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About the Program: Building and renovating homes in Maine’s climate is a challenge. While most customers demand that their homes be constructed and renovated to minimize heat loss –
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Free Webinar: HVAC Controls for Building Energy Management, March 4, 10 - 11:30 am
Introduction to the core building blocks of an automation system, including types of controllers, input/output points, and networking. Mass Save will also discuss some of the controls sequences to con
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As we turn up our thermostats for winter, we must face our increasingly high gas bills and ask ourselves, is this the most efficient way? No! There are better, cheaper, healthier alternatives to heat
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Basics of Solar Electric Systems, a Free On Demand Webinar Hosted by PG&E
On Demand Course
Title: Basics of Solar Electric Systems
Host: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
Available Through: December 31, 2026
This on-demand class provi
Introduction to Energy Management Systems, a Free On Demand 3-Part Course, Hosted by PG&E
On Demand Course
Title: Introduction to Energy Management Systems
Host: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
Available Through: February 28, 2027
This 3-part on-demand in
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Free Webinar: Community Charge: Simpler, Cost-Efficient EV Charging Installation, January 13, 12 pm
Community Charge, a joint program of the nonprofits PowerOptions, LISC Massachusetts, and Green Energy Consumers Alliance, offers public and nonprofit entities a simpler, cost-efficient way to install
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Selling Home Electrification, a Free 2-Part Series, November 25 & December 2, 12 - 1:30 pm PT
In this free two-part webinar series, Electrify My Home will equip salespeople, service technicians, business owners, customer service representatives (CSRs), and anyone selling home services projects
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Thinking about upgrading your home, but not sure where to start? Join Tri-County Regional Energy Network (3C-REN) for an engaging and practical session designed to help Central Coast homeowners p
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Bloom: Where Biodiversity Meets the Bottom Line, October 28-30, California
What is Bloom?
With growing momentum for nature, global business leaders and policymakers increasingly recognize the economic risks of biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. Now is the time to t
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BuildingEnergy NYC 2025, October 16, New York, NY
NESEA's BuildingEnergy NYC conference and trade show is a chance to enage in a full day of networking and intensive learning with peers from the fields of design, construction, engineering, policy
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USGBC Webinar: The Zero-Energy Economy, April 21, 10:30 am EDT
In its second generation, the USGBC is guided by our four pillars: sustainability, resiliency, health, and equity. Now more than ever it is important to examine our programming through each
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Buildings and Carbon | Green Building Online Training Program, March 17, 9 am - 1pm EDT
This course will focus on climate impacts associated with carbon emissions from the built environment. It will emphasize the importance of goal setting and taking actions to manage building-related ca
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FREE Webinar: Entrance Matting CPD, March 15, 8 am EDT/1 pm BST
During this 1 hour webinar, you will learn about the functions and applications of the various types of entrance matting, fire safety standards, how sustainable entrance matting can contribute towards
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Women in Cleanweb Boston June 21st 5:30pm-7:30pm
MassCEC + GA are pairing up for the Third Annual Women in Cleanweb event, an evening panel discussion focused on bringing together the developer and cleantech communities while highlighting challenges…
EBC NH Webinar: Department of Environmental Services Division Directors, February 5, 9 am EST
This EBC New Hampshire Leadership Webinar will provide EBC members from throughout New Hampshire and New England with the opportunity to learn directly from each of the three division directors at the
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Webinar: Material Bank: What are ‘Good’ Materials? January 20, 12:30 EST
The claim is that all materials are bad. But, some are worse than others. Designers need to weigh up which material is appropriate for each element of the design. It is helpful to look at things
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The NCSE Drawdown 2021 Conference will feature everything our community values from past NCSE Annual Conferences with the addition of an exciting new collaboration with Project Drawdown. Giv
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Community Connections Webinar: Midwest Energy Strategies, USGBC Ohio, December 10, 1 pm EST
This webinar will highlight Midwest-specific energy strategies.
This webinar will explore what is interesting in buildings now and how energy has been affected by under-occupancy. It will then dive
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IGEM 2017: Powering Green Cities, October 11-13, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
IGEM is ASEAN’s largest green technology business and innovation platform has attracted over 300,000 visitors and facilitated over USD 2.25 billion in business leads since its inception in 2010. …
CALGreen for Non-Residential Projects Explained - September 14, Sacramento
ZC Sr Project Manager Susan Di Giulio and Isaac Chambers, partner with the Harrison Thomas Group, will be teaching a course on CALGreen for non-residential projects, commissioning and aspects of the C…
Best in the West Regional Webinar Series: Autonomous Vehicles Revolution on August 25
Learn about the future as autonomous vehicles, expected to help create a global transportation revolution, similar to the one created when the first automobiles replaced the horse and buggy. Most c…
California Continues to Cut Emissions as it Extends its Cap-and-Trade Program
California has had a cap-and-trade system up and running since 2013, and now Gov. Jerry Brown wants to extend the program to 2030. The initial program, which was meant to run until 2020, has been succ…
Greener Buildings and Your Health, July 25, San Francisco
For close to 30 years, the green building movement has been working to improve the environmental impacts of the built environment on our cities and towns, setting standards and helping architects, des…
Austin Sustainable Building materials Forum, June 30
Building materials are a big deal. Building booms create competition not only for labor and equipment, but also for construction materials—affecting supply lines, timelines and bottom lines. Design…
Boston's Future Buildings - How Do We Get to NetZero? June 15,7:30 pm, Jamaica Plain
Are your curious about Net Zero? Want to learn more?? Join MCAN board members Henrietta Davis and Tammy Peterson at an event this Thursday! BCEC is hosting a forum on Thursday to discuss Net Zero, …
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