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Building Resilience: Resilient Water Systems, December 3, Los Angeles, CA
Access to clean drinking water is a fundamental human right. California’s water system faces a variety of challenges, from drought to an aging water infrastructure, to changes in precipitation.
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Free SCE Webinar: Energy Storage Basics, June 28, 10 am - 12 pm PT
Energy Storage Systems (ESS) are the key to increasing the amount of renewables on the grid. This class will cover the basics of ESS terminology and common ESS battery chemistries, such as lithium-ion
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Free Webinar: Electrify Efficiently: Staging Home Electrification Projects, June 4, 12-1:30pm PT
Long-term planning is essential when it comes to most whole-home electrification journeys. By taking into consideration a customer’s long-term needs alongside their immediate needs, you can help
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Free Webinar: Designing for Decarbonization, May 21, 9 am - 1 pm PT
Want to know more about what it means to achieve “decarbonization” for your building project? Understand the definition of decarbonization, zero net energy (ZNE), and zero net carbon (ZNC)
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USGBC: 2024 Michigan Energy Summit, May 8, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Creating Opportunity through Decarbonization
The Michigan Energy Summit is the premier energy conference of the year. With industry experts discussing the future of clean energy in Michigan, y
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This presentation by The New Yorker staff writer, David Owen, will focus on the topic of his 2010 book, The Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to S
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Climate change presents a call to action to transform the energy ecosystem, requiring us to change how we’ve planned, fueled, and operated the grid over the past 100 years. The United States has
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2024 Hot Water Forum & Hot Air Forum, March 12 - 14, Atlanta, GA
The 2024 Hot Water Forum (HWF) is the premier technical conference dedicated to efficiently producing, distributing, using, and reusing hot water. Since its inception in 2008, this two-day c
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The Department of Energy's Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC) recognizes innovative lighting control projects that push the envelope in terms of energy savings, novel capabilities, and non-en
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Microsoft Pledges to Go Carbon Negative by 2030 Including a $1 Billion Climate Innovation Fund
Microsoft took an impressive climate leadership position this week when the company announced a promise to remove all of the carbon the company has ever put in the atmosphere directly or by consumptio
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USGBC Massachusetts, Annual General Meeting, January 28, 6pm, Boston
Once a year, USGBC MA comes together to celebrate the volunteers, members, and successes that make the USGBC MA community amazing! Ring in the new year with food and drinks and an awards ceremony fo
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Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit: Singapore 2020, February 12, 12:30pm-5pm
After five years convening C-suite executives, influential investors, and innovative thought leaders in North America and Europe, Bloomberg’s signature Sustainable Business Summit series will co
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GPRO Operations and Maintenance Essentials, December 16-17, Pittsburgh, PA
GPRO is a comprehensive international training and certificate program that teaches the people who build, renovate and maintain buildings the principles of sustainability combined with trade-specific
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Greater Philly Passive House Association (GPPHA) Monthly Meeting - February 10 6:15 - 8:15 pm
Greater Philly Passive House Association (GPPHA) Monthly Meeting Next Meeting: February 10, 6:15 pm When: Second Wednesday every month, 6:15 - 8:15PM Where: IEI Group offices, 428 N. 2nd St. Phi…
Energy Upgrade Workshop, December 4, North Port, FL
Join for this 1-hour workshop where you'll learn energy, water, and cost saving strategies at home. Attendees will receive a free Do It Yourself Energy Saving Kit (one per household) that includes
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2019 Green Energy Contractor Conference, November 7, Rocky Hill, CT
Connect, collaborate, and grow the green energy industry in Connecticut.
Greening the Grid: Bringing Canadian Renewables to NYC, 10/23, 6pm, New York, NY
New York City needs a greener grid to reduce building emissions and help drive compliance with its ambitious new building emissions law. And with Indian Point nuclear power plant scheduled to clo
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Sustainable Opportunity: Echoing Green, Fellowship Applications are Now Open
Echoing Green offers a full-time, two-year Fellowship aimed at supporting social impact leaders by connecting them with the tools, resources, and communities they need to bring their ideas to lif
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Corporations are Becoming Major Players in Renewable Energy Growth - PPAs are a Key Factor
With the Paris Agreement having set aggressive climate goals and the price of renewable energy getting cheaper, more and more corporations are adopting clean energy in order to become more economical …
Volkswagen to Redirect its Focus onto the Electric Vehicle Market
Volkswagen, the car manufacturer that was caught for cheating emission tests last year, plans to redirect its business into the electric vehicle market. By targeting this segment, Volkswagen is attemp…
BREAKING NEWS: MA Senate Energized To PASS Omnibus Energy Bill
Yesterday evening, in an unprecedented unanimous 39-0 vote, the Massachusetts Senate passed their version of the Omnibus energy bill. The bill requires utilities to solicit long-term contracts for at …
COP21: Will The Agreement Remain a Climate Change Success Story?
As the negative impacts of climate change become more imminent and dire, it becomes necessary for all countries to band together in the fight against climate change. The 2015 COP21 convention gives us…
Earth Day Weekend Green Building Open House - Brighton, MA, April 23, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Earth Day Weekend Open House - Brighton, MA Saturday, April 23 at 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 33 Champney St, Brighton, MA 02135 Just a minute walk from Oak Square, Brighton, you'll be able to see the …
NESEA Pro Tour with Two Data Geeks on Martha's Vineyard, Friday April 1, 1-5 pm
Pro Tour with Two Data Geeks Friday, April 1 - 1-5 pm Martha's Vineyard, MA CEUs: 2.5 AIA LU/HSW, Pending approval $25 for NESEA Members, $35 for Non-members Spend a day on Martha’s Viney…
Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference April 15 - 16, Hampshire College, Northampton, MA The annual Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference connects stakeholders from municipaliti…
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