to produce a workforce that understands the relationships between environmental, social, and business factors so we can…
Webinar: Applying Regenerative Principles in Your Work, January 7, 7-8 PM EST
This interactive session invites participants to further develop and apply regenerative thinking at home, in work, and across other dimensions of daily life.
Build It Green, in partnership with Bil
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Caleb Peck from Husqvarna recently spoke with Green Builder Matt Hoots about Husqvarna’s residential and commercial electric mowers and other lawn and maintenance equipment, some of which
Webinar: Selecting Healthy Insulation and Air Sealants
Insulation and air sealing are two cost-effective ways to increase the energy efficiency of a home. However, the chemicals that are found in some of these products or used during their production can
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Webinar: Intro to "Living" Affordable Housing - ILFI Education Series, November 19, 7:45 am EDT
Join your local Living Future Collaborative for a live-viewing of the International Living Future Institute’s online course, Intro to “Living” Affordable Housing.Our future is s
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September Greenbuild Mixer, USGBC MA -September 21, Boston
Greenbuild 2017 is just 2 months away, here in Boston! We're continuing on our Road to Greenbuild, and we're taking a stop for a fun networking night. Catch up with old friends, exchange new business …
Annual REI Gathering at North Farm: Underutilized Resources and Tremendous Opportunities: Brownfields and Other Challenging Properties as Sites for Solar Projects For those of you have not had a …
NYSERDA WEBINAR: NextGen HVAC Technology Challenges PON 3519 Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:30p to 3:30p SyracuseCoE HQ, Room 203 The NYSERDA NextGen HVAC funding opportunity (PON 3519) will offer…
This week, USGBC-LA is celebrating 15 years. So, it’s a teenager. And like most teens, we can still remember its birth, we see much hope for the future, and in the present, there can be a lot going …
Interested in learning more about clean, low-maintenance electric vehicles? Don't miss the next Green Night on July 12th! Massachusetts has been overseeing the installation of electric vehicle (EV) c…
Getting Started With Energy Savings Plus Health Webinar, July 11
Interested in taking a proactive approach to protecting indoor air quality (IAQ) while boosting energy efficiency in your school district? This webinar will take you through the steps for getting star…
This EBC Climate Change Series of five programs will examine the latest adaptation and resiliency programs at the city, state, and federal level as well as at institutions and in the private sector. …
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