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2020 College and University Waste Management Webinar, Thursday, April 16, 2-3:30 pm
RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts is hosting a webinar on Thursday, April 16, 2020 in place of the postponed in-person 2020 College & University Forum.
This webinar will provide an oppo
…Join USGBC-CA and Carpet Recovery to learn about the California Carpet Stewardship Program’s experiences with the challenges and opportunities of commercial carpet tile recyc
…Free Webinar: Lighting Controls Design and Documentation, November 5, 9-11:30am PT
This class walks you through the control design process and reviews the required documents needed for a successful lighting control project. Lighting designer Yukiko Yoshida and lighting controls spec
…ICSD 2025 : 13th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 10 -11 September Rome, Italy
European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with Canadian Institute of Technology will organize the 13th ICSD 2025 International Conference on Sustainable Development, with particular
…The newly revised IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) Fundamentals of Lighting series is a great technical introduction for those entering lighting and related fields, including designers, salespeo
…Join Shelby Breger, co-founder of Conduit Tech, for an in-depth webinar on load calculations. This course will dive into how calculations work and how they can help drive customer engagement. This cou
…Testing your work is imperative to meet or exceed performance targets and to ensure a feedback loop is in place for continual process improvements. Instructor Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Perform
…Electric Vehicle Car Show & Workshop, June 29, 10 am - 3 pm, Plymouth, MA
Poke around fellow community members’ EVs as well as cutting edge models from local dealerships and new EVs from the Town of Plymouth’s Fleet. At a 1pm EV workshop in the Fehlow Room, lear
…Jacob Brown wiill present step-by-step construction photos of his two houses. Saltwoods is in the woods near Mount Snow, vermont, Salwdoods is a high efficuency, passive design inspired, n
…Take your business to the next level by discovering strategies to enhance the energy efficiency of your facility. Attend what primises to be an engaging morning of technical sessions offered for
…Webinar: Improving and Prolonging the Performance of Finished Concrete Floors, May 29, 12:00 PM EDT
This overview of concrete floor basics shows participants how to get the most from finished concrete floors. Along the way it discusses levels of finish, hardening-densifying and other aspects of fini
…Going Electric: Retrofitting NYC's Multifamily Buildings, May 7, 9am (Online)
To achieve a low-carbon future, we’ll need to transition our buildings from burning fossil fuels to using electricity for heating and hot water. This process, known as electrification, will brin
…Join us for a webcast discussion with assistant professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dr. Joseph G. Allen and IWBI President, Rachel Gutter about evidence-based strategies to pri
…Rethinking the Way We Eat: Disposable, Edible Spoons
As a society on the go, we’re constantly running from one event to the next, and it often happens that we’re out and about during peak meal or snack times. So we’ll either bring food with us to …
Designing public handwashing solutions that are code compliant, with reliable performance and efficiencies in water and energy use, can present several challenges to both the architect and plumbing en
…Ceres 2020 in New York, NY, March 23-26 (Now Online)
Ceres 2020 in New York will mobilize the world's most influential capital market leaders to accelerate and scale up solutions to the most pressing global sustainability challenges. These leading e
…USGBC Central Florida 2020 Sustainability Leaders & Lunch Celebration, March 6, Orlando
USGBC Central Florida invites you to come learn about brand new sustainability initiatives as well as those on the horizon and celebrate the best projects and community champions in Central Florida, F
…Meet the 2020 leadership for the USGBC Texas Gulf Coast Region on Tuesday, February 11th.
Caroline Kostak, will present the USGBC priorities for the local region for 2020-2021, and some new and ret
…Illinois Green Alliance Annual Meeting & Volunteer Celebration, January 30, Chicago
Join the Illinois Green Alliance for the Annual Meeting & Volunteer Celebration as we gather Illinois' leading green building professionals to celebrate advances in green building in 2019
…MassDEP C&D Subcommittee Meeting - Tuesday, December 6 10-11:30 am, Boston
Attend the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) C&D Subcommittee Meeting to learn about the market influence of earning LEED V4 C&D Waste Recycling Credits. The C&D Subcommit…
The Road to 100 Percent: A Town Hall Discussion in Boston on Monday, November 14 at 6:30 PM
The Road to 100 Percent: A Town Hall Discussion in Boston Opportunities and challenges in the transition to a fully renewable energy society Monday, November 14 at 6:30-8 pm Old South Church …
The Internet of Things - Impact on the Energy Efficiency Field November 2, 8:30am to 12:15 pm Cisco 500 Beaver Brook Road Boxborough, MA 01719 The internet of things (IoT) is the internetwork…
Wed, Nov 30, 2016 12 - 1PM EST Built Positive: Help Build What's Next Exciting webinar opportunity - mark your calendar, and register! Are you a sustainable leader in your field, or do you want…
Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN) Deer Island Tour, Friday, October 21st, 9:30-11:30 am
Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN) Deer Island Tour Friday, October 21st, 9:30-11:30 am Join MCAN for a tour of the Deer Island clean energy site, which includes solar, wind, and anaerobic digest…
New Solar Cell Produces Burnable Fuel
A new solar cell breakthrough at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has the potential to expedite our adoption of solar significantly as it fixes a serious shortcoming that plagues current ce…
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