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Free Webinar: Reflect Equity, Inclusion, and Conscious Communication in Your Projects, July 20, 12 pm CST

by samanthaklein // Intern

How are organizations and companies in the green building industry growing and learning around equity, inclusion, and conscious communication? Diversity, equity, and inclusion are hopefully famil

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Filed under: Education

Keywords: USGBC,Education,Projects,Communication,Equity

0 replies | 1903 views | Posted on: 07/01/2021 | Last updated: 07/01/2021

Built Environment Plus: Construction Business Basics, Online, February 6 - April 23, 3-5pm EST

by Hani // Social media manager

Twelve 2 Hour Sessions from February 6th to April 23rd. 

This multi-session course covers all the essentials of running your own construction business with a focus on the Triple Bottom Line (P

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1112 views | Posted on: 01/02/2024 | Last updated: 01/02/2024

Free Webinar: All About the Energy Rating Index (ERI), January 10, 12-1pm EST

by Hani // Social media manager

What is your goal?

Whether you are trying to make your project more energy efficient, meet or beat building code, achieve Energy Star or a green building certification, or get Inflation Reduction A

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Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1274 views | Posted on: 12/05/2023 | Last updated: 12/05/2023

Built Environment Plus: Intro to Designing a Net Zero Building, Online, December 12, 3-5pm

by Hani // Social media manager

Participants will learn the components of net zero. It may seem out of reach, but firms are turning these hurdles into opportunities. Join Built Environment Plus as they examine case studies, detailin

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1344 views | Posted on: 11/17/2023 | Last updated: 11/17/2023

GPRO Fundamentals of Green Building, FREE In-Person Training + Exam, December 1, 9 am - 1 pm, Costa Mesa, CA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The construction industry is moving quickly towards greener, high-performance buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills.

 

This course teaches

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California Green Building

0 replies | 891 views | Posted on: 11/06/2023 | Last updated: 11/29/2023

If You Can’t Take the Heat: Utilizing Waste Heat Recovery in Commercial and Multifamily Buildings, November 15, 9 am ET

by samanthaklein // Intern

In this new two-part series focused on building decarbonization, BE-Ex and NYSERDA have called upon industry experts to highlight projects utilizing waste heat recovery across the commercial and multi

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New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Multifamily Housing,Waste Management,Commercial Buildings,Heating

0 replies | 1321 views | Posted on: 10/21/2023 | Last updated: 10/21/2023

Free Workshop: Passive House, All-Electric, and Low-Energy Homes for Real Estate Professionals, October 24, 10am-12pm

by Hani // Social media manager

In this workshop course, Passive House Association will present on overview of high-performance homes, the Passive House certification standard, and net-zero and all-electric homes, including cas

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1027 views | Posted on: 10/05/2023 | Last updated: 10/05/2023

VERGE, The Climatech Event, October 24-26, & VERGE Water Forum (October 23), San Jose, California

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

VERGE 23 is focused on accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. It is the center of gravity for the climate community — leaders from business, government, solution pro

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California Green Building

0 replies | 2454 views | Posted on: 09/21/2023 | Last updated: 09/21/2023

2023 Passive House Network Conference, Online, September 28, and October 4 - 6 in Denver, Colorado

by Hani // Social media manager

Communities are being stressed and assaulted by the escalating effects of the climate crisis: wildfires, droughts, floods, conflicts, energy insecurity, poverty, sickness and inequality. Given the opp

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Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 1946 views | Posted on: 09/04/2023 | Last updated: 09/04/2023

What's New in the 2020 NYC Energy Code FREE, Online, September 27, 9:30 am - 1 pm

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

What’s New in the 2020 NYC Energy Code is a free 90-minute online class designed to cover the major updates in the 2020 NYCECC and how it relates to NYC’s Local Law 97.

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Deconstruction + Reuse Conference '21, Building Circularity for Resilient Communities, October 19-21, Virtual

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

As the world faces increasing extraction of finite resources, high unemployment, and the ever-growing climate crisis, it is clearer than ever that our linear “take, make, and waste&rdq

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Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: Demolition,Deconstruction,Sustainable Demolition

0 replies | 2054 views | Posted on: 10/13/2021 | Last updated: 10/13/2021

Free Green Building Webinar: Where Sustainability Meets Innovation, Sun Shades and Daylighting Systems, October 6, 12 pm EDT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This course discusses the impact of buildings on the natural environment and offers insight on designing to minimize those impacts through sun control and mastery of the elements.

The discussion em

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Keywords: Daylighting,canopies,architectural canopies,canopy systems,Sun shades

0 replies | 1876 views | Posted on: 09/15/2021 | Last updated: 09/15/2021

Climate Mobilization Act Primer, September 16, 1-2 PM

by Richard Minasian // Student

Get informed on New York City climate legislation and its impact on buildings. Register now for the Climate Mobilization Act Primer, a one-hour seminar examining the basic principles of the Clima

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Filed under: Environment

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,Emissions,Climate,Legislation,Climate Mobilization Act

0 replies | 1791 views | Posted on: 08/25/2021 | Last updated: 08/25/2021

LEED Green Associate Exam Prep Course, Green Building Alliance’s Leslie Montgomery, December 13, Pittsburgh

by Oyin

Join GBA’s Leslie Montgomery for this in-depth prep course, which prepares you for the LEED v4 Green Associate exam! This one-day workshop teaches participants the core concepts within the US Gre…

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Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

0 replies | 1668 views | Posted on: 10/08/2017 | Last updated: 11/16/2017

Rainwater Harvesting Research and Industry Roundtable, June 28, 12 - 2:30 pm EDT

by Sarah Sojka // Educator

The ARCSA Foundation is proud to host this event bringing together leading researchers and industry professionals. The researchers will present an overview of their findings, ranging from microbial qu

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Filed under: Events

Keywords: Stormwater Management,Water Managment,Rainwater Harvesting

0 replies | 673 views | Posted on: 06/15/2021 | Last updated: 06/16/2021

Free Webinar Options for Advanced Walls Thursday, June 10, 2 pm Central

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

What comes to mind when we say Advanced Walls? Is it 3D printed assemblies? Is this just another term for advanced framing?

In this session, Dan Wildenhaus – Technical Advisor and Industry Li

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Keywords: Walls,Wall assemblies,EEBA,Air Barriers,Energy and Environmental Building Alliance,Thermal Bridging

0 replies | 1905 views | Posted on: 05/27/2021 | Last updated: 05/27/2021

Free Building Science Webinar: Behind the Walls of the #1920sMakeoverATL Showhouse with LG Squared & SawHorse, Design+Build, May 24, 4-5 pm EDT

by ROCKWOOL

Go "Behind the Walls" (or in this case outside of them!) with Chris of LG Squared (Architect), Matt of Sawhorse, Inc. (Builder), and Dan of ROCKWOOL.  

Join the #1920sMakeoverATL team as they pre

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LIGHTFAIR 29th Edition, May 6-10, Chicago

by Oyin

The transformative power of innovation and imagination converge in a global presentation of light and technology—brilliantly revealed at LIGHTFAIR International. Where new discoveries, new connectiv…

Filed under: Events

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 1482 views | Posted on: 11/05/2017 | Last updated: 11/05/2017

The Utility Management Conference, Feb 20-23, San Antonio, Texas

by Oyin

Water and wastewater managers and professionals will gather to hear the latest approaches, practices, processes, techniques, case studies, and research in all aspects of utility management. Th…

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Texas Green Building

0 replies | 2023 views | Posted on: 10/31/2017 | Last updated: 10/31/2017

EES North America, July 9 -12, San Francisco, CA

by Oyin

Covering the entire value chain of innovative battery and energy storage technologies, ees North America is the ideal platform for all stakeholders in the rapidly growing energy storage market. It tak…

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1165 views | Posted on: 10/28/2017 | Last updated: 10/28/2017

Storage Week 2018, Feb 27 - Mar 1, San Francisco, CA

by Oyin

Now in its eleventh year, Storage Week 2018 is the global business hub driving the development and finance of energy storage projects. Storage is being proposed as the solution to firm renewable…

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California Green Building

0 replies | 2773 views | Posted on: 10/23/2017 | Last updated: 10/23/2017

Green Gifts Fair, Nov 18, Minneapolis, MN

by Oyin

The theme this year is Green For All! We are encouraging the participation of people from all diversities, backgrounds, and identities to come together to create an earth-friendly holiday season for a…

Filed under: Events

0 replies | 849 views | Posted on: 10/22/2017 | Last updated: 10/22/2017

2018 Conference: Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Sustainable Reconstruction, November 8, Boston

by Oyin

An event of the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD), McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston). Co-sp…

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 2294 views | Posted on: 10/18/2017 | Last updated: 10/18/2017

Real performance for real buildings: using performance-based procurement for new construction projects, 11/29, 1–2 pm Central, Webinar

by Oyin

Every year new buildings are constructed that use more energy than expected. We want to break that trend and recently piloted an initiative in Minnesota known as Accelerate Performance. Accelerate …

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Wisconsin Green Building Group

0 replies | 3242 views | Posted on: 10/15/2017 | Last updated: 10/15/2017

URI Landscape Architecture Lecture, November 9th, 7pm, Kingston, RI

by Oyin

Eric Kramer, principal at Reed Hilderbrand in Watertown, Mass., will present a talk titled "Innovation and Tradition in an increasingly complex world." Lectures begin at 7:00 P.M. This serie…

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Rhode Island Green Building

0 replies | 1245 views | Posted on: 10/14/2017 | Last updated: 10/17/2017

 

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