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USGBC Webinar: Leadership Forum - Multifamily, November 16, 1 pm ET
Join us for a look at sustainability in multifamily housing from multiple perspectives. We’ll learn from developers growing their sustainability portfolio, those just beginning to explore sustai
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Smart City Expo Miami, September 18 - 20, Miami, Florida
This September, leading urbanists, technologists, renewable energy experts, and more will convene at Smart City Expo Miami. The event’s theme, “Building Sustainable Communities,” wil
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The Net Zero Conference 2023, Los Angeles, September 13-14
The Net Zero Conference has been bringing together climate leaders to build a net-zero, decarbonized future for a decade. Top topics incliude:
- Carbon
- Climate
- Equity
- ESG
- Net Zero
From new developments to historic structures, suburban offices to high-rise towers, rural open-air towns to 100-year-old walkable cities, technology is enabling a massive transformation all over the c
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Are you interested in learning about the latest sustainable building practices and energy-efficient construction techniques? Join this virtual conference that brings together industry expert
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2023 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, July 11-13, Detroit, Michigan
Theme: Decarbonization - Turning Goals Into Achievable Action Plans.
The industrial sector accounts for a large portion—more than 25%—of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonizi
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Join NESEA for a tour of Solara Phase 3, a low embodied carbon, market-rate, net zero multifamily complex in Rotterdam, NY. The complex, including the first two phases, will be the largest market
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This online workshop will help you make the leap from standard market-driven construction to a quality "green" home. They will discuss site design, building envelope design, climatic de
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The “Perfect Wall” defined and demonstrated
We keep using the term “perfect wall” when describing the various control layers on the #1920sMakoverATL deep enegy retrofit and learning house. This concept does deserve to be unpac
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Yestermorrow Online Course, Healthy Building Materials, 4 Wednesday Sessions, 7-9 pm ET, May 1-31
Healthy Building Materials will take a dive into the broken promise of the statement “better living through chemistry.”
Through assigned reading, case studies, videos and discussi
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is a historic down payment on deficit reduction to fight inflation, invest in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 4
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Resilience, Ecology, and Access at the Water's Edge, Online, April 5, 3-4 pm
WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) is the gold standard for resilient, ecologically sound, and accessible projects that touch the water's edge. WEDG is a national rating system that has
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NH Home Builders Education Series: Building Codes Update, December 6, Nashua, NH - Free
This seminar will bring in partners at the NH Building Officials Association. Recently Governor Sununu signed into law the adoption of new residential building codes. These were signed in July and ind
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As part of its mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy through increasingly affordable electric vehicles and energy products, Tesla is working on its Gigafactory. With a p…
Sustainable Communities Workshop, Hybrid Event, in Sarasota, FL and Online, November 1
Early-bird registration is now open for Sarasota County's 17th Annual Sustainable Communities Workshop on Nov. 01, a day-long, hybrid (in-person and online) event showcasing strategies f
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At the ULI VA Annual Conference, participants will:
Help shape the direction of ULI Virginia’s mission
Meet new people
Have fun
Make a difference without a long engagement period
Break ou
Eco-Depot: Johnston, Feb 16, 2019, 8AM-12PM, Johnston, RI
Sat, 02/16/2019 08:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Resource Recovery, 65 Shun Pike*
Appointments are required for this event. Eco-Depots are free collections for properly disposing of househo
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Pro Green Expo, Feb 5-8, 2019, Denver, CO
ProGreen EXPO is the only green industry conference in the Rocky Mountain Region of its kind. More than 6,000 green industry professionals gather every year at the Colorado Convention Center
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Union Point—Smart City: Technology, Security and the Emerging Future of Cities, Nov 7, Boston MA
Join Ryan Blackmon from LStar and Linn Freedman from Robinson+Cole as they discuss the tremendous potential of smart cities in general and the concept’s particular application to LStar’s U
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Hitchcock Center Living Building Tour
Did you know the Hitchcock Center is a Living Building? It is designed to model systems in nature, it’s net zero energy and water, has composting toilets, and has been made with responsibly sour
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The growing interest in circular materials, products and business models is creating demand for a new generation of tools and standards to measure and assess circularity. Life-cycle assessment has tra
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Canopy systems are sometimes one of those building elements that gets taken for granted or overlooked, despite the important role they play in providing coverage, shading and reduced heat gain to a bu
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Introduction to WELL Building Standard, USGBC MA, September 18, 8-11am, Boston, MA
The Introduction to the WELL Building Standard provides an overview of the WELL Building Standard ideology, structure, and certification process. The medical basis for the concept categories is introd…
2018 Maryland Clean Energy Summit, October 8-10, College Park, Maryland
Your gears will be turning at this thought-provoking conference that focuses on cutting-edge technologies, modern business models, and innovative regulations and financing solutions that will ensure a…
Webinar: Mandatory Commissioning Requirements, September 5, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
What are the Mandatory Commissioning Requirements and what are the benefits of commissioning in all phases of the project? This course is good for 1 LEED Specific CE Credit (BD+C) & 1 AIA LU/HSW an…
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