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Online: USGBC South Florida 2020 GalaVerde Awards, February 4, 4pm - 6:30pm EDT
For 11 years, USGBC South Florida GalaVerde has gathered sustainability advocates to toast the best in green building.
Join USGBC South Florida for our 11th annual GalaVerde LEEDership and Green Aw
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16 Best Practices for Sustainable Operations & Maintenance, Online, July 25, 9am-12:30pm EST
Heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, water heating, and irrigation are among the many types of building operating systems necessary to help ensure occupant comfort, safety, and well-being.
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Join New Buildings Institute to learn about the Building Electrification Technology Roadmap (BETR) for K-12 Schools and hear a California school district’s firsthand experience with electri
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On June 7, NESEA is offering a tour of a new passive house rental community that is currently under construction in Storrs, CT. This is a chance for attendees to go behind-the-scenes with the project
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Free Slipstream Webinar: Health, Safety and Comfort – The House is a System, May 30, 9-10 am CST
Have you heard the phrase "The House is a System"? Have you ever wondered what that really means? Do you know what it takes to make a house healthy, safe, and comfortable? Join us as we iden
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NEWIEE’s 13th Annual Awards Gala celebrates the accomplishments of women in the energy and environment fields! The Gala draws attendees from across New England for an inspirational eve
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Bird-Friendly Building: Designing Safer Buildings for Birds, April 18, 12–1:30pm EST
Every year, up to 2 billion birds die as a result of collisions with glass in the United States, a problem exacerbated by increasing light pollution around buildings and structures. In this webinar, t
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2024 Getting to Zero Forum, May 21-23, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Getting to Zero Forum is the premier event dedicated to building decarbonization. With a growing number of climate emergencies across the United States and around the world, there is no more impor
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HVAC System Testing for Energy Efficiency (Parts 1 & 2), March 12 & 14, 9-11:30 am PT
This class presents the relevant issues and available methods for field testing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and explores and explains the use of specific testing and dat
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Breaking the Cost Barrier?
Like it or not, money talks. In pursuing high performance, there are many potential financial pitfalls.
For example, the benefit of high performance envelope stra
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Free Green Building Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, March 24, 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 will talk about fe
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Webinar: Ventilation, High Performance, and Passive House, March 10, 2 pm EST
In designing and building high-performance buildings, building ventilation is often an underappreciated component. The pandemic has made the health implications of good ventilation more obvious but th
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CalGreen vs Build It Green – What does it mean for our neighborhoods, February 18, 3:00pm EST
What does green building mean for an average homeowner? How does it translate into healthy living environment? CalGreen in plain terms.
Last year gave us a new Building Code, that brought green bui
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Webinar: New Hampshire's New Net Metering Tariff June 26th 12pm-1pm
This webinar will provide an overview of NH's new net metering tariff, drawing from the final Order in docket DE15-576 at the Public Utilities Commission.
Sustainable Cities Webinar with Joey Aoun, Environmental Designer, January 26, 8:30 am EST
Joey has an interdisciplinary academic background, holding a master’s degree in Architecture (2014), a postgraduate diploma in Green Building Technology (2016) and an MSc in Urban Energy (Newcas
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Webinar: New Heat Pump Technologies to the Rescue, Tuesday, January 19, 3pm PT / 6pm ET
There is no one-size-fits-all technology for the wide range of building types. Jordan Dent and Evan Hellas lead a session that will provide an overview of four new technologies that the speakers are w
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Zero Net Energy Commercial Forum
The webinar will feature commercial case study projects that feature deep energy savings and zero net energy designs. Hear about the progress regional architecture firms are making in meeting the Amer
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USGBC Central Coast California, 2017 Green Awards Gala, November 4, 5-9pm, Santa Barbara
The Central Coast Green Building Council Green Awards recognizes outstanding sustainable building achievements along the California Central Coast. The Green Awards highlight innovative design, constru…
Mass Energy's 35th Anniversary Celebration, November 6, 5-8:30 pm, Boston
Join MassEnergy to reflect on 35 years of harnessing the power of consumers to lead us toward a low-carbon future! Background: 35 years ago as oil prices soared and the Reagan administration seve…
Join the Alliance for Green Heat and the Biomass Thermal Energy Council FREE webinar this Thursday at 10:00 AM: Thermoelectric Power Generation The first speaker's, Adam Lorimer, talk is titled, …
2017 Massachusetts Green Careers Conference, October 5 in Westborough
Our 9th annual conference will be held October 5, 2017 at the Mass Fisheries & Wildlife building, 1 Rabbit Hill, Road, Westborough. Including: Careers and Trends in Clean Energy, Working for Nature, …
Green Roof Design & Installation, August 9 in Boston
Join Green Infrastructure Foundation Senior Researcher, Rohan Lilauwala to learn about the design, installation, and maintenance of green roofs. Featuring guest speaker Mark Winterer, Director of Oper…
Energy Storage North America in San Diego, August 8-10
Energy Storage North America (ESNA) is the largest conference and expo for grid-connected energy storage in North America. ESNA 2017 will include energy storage site tours, networking, workshops, a…
Women Shaping the Agenda: New England's Energy mix and Environmental Future, July 11
NEWIEE is proud to host the third annual event in the Women Shaping the Agenda in Energy and the Environment panel series. "New England’s Energy Mix and the Environmental Future," will be held on Ju…
Building Commissioning Fundamentals, July 12
See and experience a work-in-progress, residential Passive House retrofit in the Harlem neighborhood. Renovation work by Brace Enterprises, LLC is five months into the project timeline, just enough fo…
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