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Greenbuild Summits: The Sustainable Infrastructure Summit, October 13, 8 am PT
The Sustainable Infrastructure Summit will discuss best practices in developing and maintaining infrastructure systems that can absorb disturbances in consideration of environmental, economic, and soc
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Mechanical ventilation is as important to indoor air quality as it is for energy conservation. This course will cover the 2021 IECC, 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), and Massachusetts amendm
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Join NESEA for a summer Pro Tour of a 1782 Vermont Farmhouse that recently completed a zero-energy retrofit and expansion in beautiful Reading, Vermont. This project combines an energy retrofit o
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Responsible sourcing is becoming a central focus for retailers as a way to strengthen their appeal to consumers while addressing expectations from investors and regulators. This includes de-linking th
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Waste diversion is a key strategy for reducing waste and meeting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) targets. A company that reduces its waste is doing their part for their employees, their co
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This course will define bioterials as materials that utilize the growth of living organisms in their manufacture, discuss bio-manufacturing and bio-fabrication, and show some of the carbon sequesterin
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Green Building Tour at Hunter Saw, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 7, 4 - 5:30 pm
The Hunter Saw & Machine Company holds a significant place in the industrial history of Pittsburgh and Lawrenceville. Established at the turn of the 19th century, the company specialized in
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Green Things Summit, Online, April 25
The Green Things Summit returns in 2024 to highlight how IoT and other technologies will be used to drive green initiatives, optimize processes, reduce energy usage, empower the transition to renewabl
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Automatic Bath Fan Sensors Reduce Humidity, Pollutants, and Odors
As Green Builder Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. points out, most people don’t use ventilation properly. Exhaust fans can be a missed opportunity for improving Indoor air quality, or IAQ,
Comparing and Selecting a Lighting Controls System, Free Webinar, November 15, 9 am - 12 pm PT
This intermediate-level class will guide designers, engineers, and other specifiers in selecting a lighting control system during the early design process and keeping that design on track as the proje
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Smart Buildings Education Session, Online, November 15, 12 pm CST
Smart buildings can support sustainability, health, equity, and resilience. Join us to discuss the optimization of the design and operation of integrated, high-performance buildings. In addition, to e
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2022 Symposium on Safe and Secure Schools, Cypress, Texas, October 28
Protecting the physical security and supporting the emotional well being of students in schools has become a national imperative. Successfully addressing these issues requires an interdisciplinary and
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Free Webinar: Solar for Affordable Housing: New Policy Implications, September 8, 11 am ET
here have been some big policy changes in the solar landscape, with especially significant implications for affordable housing developers!
Join Resonant Energy, LISC Boston and the Massachusetts As
This is a Connecticut Housing Coalition Community Developers Network Professional Development Training Opportunity. Guest speakers Ellen Tohn and Megan Sandel will speak about: -Why housing st…
CRES Conference - Renewables Powering Forward, Golden, Colorado, August 6
This conference will show how key elements in this evolving energy landscape fit together and why we stand a real chance to solve climate when we solve energy.
The sessions focus on selected pillar
Free Hybrid Event, Beyond Zero Series: Welcome to Carbon Neutrality, July 21, 9am
As commercial businesses seek to welcome visitors back to their spaces, they have an opportunity to support their surrounding community and lower carbon emissions. For winners of New York State’
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The Business Case for Green Building, Presented by USGBC Communities, Online, August 25, 1 pm
Green buildings are proven repeatedly to offer a greater return on investment, healthier, more productive occupants, and a greatly reduced impact on the environment. So why can it be so hard to b
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Domes for North Lombok - Rebuilding after a Devastating Earthquake
On August 5th, a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck in North Lombok Indonesia, destroying over 50,00 homes and displacing over 350,000 people. Rate It Green Members DOME Lombok - Eco Village
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Energy Foundations Seminar, September 18, 2018, Chicago, Illinois
Want to know more about how you can use the very foundations supporting a building to also deliver a low carbon heating and cooling solution. Illinois Green is happy to share the Deep Foundations I…
Encode Artificial Intelligence into Sustainability
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already more real than people realize. A whopping 70 percent of the companies surveyed this year by Forrester Research plan to use some form of AI by the end of 2018 (F
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Green roof system research is a high priority for assured performance in urban low impact development. The MGRST symposium is dedicated to disseminating results of scientific research and technologica…
Webinar: USGBC New Volunteer Orientation, October 16, 2018
We are all in to get everyone in a green building in this generation and volunteers are a key part of accomplishing this big goal. Volunteers were at the core of USGBC’s foundation in 1993, and cont…
Webinar: Intelligent Buildings: Design & Implementation Research, June 28, 11am-12noon EDT
CABA and twenty-seven (27) CABA members funded and Frost & Sullivan recently completed a landmark research project titled, "Intelligent Buildings: Design & Implementation." CABA will be hosting a one …
2018 GreenBuilt Home Tour, July 28 and 29, Illinois
The GreenBuilt Home Tour features exceptional, award-winning, and nationally-recognized homes throughout Illinois, which highlight attractive, affordable, and sustainable building practices. During t…
What is Driving the Renewable Transformation
You know that the economy is shifting gears to renewable energy. But do you know the factors driving this massive transformation? According to Clean Edge, a San Fransisco research and advisory fi
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