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FREE WEBINAR: Living Building's Declare 2.0 Introduction, December 5, 11:00 EST
Declare is a transparency label that allows manufacturers of ecologically sound products to secure a competitive market advantage through transparent ingredient reporting and an approved compliance pa
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Wasted* Introduces the Wasted*Can at Greenbuild 2026, Wins Attendees' Choice Award
Wasted* debuted a bright orange, 20-foot shipping container jobsite restroom, the Wasted*Can, at Greenbuild 2026, attracting considerable attention on the trade show floor. The exhibit, which won Gree
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Better Building by Design (BBD), April 7-8, South Burlington, Vermont
The BBD 2027 conference theme is Bridge the Gap: From Vision to Implementation and the conference will focus on the practical steps required to turn high-performance building goals into completed pr
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Concrete technology and material availability continue to evolve, yet many project specifications still rely on outdated, prescriptive language often copied from previous projects without evaluating c
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IMN's ESG & Decarbonizing Real Estate Winter Summit, February 2-3, Nashville, Tennessee
The ESG and Decarbonizing Winter Summit convenes trailblazing minds and key players shaping the future of sustainable investment and decarbonization strategies. This winter's theme:&nbs
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Electrification is taking form in California. Gas water heaters are being phased out in the Bay Area by 2027 and over 70 municipalities have policies phasing out gas appliances. The massive transition
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Boston Climatetech Summit, October 29, Online and In Somerville, Massachusetts
The annual Greentown Climatetech Summit is the premier gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, policymakers, and philanthropists accelerating the climate, energy, and industrial t
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Redefining Success for Building Performance Standards (BPS), Online, July 23, 2 - 4 pm ET
Setting clear targets can help guide progress—but when those targets are too rigid, they can limit long-term success.
The session explores the tension between compliance-driven targets and th
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Solar & Storage Industry Retrospective, Online, August 24, 12 - 1 PM CT
So much has happened across the solar and clean energy landscape over the past year since HR 1 and quite frankly, many of us haven't had the time or bandwidth to fully process it all. This August,
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Chicago's Willis Tower Goes LEED Platinum
Chicago’s Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, is now the largest US building to achieve the USGBC’s LEED Platinum rating. At 1451 feet tall, the building was the world&r
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Green Collaborative Meeting: Sustainable Buildings, January 21, Wellesley, MA
Buildings contribute approximately 53% of Wellesley’s town-wide carbon footprint and approximately 70% of the municipality’s carbon footprint, which includes schools. This Collaborati
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18th Annual New York State Green Building Conference (New Dates!), October 29-30, Syracuse, NY
New York State Green Building Conference brings together top green building researchers, educators, and practitioners. Conference participants represent many industries including archi
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Illinois Solar Association - Webinar: Powering Your Home with Solar Energy, December 10, 7-8 pm
Find out how you can shine with solar energy, even if you do not always get direct sunlight. In this discussion with an Illinois Solar Energy Association Solar Ambassador, you will learn:
- How so
Living Product Expo - September 13-15, 2016, Pittsburgh, PA
The Living Product Expo re-imagines the design and construction of products to function as elegantly and efficiently as anything found in the natural world. The Living Product Expo is a groundbreaking…
Euro-Global Climate Change Conference, September 18-19, 2020
We are glad to invite you to the Euro-Global Climate Change Conference 2020 which is going to commence from 18-19 September 2020 at Paris, France.
The Climate Change Conferences 2020 Paris demonstr
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Austin Green Awards Celebration Night 2019, October 30, Austin, TX
The Austin Green Awards is Austin’s first recognition program to specifically highlight the outstanding accomplishments in the broad arena of sustainable design and innovation. One of the Austin
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Growing Sustainable Communities Conference, October 24-25, Dubuque, Iowa
The Growing Sustainable Communities Conference will take place from 24-5th oct 2019 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque. The conference will be two days of education, inspiration and collaboration on
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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Building Performance Association (BPA), CEO
Position: CEO
The CEO is the key management leader of the Building Performance Association (BPA). The CEO is responsible for overseeing the administration, finances, programs and strategic plan of
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You are cordially invited to attend the final presentations for the PSEG ISS Green Teams Summer Program in the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences at Montclair State University. As this summ…
California Sets New Solar Production Record
California continues to make tremendous progress towards harnessing 50% of it's energy from renewable sources by 2030, and news coming out this week reinforces that, as the state has managed to set a …
Weekday Vegetarianism and Meatless Mondays: Dietary Trends To Help Save The Planet
The evidence is clear that being a vegetarian is better for the environment, for animals, and even for our own health. Though we’ve heard this repeatedly, it can still be difficult to make the “ve…
September 22 CTGBC Green Building Awards at 6:00 PM - Branford Connecticut
CTGBC Green Building Awards When: Thursday, September 22, 2016 Location: CTGBC Awards Celebration, Stony Creek Brewing Co. 5 Indian Neck Road, Branford CT, 06405 The CTGBC Annual Gree…
Mass Energy & PP&L's 6th Annual Clean Energy Festival: Charlemont, MA, July 31st!
Join Mass Energy, People's Power & Light, and the Center for EcoTechnology on Sunday, July 31st for a wind turbine tour, solar array tour, and mountain-top adventures at Berkshire East Mountain Resort…
How to Leverage a Sustainability Dashboard to Drive Action Thu, Jun 2, 2016 2-3pm EDT Local communities are investing more resources in sustainability and climate efforts, spending years and hundr…
New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE), 6th Annual Awards Gala - April 14
Sixth Annual NEWIEE Awards Gala New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) Thursday, April 14, 2016 from 6-9 PM The NEWIEE Awards recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of wom…
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