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Session 3 will continue our dicussion on another key pillar of Green Building: Health
Healthy and comfort are top priorities, especially with more people working from home. Event companie
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Free Webinar: The Solar – Energy Efficiency Nexus Update, March 14, 1 pm ET
Residential energy efficiency programs and partners discuss finding the balance between solar and energy efficiency. Solar panels offer a visible call-out of a homeowner’s commitment to renewabl
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Free Online Course Introduction to Heat Pumps (Parts 1 & 2), March 5 & March 7, 9 - 11:30 am PT
Heat pumps are the most efficient method to not only heat and cool spaces, but to provide domestic water heating in both multifamily and commercial applications. This course explores the composition,
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In this new 2-part series focused on building decarbonization, NYSERDA and BE-Ex have gathered industry experts that will feature projects deploying breakthrough heating & cooling recovery solutio
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Free Webinar: Intermediate Lighting – Upgrading Lighting in Commercial Spaces, January 31, 5:30-8pm
This seminar provides an overview of the lighting retrofit process structured around IES LP-9-20. The class opens with an introduction to lighting in existing buildings and the role energy and sustain
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Home Design (Online)
This course teaches students how to design a home and communicate that design through floor plans, sections, elevations, and a scale model. Through conversation, lectures, and
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Webinar: Signposting Green Careers to Your Students, December 11, 11am ET / 4 pm BT
Our students know that the world is changing around them. Many of them are anxious about it (see Teach the Future survey stats). A spark of hope for them could be the rapid expansion of green job oppo
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Natural Infrastructure: Nature's Solutions for the Built Environment, Online, November 28, 12pm
Manitoba is behind other Canadian jurisdictions in adopting nature-based solutions as standard practice in our cities and towns, which puts Sustainable Building Manitoba in a strong position to learn
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The California Energy Commission is currently pursuing many programs which are aimed at decarbonizing our energy infrastructure including all-electric cooking, space heating and water heating. The com
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Free Webinar: PV + Batteries: Integrating Storage with Grid-Tied PV Systems, October 31, 9am-12:30pm
Recent developments with building codes, safety requirements, utility rate structures, state incentives, and federal tax credit legislation have led to ever-greater installations of energy storage sys
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Find and Select Better Materials Today: Free Online Training by ecomedes, October 19, 2 pm EDT
Drastically reduce the time it takes to search for the best materials for your LEED or green building project, learn how to list a product, automate a product's LEED documentation process with one
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Building Energy NYC, Virtual, September 29-30
NESEA's BuildingEnergy NYC conference is designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and building/energy policy. C
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Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings - Residential Design, August 23, 12-1:30pm
"Build the will" around smart and sustainable renovation of single-family homes.
Boston cannot meet its climate goals without utilizing its greatest built and cultural assets: exist
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One of the main barriers to high-performance low energy new and existing homes retrofits is a lack of proper appraisals and a misunderstanding from lenders on total value. Green Energy Money provides …
Online: EBC Third Annual New England Energy Leadership Conference, July 16, 9am -12:30 PM
Join EBC for the third annual New England Energy Leadership Conference bringing together state leaders in energy policy and programs from across New England. This virtual conference provides an opport
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USGBC-LA is hosting this event to bring together the sustainability, green building, and fire prevention communities to jointly address wildfire resilience across California. The event will begin with
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Webinar: Net Zero Guidance on Renewables and Offsets, June 3, 1 pm EST
In March 2021 UKGBC released the much anticipated Renewable Energy Procurement and Carbon Offsetting Guidance. This guidance provides clarity for the property and construction industry on the pro
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As we recover from the pandemic and look towards meeting the UK’s net zero emissions target by 2050, a ‘green recovery’ and the need to retrofit and decarbonise existing homes is hig
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The Ninth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technology (ISGT 2018) Feb 19-22, Washington, DC
The Conference will focus on the advancements and applications of both technologies and practices as applied to grid planning, operations, markets and policies to address the effective integration of …
The 5th Water India 2018 Expo, May 23 - 25, New Delhi, India
The 5th Water India 2018 Expo is an important platform created to show case products, services and solutions available in the water industry worldwide. The event will provide comprehensive insight …
Green Building Job Opportunity: Solar Sales Representative, Miami, Florida
Solar Sales Representative Position with ACNS-Solar Energy Consultants - Miami, Florida The successful candidate will be responsible for solar business development in the USA and worldwide, advance…
Renewable Natural Gas 2017 Conference, Nov 27 - 30, Dana Point, CA
RNG Coalition members and non-members are invited to attend this year's RNG 2017 Conference - the premier policy, market and networking event hosted by and for the North American renewable natural gas…
Greenbuild India: EDGE Technical Workshop, Nov 1, India
EDGE is a green building certification system focused on making buildings in over 130 emerging market countries more resource efficient. An innovation of IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, EDGE is…
Resilience & Our Built Environment by Boston Area Sustainability Group, Nov 7th, Boston
In the wake of an unprecedented season of concentrated and extreme environmental disasters – hurricanes, earthquakes, heat waves, drought, flooding and forest fires – one question looms large for …
Solar Power Midwest, October 19-20, Chicago, IL
Solar Power Midwest is coming back to the Windy City! We are excited to bring a leading education and exhibition program to the Midwest. From rustbelt to greenbelt, solar energy is a force moving forw…
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