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Free GreenCE Webinar: Designing Touchless Solutions in Commercial Restrooms, May 18, 12 pm EDT
How can commercial restroom design reduce touchpoints, promote proper hand hygiene, and reduce the spread of infection? This course explores this timely question. Attendees will first hear an overview
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Virtual UGSBC Summit: Bridging Occupant and Community Health, December 6-7
How does the health of an individual relate to the health of a community? Whose health is the building industry responsible for? The public health impact of buildings doesn’t begin or end at a s
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Remote monitoring and control are key to help farmers irrigate efficiently and maintain plant health. These systems are becoming more advanced AND more user friendly. Learn about the newly installed s
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Join BE-Ex for a presentation and panel on affordable housing retrofit measures that chart a clear course to meaningful decarbonization in New York City. A panel of affordable housing developers, poli
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Low-carbon, energy-efficient construction will play a critical role in meeting increasingly stringent local and national building performance goals. These projects will require an understanding of new
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High Performance Home Builder Summit will focus on providing the tools and networking that builders, raters, analysts, and architects need to take high performance, healthy, resilient homes to ne
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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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EarthCraft Builder Training, August 23, Atlanta, Georgia
This EarthCraft Builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design. Explore the ways the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the gr
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Webinar: LEED for Cities + Communities: A Catalyst for Change, July 1, 1PM
In this session, panelists will address how local leaders are scaling up the impact of individual green buildings and spaces to the city and community level. They will share examples of certified
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Free Green Building Webinar: Architectural Vertical Opening Solutions - Plus! June 22, 12 - 1 pm ET
In this course, we will discuss vertical operating systems to better understand their construction and the operating systems used in each type. Characteristics of various types of vertical operating s
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The 2018 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference connects stakeholders from government, education, business, and nonprofits and learners interested in sustainability. OBJECTIV…
NEWIEE’s 11th Annual Awards Gala, April 28, 6 pm, Boston
Attend NEWIEE’s 11th Annual Awards Gala to celebrate the accomplishments of women in the energy and environment fields! The Gala draws professionals (women and men) from across New England
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Webinar: Regenerative Design: Breathable Architecture & Resilient Cities, April 7, 2 pm EDT
We have always looked to nature for design inspiration. Now we’re also designing with and for nature. Building on decades of expertise in sustainable design, our design focus is expanding to enc
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The Road to Resurgence — Return of the Electric Vehicle, March 11, 10-11 am, Sarastota, FL
An electric vehicle owner shares his enthusiasm for Electric Vehicles and his fascination with the present and future of driving electric. He tells the story behind the current EV comeback and describ
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The Philadelphia Water Department is currently in the middle of a 25-year, billion-dollar infrastructure project that will protect the City’s rivers and streams from sewage pollution. Called &ld
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U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index: California in the First Place, Followed by Massachusetts
Clean Edge’s 2017 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index ranks the clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the United States’ 50 largest metropolitan areas from electric vehicles, renewables initia…
A Tiny Solution to a Big Housing Crisis California is experiencing major affordable housing crisis. Are tiny houses a partial answer to this problem? The tiny house movement is no longer a fad, bu…
This week I’m at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, watching and learning as over 3,000 teens from about 82 countries share research and innovative ideas that could ch
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The Residential Green Building Committee is focused on improving the housing stock of the Commonwealth by championing green building practices in our communities. Join us on the second Monday of each …
Passive House Webinar: PHIUS vs PHI - Lessons Learned, May 2, 1pm EDT
Over the past decade, awareness and understanding of passive building design methods and performance standards has grown dramatically. Passive building activity in North America has increased exponent…
Morocco inaugurated the Phase I i.e. 160 MW of concentrated solar power plant called Noor in Saharan Desert in 2016 and recently commissioned the phase II i.e. 200 MW and will commission phase III i.e…
RecyclingWorks Practical Skills Compost Workshop, Greenfield MA, June 1st
RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts is hosting a no-cost Practical Skills Compost Workshop with emphasis on composting food materials. This half-day workshop will focus on operator competency in compost s…
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