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Anti-Microbials, Anti-Bacterials, Disinfectants, Oh My!
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Microbes are everywhere: in soil and tap water, on furniture, and even inside our bodies. Although they are invisible to the naked eye, these microorganisms are co
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TEDI Modeling, August 7, 3 - 5 pm ET
TEDI, or Thermal Energy Demand Intensity, is a metric used to assess the heating load of a building. It represents the amount of heating energy required per unit of modeled floor area to mai
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This training will provide real estate professionals with 14 continuing education hours and the Accredited Green Appraiser Certification.
This training will teach real estate professionals about th
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The USGBC-CA Wildfire Defense Certificate Training Program was developed to educate construction professionals and landscapers on how to best harden homes and landscapes to fires through the
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Free Webinar: Intro to Residential HVAC Systems, May 29, 3 - 5 pm PT
This class is for folks who need to “speak HVAC” but may not have much background with HVAC. This could be homeowners who are shopping for a new system, utility employees dealing with HVAC
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The materials and products landscape architects specify significantly impact a project’s global warming potential, biodiversity, and air and water quality. This webinar will show you how to inte
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Free Webinar: Energy Benchmarking Tips and Tricks, April 23, 12 pm CT
This webinar will provide tips and tricks on how to use the free building benchmarking tool, ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, and help you understand how to create accurate building profiles, how to bes
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Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit, April 30 - May 2, Washington, DC
The U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit will be April 30 - May 2, 2025 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC. The Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit
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Sustainable Home Expo, March 8, 11 am-3 pm, Princeton, New Jersey
Thinking about switching to a heat pump? Looking to install an EV charger? Meet local, vetted, sustainably-minded home-improvement professionals, and get your questions answered all under one roof!
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Since 2007, the Behavior Energy and Climate Change Conference has brought together social scientists, practitioners, utilities, academics, governments, businesses, and non-profits to share and di
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When designing a restroom or other space, professionals are often faced with the challenge of selecting materials that function, appeal to the senses, and contribute to green building initiatives. In
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Free Webinar: Encyclopedic Energy Design: New Priorities, New Challenges, September 21, 3:30 pm ET
Within the AEC industries, the already-present challenges of the 21st century will require novel, comprehensive approaches to energy use and measure, but agile players in the construction market can s
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Introduction to the Passive House Standard, October 13, 1 pm ET
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a 4-hour co
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This week I’m at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, watching and learning as over 3,000 teens from about 82 countries share research and innovative ideas that could ch
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Retrofit Now! Reducing Carbon and Complying with LL97, July 20, 21, 27, & 28, 9:00am - 12:30pm
New York has gotten serious about climate change and this will have a huge impact on architectural practice. Local Law 97 sets carbon caps on emissions from large buildings and will be enforced with f
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EarthCraft Builder Training, August 23, Atlanta, Georgia
This EarthCraft Builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design. Explore the ways the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the gr
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Webinar: LEED for Cities + Communities: A Catalyst for Change, July 1, 1PM
In this session, panelists will address how local leaders are scaling up the impact of individual green buildings and spaces to the city and community level. They will share examples of certified
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Free Green Building Webinar: Architectural Vertical Opening Solutions - Plus! June 22, 12 - 1 pm ET
In this course, we will discuss vertical operating systems to better understand their construction and the operating systems used in each type. Characteristics of various types of vertical operating s
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Webinar: Bipartisan Conversation on Pricing Carbon Emissions, Wednesday August 29, 1:15 pm EDT
While federal progress on climate change may have stalled, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and others on the right and left have reinvigorated efforts to use market incentives to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas…
Healthy Building Summit, August 14th, 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Cambridge, MA
In 2018, the World Green Building Council reported that buildings designed for occupant wellness reported healthier, happier, and more productive employees. One Harvard University study even found tha…
Urban Transportation and Sustainability, September 13, 8:00 – 2:00, Atlanta, GA
This conference is a premier forum for advancing cutting-edge practices in urban transportation and sustainability both in the United States of America and Germany. Professionals established in resear…
Green Building Bike Tour by USGBC Massachusetts, August 25, 9am - 2pm, Somerville
Join USGBC Massachusetts for another year of touring green buildings by bike. Biking is one of the healthiest, greenest, and best ways to see the city in all its architectural glory. This tour is …
Healthy Products For Everyone, Sept 11 - 13, Pittsuburgh, PA
"What the Living Building Challenge has done for building design and construction, the Expo is doing for product design and manufacturing. As a specifier, I am able to have meaningful conversations wi…
U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index: California in the First Place, Followed by Massachusetts
Clean Edge’s 2017 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index ranks the clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the United States’ 50 largest metropolitan areas from electric vehicles, renewables initia…
A Tiny Solution to a Big Housing Crisis California is experiencing major affordable housing crisis. Are tiny houses a partial answer to this problem? The tiny house movement is no longer a fad, bu…
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