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Bridge to 2030: Transportation, December 5, 3-6 pm, Pittsburgh, PA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The Bridge to 2030 educational series invites Pittsburgh to delve into topics integral to 2030 District progress, including energy, water, transportation, indoor air quality, and financing.

This ev

Filed under: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

0 replies | 1745 views | Posted on: 11/20/2019 | Last updated: 11/20/2019

Research on Tap: Climate Change and Clean Energy, BU Institute for Global Sustainability, December 5, 4-6 pm, Boston, Massachusetts

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Fossil fuels have provided major benefits to populations in affordability and well-being but also created large impacts on the health of people and the planet. In the face of climate change, new and o

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 881 views | Posted on: 11/14/2024 | Last updated: 11/14/2024

Q&A With a Home Electrification Coach, Free and Online, November 13, 4:45 - 5:30 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Join GreenHome Institute Edication Manager Brett Little and long-time member and former Board Treasurer Will Gallmeyer of Green Projects Group for a home electrification Q&A. Will is a home e

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 585 views | Posted on: 10/25/2024 | Last updated: 10/25/2024

Free Webinar: Carbon-Free Homes: Features, Benefits, Valuation, October 30, 9am-12pm PT

by Hani // Social media manager

Homes of the future will be carbon-free! Efficient, all-electric, powered by clean energy. How will the new requirements in California and elsewhere impact their market value? What benefits

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

0 replies | 855 views | Posted on: 09/29/2024 | Last updated: 09/30/2024

Climate, Building Resiliency & Human Health: How Extreme Weather Impacts Interior Design Material, Free Webinar, September 24, 12 - 1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This presentation explores the impact of extreme weather events, with a particular emphasis on extreme heat, on the built environment. Participants will learn how to apply research findings to inform

0 replies | 736 views | Posted on: 09/06/2024 | Last updated: 09/06/2024

Free GreenHome Institute Webinar: How to Electrify Without Panel Upsizing, September 4, 12-1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Learn how to electrify your home without needing to upsize your electrical panel! We will briefly touch on the history of electrification and panel sizing. Then we'll review the Watt Diet calculat

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 682 views | Posted on: 08/18/2024 | Last updated: 08/18/2024

Free Webinar: Building Electrification: Lessons from the Field, 2 Part Series, 9am-12:30 pm PT, August 22 & 23

by Hani // Social media manager

Seismic shifts in building energy policy and design are taking place in California, and across the country - and world. The move towards full decarbonization of the building stock has started and the

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

0 replies | 711 views | Posted on: 08/10/2024 | Last updated: 08/11/2024

GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green, Online Training with Urban Green Council, December 3, 9 am - 2 pm ET

by lc // Associate, Education O&D at Urban Green Council

In GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green, you will learn how to see buildings differently and discover strategies to make them efficient, healthy and resilient.

What you’ll learn

B

Free Outdoor Lighting Workshop, Online, July 23, 9 am - 2:30 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Outdoor lighting is now dominated by use of LEDs and lighting controls as standard practice.  LED benefits include better energy efficiency, improved quality of light and environmentally friendly

California Green Building

0 replies | 751 views | Posted on: 06/24/2024 | Last updated: 06/24/2024

Free EEBA Webinar: Choosing a low carbon, high performing Insulation, June 26, 3 -4 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Hempitecture CEO, Matthew Mead, provides an overview of the natural fiber insulation market that is rapidly developing to support low embodied carbon construction. Reviewing different products and str

0 replies | 743 views | Posted on: 06/06/2024 | Last updated: 06/06/2024

Two-Part Building Energy Modeling Course Part 1 | Green Building Training Program, February 26, Boston, MA

by mkilmartin // Intern

Building Energy Modeling is a versatile, multipurpose tool that is used in new building and retrofit design, green certification, qualification for tax credits and utility incentives.

Learning Obje

Filed under: Green Facilities

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1448 views | Posted on: 01/23/2020 | Last updated: 01/24/2020

How the Living Building Challenge Moves the Green Building Industry Forward

by abu417 // Climate Connoisseur. Eco-Maniac. Solar Sommelier.

            Being an intern at RateItGreen.com, I learned a lot of vocabulary and catchy names along the way. The things that really stuck out to

Filed under: Certifications/Labels and Transparency

Keywords: Hitchcock Center for the Environment,R.W. Kern Center

0 replies | 3529 views | Posted on: 01/02/2020 | Last updated: 02/08/2023

Sustainable Job Opportunity - NeighborWorks: Director, Healthy Homes and Communities

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Position Summary:

NeighborWorks launched the Healthy Homes and Communities Initiative in 2014 to advance efforts at the nexus of health, housing and community development. Through this initiative,

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

0 replies | 1599 views | Posted on: 12/09/2019 | Last updated: 12/10/2019

HEET Needs Your Help at a Massachusetts Gas Leak Map-a-thon, March 19, 1-4 pm - Great Volunteer Opportunity

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Gas Leak Map-a-thon Saturday March 19th, 1 pm to 4 pm 108 Hancock St, Somerville (3 blocks from Porter Sq T-stop on the red line) In March, utilities in Massachusetts will report data on the loca…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 830 views | Posted on: 02/28/2016 | Last updated: 02/28/2016

Local Environmental Action 2020, Saturday, March 7, Boston, MA

by mkilmartin // Intern

Local Environmental Action is an opportunity to join community leaders, environmental advocates and activists from across the region for an exciting day of skills training, networking, and inspiration

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Boston,Sustainability,Green Advocacy,networking,Environemtal Justice

0 replies | 2490 views | Posted on: 11/05/2019 | Last updated: 02/05/2020

The Greenbuilding Brasil International Conference and Expo, November 25, São Paulo, Brasil

by abu417 // Climate Connoisseur. Eco-Maniac. Solar Sommelier.

The Greenbuilding Brasil International Conference and Expo exposes attendees to a strong multidisciplinary conference with the presence of leaders in the construction market. There

Filed under: Builders/Contractors

Brasil Green Building

Keywords: Green Building,USGBC,Brasil,International

0 replies | 2106 views | Posted on: 10/20/2019 | Last updated: 10/20/2019

Women in Cleantech & Sustainability "WCS Talks" @ Google, November 2, Sunnyvale, CA

by AbbieKnight

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

Filed under: California

California Green Building

Keywords: Women in Energy,Social Networking,Women in Clean Energy

0 replies | 1883 views | Posted on: 10/06/2019 | Last updated: 10/11/2019

Sustainable Job Opportunity: Project Director, A Better City

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Project Director, A Better City (ABC)

The applicant will manage A Better City’s Transportation Dividend Implementation Plan under a two year Barr Foundation grant, a multi-faceted project on

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

0 replies | 740 views | Posted on: 09/25/2019 | Last updated: 09/25/2019

President Obama's Clean Energy Savings for All Plan

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

President Barack Obama made Environmental history on July 19th, as he announced a plan to bring more solar energy to American homes. The Clean Energy Savings for All Plan sets a monumental goal of bri…

350NYC Monthly Meeting - July 27th 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

by Higgins_James // Student

350NYC is the the local affiliate of 350.org, a grassroots network of volunteer-run campaigns in over 188 countries working to solve the climate crisis. 350NYC works locally for a cleaner, greener, b…

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Climate Change,New York,New York Events

0 replies | 1205 views | Posted on: 07/13/2016 | Last updated: 07/13/2016

"Dear President Obama" Film Screening in Albany (7/21)

by aahassonjee

Food for Thought: "Dear President Obama: Film Screening July 21ST: 7-9 pm The Linda WAMC's Peforming Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue Albany, NY 12206 The film takes a cross-…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Fracking,Oil Drilling,Energy Solutions

0 replies | 967 views | Posted on: 07/06/2016 | Last updated: 07/09/2016

Volkswagen Punished for Emissions Cheating

by JackSawyer // Student

In September 2015 a report came out stating that 11 million of Volkswagen's cars contained software that falsified emission data. Since then, the car manufacturer has been facing a great deal of scrut…

Filed under: News

Keywords: Environment,Emissions,Greenhouse Gas Emissions,Germany,cars,Volkswagen,Cheating,Software,South Korea,United States

0 replies | 1857 views | Posted on: 06/25/2016 | Last updated: 06/25/2016

Promising Growth for Electric Vehicles but will it Continue?

by JackSawyer // Student

Eleven years ago there were a few hundred electric vehicle on the planet, today there are 400,000. This is a big growth spurt for EV adoption, but if we are to reach goals set by individual countries …

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Climate Change,clean energy,Electric Vehicles,vehicles,temperature,renewables

0 replies | 5150 views | Posted on: 06/11/2016 | Last updated: 02/13/2017

Green Rhode Island: Sustainable Product Showcase, April 21, 5:30-8:30 pm, Providence

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

AIA Rhode Island, and IIDA New England Chapter Present: Green Rhode Island Design Showcase, Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM Roger Williams Park Botanical Center 100 Elmwood A…

Rhode Island Green Building

0 replies | 785 views | Posted on: 04/20/2016 | Last updated: 04/20/2016

A Better City's State of the Built Environment June 7, 8 am - 1 pm - Seaport Boston

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

A Better City's State of the Built Environment June 7, 8 am - 1 pm Seaport Boston Hotel A Better City is leading a new initiative on the State of the Built Environment in Greater Boston. We will …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1536 views | Posted on: 03/16/2016 | Last updated: 03/16/2016

 

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