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Job Posting: Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Seeks Executive Director, NYC

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

LISC seeks a dynamic and entrepreneurial leader to be the Executive Director of the flagship LISC program in New York City. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned manager, with deep knowledge of commu

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

Keywords: Green Building Jobs

0 replies | 1272 views | Posted on: 07/23/2019 | Last updated: 07/23/2019

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 | 1137 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 | 2007 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 | 800 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 | 726 views | Posted on: 07/19/2025 | Last updated: 07/21/2025

Free Webinar: Coastal Resilience Planning and Adaptation for Waterfront Facilities, July 31, 2-3 pm ET

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

This webinar intends to present the lessons learned from the 2023 and 2024 two-part workshop on Resilience of Naval Waterfront Facilities, based on the group discussions of over one hundred coast

0 replies | 460 views | Posted on: 06/18/2025 | Last updated: 07/11/2025

Free Webinar: Therapeutic Landscapes: Exploring the Connection Between Nature and Healing, May 22, 1-2 pm ET

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

This session is organized in celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity. It will feature insights from Baptist Health leadership and experts from Gresham Smith.

Roger Ulrich&rsqu

Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 976 views | Posted on: 05/08/2025 | Last updated: 05/08/2025

Free webinar: PV + Batteries: Integrating Storage with Grid-Tied PV Systems, May 23, 9 am - 12:30 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 1064 views | Posted on: 04/26/2025 | Last updated: 04/26/2025

Free Online Training by USGBC California, Wildfire Defense for Landscaping Professionals, April 16, 4:30-7:30 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The Wildfire Defense Certificate for Landscape Professionals is a 150-minute training followed by an online assessment. This certificate training provides participants with real-world examples and str

California Green Building

0 replies | 666 views | Posted on: 04/02/2025 | Last updated: 04/02/2025

Passive House Symposium 2019, October 23, Boston, MA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Passive House Design and Construction is reaching new heights in Massachusetts. From multi-family buildings to commercial office spaces and college residence halls, projects of all types are looking t

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1806 views | Posted on: 10/03/2019 | Last updated: 10/03/2019

Zoom Meeting re: Rocky Mountain Green Building - with Lindsay Schack and Andrew Michler, October 8, 6 pm Mountain

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Zoom Meeting re: Rocky Mountain Green Building - with Lindsay Schack of Love|Schack Architecture and Andrew Michler of HyperLocal WorkShop

Call in to this Zoom meeting with Lindsay Schack of Love|S

Filed under: Webinars

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Passive House Rocky Mountains

0 replies | 1013 views | Posted on: 09/23/2019 | Last updated: 09/23/2019

The Green Building Initiative's Green Globes® Formally Recognizes Global GreenTag PHD™ and EPD™ Declaration Programs

by Rate It Green Team

The nationally recognized green rating assessment, guidance and certification program Green Globes® that is registered under the GBI (Green Building Initiative) and used in a multitude of project

Filed under: Global GreenTag

Keywords: Green Building,Transparency,Global GreenTag,Certifications

0 replies | 2295 views | Posted on: 08/29/2019 | Last updated: 08/29/2019

Woodworks: Mass Timber in the Midwest: Value and Distinction Through the Lens of Two Projects, September 12, Kansas City, MO

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Inspiration for building designs comes in many forms. For some, the desire to use mass timber is anchored in its sustainability and light carbon footprint. For others, speed of construction and aesthe

Filed under: Missouri

Missouri Green Building

Keywords: mass timber

0 replies | 1597 views | Posted on: 08/04/2019 | Last updated: 08/04/2019

MassPIRG Petition: Say No to BP Tax Deductions on Oil Spill Payments!

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

BP Oil Company must pay $18.7 billion in damages as a result of gross negligence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but there are indications that only $5.5 billion of that settlement will be non-tax …

Filed under: Environmental Activism

Keywords: Environment,Pollution,BP,Oil Spill

0 replies | 1641 views | Posted on: 07/24/2015 | Last updated: 07/24/2015

What is necessary to create sustainable tiny home communities?

by Ron // Tiny House / Green Structure Design and Manufacturer

It is simple enough to build smaller homes, tiny if desired. It is simple enough to add energy efficiency to the structure. But the long term sustainability of a community, tiny home or urban poc

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Tiny Houses

0 replies | 3949 views | Posted on: 07/08/2019 | Last updated: 02/09/2023

How C-PACE Can Power your Energy Potential: A Bar-T Building Tour, June 27, Frederick, MD

by AbbieKnight

This course is expected to be approved for 1 GBCI general and 1 AIA CEU.

Join at a building tour of the Bar-T Mountainside Camp and learn Commercial property assessed clean energy (“C-PACE&rd

Filed under: Green Building Finance

Keywords: Clean Energy Financing,C-PACE

0 replies | 1025 views | Posted on: 06/19/2019 | Last updated: 06/19/2019

2019 Better Buildings Summit: Arlington, VA, July 10-11

by AidanAnthony // Intern

The 2019 Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit is an opportunity for industry professionals and partners to explore emerging technologies and share innovative strategies in energy and water efficienc

Filed under: Washington, DC

Emerging Green Professionals

0 replies | 1019 views | Posted on: 06/07/2019 | Last updated: 06/07/2019

Celebrating Women in Green, June 19, 5-8pm, Montclair, New Jersey

by MVillere

The event will spotlight and celebrate women of influence in the green building sector; discuss via panel where women are, what women are doing, what impact women are making, and women’s positio

New Jersey Greenbuilding Group

0 replies | 1595 views | Posted on: 05/30/2019 | Last updated: 06/03/2019

USGBC MA: Policy Podium on Net Metering - February 25, 2016 8:30-10 AM, Boston

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

USGBC MA Policy Podium: Net Metering February 25, 8:30-10 AM An open discussion with experts from the USGBC Massachusetts community of professionals about moving forward with solar and net meterin…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: USGBC Massachusetts,Net Metering,Solar Energy

0 replies | 1192 views | Posted on: 02/21/2016 | Last updated: 02/21/2016

USGBCMA - Annual Sustainable Dinner: Thursday, February 11 at the Commonwealth Restaurant - 6:30 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Please join the USGBCMA on Thursday February 11th @6:30pm for our Annual Sustainable Dinner at the Commonwealth Restaurant; co-hosted with the Illuminating Engineers Society (IES). We will enjoy a …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 917 views | Posted on: 02/02/2016 | Last updated: 02/02/2016

Green Building of the Week: SABIC's High Performance Demonstration Home, in Riyadh

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This week's Green Building of the Week mention goes to SABIC's Home of Innovation growth. This demonstration project is the first single-family home in the Middle East region to earn LEED-Platinum, t…

Filed under: Green Building of the Week

Keywords: Green Home,Green Building of the Week,SABIC,LEED Platinum

0 replies | 1813 views | Posted on: 01/07/2016 | Last updated: 01/07/2016

Renewable Energy and Battery storage quickly gaining momentum

by Stella Ng'oma // Green building enthusiast

Renewables and Energy storage are fast becoming the revolutionary innovation that could eliminate the need for existing energy power plants. The possibility of solar plus battery storage is an innovat…

Filed under: Energy

Related to: Other Green Building - Other

Keywords: Green Building,Renewable Energy,Energy Storage

0 replies | 1197 views | Posted on: 11/23/2015 | Last updated: 11/23/2015

Fracking is Scary! Happy Halloween - Please sign this Petition to Stop Fracking

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Fracking is Scary! This Halloween (and after!), please take a moment to look out for our communities and environment. Please sign the Sierra Club's Petition, to offer Public comment on methane sta…

Filed under: Environmental Activism

Keywords: EPA,Fracking,Sierra Club

0 replies | 1505 views | Posted on: 10/31/2015 | Last updated: 10/31/2015

Be a Locavore at the Boston Local Food Festival Sunday, Sept. 20! 11am - 5pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

For one spectacular day each year, The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) of Massachusetts transforms the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the City of Boston into the nation's largest local & sustainable foo…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Sustainable Business Network,Boston Local Food Festival

0 replies | 1871 views | Posted on: 09/16/2015 | Last updated: 09/16/2015

TODAY 8/25 at 1:15 pm EDT: Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Global Climate Security Webinar - 5 Part Series Arizona State University This session will address climate risk and security on all fronts from the risk assessment perspective (impacts on governan…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Climate Change,Arizona State University,Climate Risk

0 replies | 1294 views | Posted on: 08/25/2015 | Last updated: 08/25/2015

 

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