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Free Green Building Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, May 26, 12 pm EDT
This one-hour course will discuss vertical opening systems, how they’re built, differences in operation & typical usages for interior & exterior applications. Also, this webinar wil
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Massachusetts is now “All In” on Passive House – this year’s Symposium will build on what we know, and how to continue to improve and ensure successful outcomes.
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Free Webinar: The What, Why, and How of Farm Electrification. November 12, 9-11:30 am PT
Farmers can increase the productivity and efficiency of their farming practices and promote sustainability by transitioning from fossil fuels to the use of electric powered equipment such as water pum
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Reimagine Buildings: How To Decarb, An online event, October 18, 11:30 am - 5 pm ET
Join Reimagine Buildings: to gain the actionable insights and connections you need to create buildings that make a difference.
Through TED Talk-esque presentations, our speakers will show how
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Smart City Expo Miami - Future Ready Communities, September 23-25, Miami, Florida
The fifth edition of Smart City Expo Miami will focus on connecting citizens and communities to their cities and will be held at Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus from September 23rd to 25t
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Free Webinar: Breaking the Waste Habit: Innovative Construction Solutions, August 21,12-1pm
Join Illinois Green Alliance to learn how a diverse array of construction industry professionals are addressing the global waste crisis through their work.
Considered the largest consumer of raw ma
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How to Get Started with an EE Survey,Online, August 1, 10am-12pm
This course is designed to help building owners, operators, and engineers perform on-site energy efficiency surveys with more confidence and accuracy. Specifically, this course is directed toward the
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Join GreenHome Institut for a discussion of a US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory modeling analysis to examine the potential impact of mass geothermal heat pump (GHP) depl
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Green Infrastructure is a powerful tool that's integral to building habitable towns and cities fit for the future.
Join us for an update on the GI Framework, the webinar will include inspiring
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Webinar: Green Building Strategies for Sustainable Transportation, July 29, 2 pm EDT
The transportation sector is the largest contributor of GHG emissions in the U.S. (29%) and makes up almost a quarter of global GHG emissions. Personal cars and light trucks are the primary source of
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The buildings we create affect the communities and the environment they rest within. Join USGBC Northern California and USGBC Orange County on June 30th to explore best practices in wor
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Home Building Crossroads Webinar: Strategy to Process - Roofs, June 15, 12 pm EDT
Home Building Crossroads provides residential home construction professionals a chance to discuss challenges and hear solutions from today’s leading experts, as well as network with other profes
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USGBC-LA's new blog post: The Eclipse
"Where were you on Monday? Did you block time on your calendar between 9:45 and 10:30am to make sure you could take a peak at the solar eclipse? If you’re like me, I was checking the weather and ask…
Sustainable Facilities Forum 2021, a Virtual Event, May 20
The program for this virtual event includes access to education sessions, live webinar keynote, and to the sustainable products webinars. This also includes unlimited rewatching access for the educati
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Webinar: Home Composting for Zero Waste, April 20, 7 pm EDT
Home composting is easier than people might think. Most of the work is done by nature’s composting work force (decomposers). All we have to do is feed them our food scraps and yard waste, give t
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Free Virtual Workshop Series: Building Retrofit, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11
The energy performance of the existing UK housing stock is generally very poor and an extensive retrofit programme that utilises the most energy efficient technologies and practices is the only forese
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Free CE Webinar: All About Ducted Mini Splits, April 7, 12 pm EDT
This session is a follow up to "Introduction to Fully Ducted Heat Pumps for All Electric Heating & Cooling." It reviews different types of ducted indoor units, the special design conside
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Energy Futures: Cibersecurity and Financing Emerging Transitions, Nov 29, Madrid, Spain
Annual Event of the Spanish Committee of the World Energy Council This meeting is known for its dynamic format and strong international slant and is being organized by CECME and the Spanish Ene…
Florida Energy Summit Oct 18- 20, Fort Lauderdale
This year the summit will be held October 18-20, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and will highlight how the State and South Florida are preparing for the future through energy innovation. The su…
Statewide Climate Resiliency Strategy Roundtable, Oct 18, 1-3pm, Hope Valley, Rhode Island
RI is gathering input from community leaders from across the state on climate change impacts now and in the future. The input will help inform Rhode Island's first climate resiliency strategy. We hope…
TRUE - A New Rating System Administered by GBCI
Green Business Certification Inc. (GCBI) recently introduced its new brand identity for its zero waste rating system known as TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency). The TRUE Zero Waste certificatio
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Resilient Architecture And Urbanism, April 10-12, Groningen, Netherlands
Our attitudes, business models, products, services and actions related to the design, build, maintenance and transformation of our Built Environments have to change fundamentally. New build, renovatio…
4th Annual WCS Talks, Women in Cleantech & Sustainability, Saturday, November 4, Mountain View
WCS Talks is a TED Style event featuring the brightest minds and most inspiring stories of the clean economy metamorphosis occurring all over the world. The annual event features both women and men fr…
The 17th annual SyracuseCoE Symposium, Water + Energy + Design: Innovations for Healthy, Vibrant Communities will feature presentations by keynote speakers, Faculty Fellows, and collaborating research…
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