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Bloom: Where Biodiversity Meets the Bottom Line, October 28-30, California
What is Bloom?
With growing momentum for nature, global business leaders and policymakers increasingly recognize the economic risks of biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. Now is the time to t
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BuildingEnergy NYC 2025, October 16, New York, NY
NESEA's BuildingEnergy NYC conference and trade show is a chance to enage in a full day of networking and intensive learning with peers from the fields of design, construction, engineering, policy
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Elevate 2025: Built Environment Workforce Summit, September 4, Washington, D.C.
The scope and severity of the widening gap in America’s built environment workforce has risen to the level of a national security issue. The workforce shortage across the built environment has e
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Free Webinar: The Business Opportunity of Electrification, July 24, 11 am - 1 pm PT
The accelerating electrification market is creating new opportunities for companies in the residential energy sector. As homeowners transition from fossil fuel-powered systems to electric alternatives
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In this webinar, GreenCircle Certified and Interface will share real-world insights into building circular systems, highlighting how product innovation, transparent practices, and regulatory awareness
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Green Building Construction Tour, June 3, Santa Barbara, California
Here’s an opportunity to visit a green building project in person, to learn more about the process and see the implementation of energy efficiency and building electrification in practice. Durin
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Electrification is now the leading option for new buildings and major retrofit projects in California. 70+ municipalities have policies to phase out gas appliances and the state aims to have six milli
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Building Circularity in Georgia, a USGBC Building Transformation Forum, May 8, Atlanta, Georgia
Maximizing the full value of materials and resources and extending product lifecycle cuts greenhouse gases, manages risk, reinvests resources locally, creates jobs, and adds more value for companies a
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Free Webinar: Higher-Performance Residential Remodels, April 24, 09:30 - 11 am PT
Working through specific examples, 3C-REN will help project teams identify strategies that have the highest impact for improving energy efficiency, comfort and indoor healthy environments in renovatio
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Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. is working on an exciting new whole house renovation and deep energy retrofit. You’re invited to get involved with your products or services, OR yo
Webinar: Principles for Delivering Urban Nature-based Solutions, April 29, 12 pm BST
The principles are primarily intended to be used by developers, owners, operators and occupiers of buildings within an urban context. The aim is to provide a concise overview of practical methods and
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USGBC NCR Webinar: LEED Commercial Case Study - Eisenhower Memorial, April 15, 2 pm EDT
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial has achieved U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification. For the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and
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Energize Denver: Energy Star Benchmarking Jam on August 16 in Denver
This high-energy jam session will not only help you benchmark your building, but also help you develop strategies to improve building performance and decrease utility bills. Bring your laptop and e…
Virtual Pro Tour: Mid-Rise Passive House & Urban Density Study, March 12, 12:30 PM EST
Join NESEA online for this upcoming Pro Tour, featuring a mid-rise project built to Passive House standards that includes 30 units of affordable housing and an early education center. Curtis + Ginsber
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2021 Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment (NESSBE), Online, March 25
NESSBE (Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment) is a biennial northeast regional summit meant to include a larger community of building professionals, owners, academics, policymakers, ad
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RESNET 2021, Virtual Building Performance Conference, February 22 - 24
The annual RESNET Building Performance Conference is a “can’t afford to miss” event for the rating, building performance and home building industry. Due to the pandemic, t
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Do you work in the rainscreen market? If so, or if you work in the building industry and the green building industry, you will definitely want to be aware of and perhaps join RAiNA, the Rain
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Women in Design Mentoring Event Career Series Part 2, October 17, Boston
This year, Women in Design is exploring this topic with events and programming that will strategize career planning, explore career paths, and give us the tools to build our own personal brands. Di…
2nd Annual Sustainable Home Tour, Brattleboro, VT, Saturday, October 14
This will be a self-guided tour of new homes, deep energy retrofits, and an addition in which all homes have given consideration to energy efficiency, renewable energy, health and safety, durability, …
Scaling Zero Energy Workshop & Happy Hour, 2-5 pm, Oct 26, Seattle
Come join Brad Liljequist, Director of the Zero Energy Program will share a current state of zero energy design based on current technology and construction, review the tools and program updates that …
Green Schools Summit - November 2-3, USGBC Colorado, Arvada
The Green Schools Summit is dedicated to convening green building industry professionals, school decision makers, educators and parents to further advance healthy, safe and sustainable schools statewi…
September Greenbuild Mixer, USGBC MA -September 21, Boston
Greenbuild 2017 is just 2 months away, here in Boston! We're continuing on our Road to Greenbuild, and we're taking a stop for a fun networking night. Catch up with old friends, exchange new business …
Annual REI Gathering at North Farm: Underutilized Resources and Tremendous Opportunities: Brownfields and Other Challenging Properties as Sites for Solar Projects For those of you have not had a …
HBN Launches HomeFree Initiative to Help Reduce Toxic Building Materials
The Healthy Building Network (HBN) introduces HomeFree, “a national initiative supporting affordable housing leaders who are improving human health by using less toxic building materials”. Everyon…
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