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Webinar: Scientific Seminar - Building Resilient & Equitable Cities, December 17, 11 am - 12pm EST
Building resilient and equitable cities: Implications of decision-making processes behind urban green infrastructure.
The promotion of green infrastructure (GI) as a tool for creating resilie
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India Solar Week 2026, February 18, New Delhi
India Solar Week is a national, industry-led platform focused on one central question: how India scales solar capacity at speed while managing policy alignment, grid readiness, financing structur
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Heat Pumps are quickly gaining traction as a preferred HVAC and water heating technology. California has a goal for 6 million installed heat pumps by 2030, and state plans indicate that new gas furnac
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The C&D World Conference has been renamed the CDRA Conference & Tradeshow to better reflect the strong connection between the event and the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association
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2026 Midwest Energy Solutions Conference, January 26-29, Chicago, Illinois
Once a year, MEEA invites all energy stakeholders to gather at our annual Midwest Energy Solutions Conference to raise awareness and reinforce the importance of energy efficiency in the Midwest. MES i
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Better Buildings Hub Launch & Resource Fair, November 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Save the date for the official launch of the Better Buildings Hub — a new resource helping schools, homes, businesses, and community spaces become energy-efficient, climate-ready, and
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Originally built in 1888 as two-story duplex apartments and renovated in 2003, these units are being redesigned and updated to achieve Passive House certification through a comprehensive Deep Energy R
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Free Webinar: All Electric Retrofit with Electric Panel Constraints, October 23, 12 - 1:30 pm PT
The building industry will need to electrify buildings at a fast pace if cities and counties are to meet their goals for reducing Carbon emissions. One of the obstacles commonly cited for keeping stat
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Join Tri-County Regional Energy Network (3C-REN) for a two-day training to learn green real estate concepts, principles, practices, and benefits from the ground up in a way that makes sense to you and
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Discover practical tips to integrate the new Climate Literacy Essential Principles into your communications, interpretive programs, and instructional practices.
Through this engaging, interactive&n
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This webinar will evaluate protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a low maintenance coati
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Webinar: Heat and Buildings Decarbonisation Seminar, January 11, 10-11 AM EST
‘Successful decarbonisation of heat and buildings is going to require changes to almost every existing property in Britain. This in turn will require a conversation with consumers unlike any bef
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This webinar will explore the successful implementation of two energy efficiency projects, one small (less than $150,000) and one large (greater than $10 million); attendees will learn about the finan
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ZNE for Existing Buildings, August 23, 1-6 pm, Commerce
This four-hour workshop will outline best practice steps and approaches to comprehensively enhance the energy performance of existing buildings to Zero Net Energy. The workshop will investigate retrof…
ROCKWOOL Elite Builder Webinar: FOUNDATION SOLUTIONS WITH ROCKWOOL, December 3, 4 - 5:30 pm EST
Foundation Solutions with ROCKWOOL:
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Thursday December 3rd at 4pm EST to 5:30pm
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Webinar: Carbon Free Homes: Features, Benefits, Valuation, October 27, 1 - 4 pm
This event will assist real estate professionals in guiding buyers and sellers to recognize the features, benefits and value of an all-electric home.
California building code is evol
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Webinar: Embedding Social and Environmental Benefits in Renewable Energy, October 15, 1 pm ET
Renewable energy deployments are on the rise. The U.S. alone is expected to add 132 to 157GW of new renewable energy capacity in the next five years. How and where that renewable energy is deploy
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FREE Webinar: What to know 2020 National Green Building Standard (NGBS), September 30, 12pm EST
Since 2009, the ICC-700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS) has offered a flexible, rigorous, and affordable path to residential third-party green certification. Over 225,000 homes and apartments
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Join us for a tour of Veolia at Kendall Cogeneration Station on Thursday, July 27th. Kendall cogeneration station has been a source of reliable energy for the city of Boston since 1949 through the use…
Pests and Pollinators, July 20, Sarasota
What is that bug? Learn all about common yard pests and pollinators. Identify several pests and discuss the many ways to utilize and identify beneficial insects in our landscapes.
Living Building Tour - Hitchcock Center, July 7, Amherst
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment has constructed a world-class, 9,000 square foot environmental education center built to meet the Living Building Challenge. Opened to the public in Fall, 2016…
Greening our Schools while Focusing on Health, June 14, Northaven
MaryBeth Smuts, PhD - “Successful Strategies for Greening Existing School Buildings” U.S. EPA Region 1- New England, Regional Air Toxicologist and Clean,Green and Healthy Schools Coordinator K…
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Environmental Leadership Program June 13th - August 8th
In June 2017, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven will launch its inaugural Environmental Leadership Program. Learn about the environment and your neighborhood; connect with useful resources an…
Connecting Affordable Housing and the Environment - How do We Convince More People, and Governments?
I want to point out a sincere and thoughtful piece I came across recently in Huffington Post Canada, British Columbia, by Steve Kux. Steve makes the great point that affordable housing and protecting …
Women in Sustainability: Re-Forging the Status Quo, May 16 8:30-10:00am
Women in Sustainability: Re-Forging the Status Quo May 16 | 8:30-10:00am 50 Milk Street, 18th Floor, Hemingway Room - Boston, MA 02109 Gender bias impacts everyone in the twenty-first-century wor…
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