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Webinar: Building Better with Renewable Energy, Presented by M&C Hybrid Energy, February 24, 2-3 pm EST

by SarahA

This webinar focuses on how your new build or retrofit project will benefit from constructing with renewable energy sources.

About this Event

Building Better with Renewable Energy Sources is a w

Filed under: Energy

UK Green Building

Keywords: Climate Change,Solar,Renewable Energy,LED,Retrofit,Green Mortgages

0 replies | 1609 views | Posted on: 01/29/2021 | Last updated: 01/30/2021

Free Webinar: 6-Part Series - Electrify Efficiently: Designing & Selling Heat Pumps, Starting April 8, 12 - 1:30 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Presented by Electrify My Home, Electrify Efficiently webinar series will highlight the tremendous business opportunities, vital role of efficiency, and lessons learned from the field, through practic

California Green Building

0 replies | 1015 views | Posted on: 02/07/2025 | Last updated: 02/10/2025

InterActions LA 2025 - Advancing Housing And Transportation Solutions, March 10, Los Angeles, California

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

To achieve California’s ambitious goals of addressing the housing crisis, improving the transportation system, enhancing people’s lives, and mitigating climate change, governments and agen

California Green Building

0 replies | 749 views | Posted on: 01/21/2025 | Last updated: 02/09/2025

Free Webinar: Air Sealing and Insulating Existing Homes - Developing a Work Scope for Attic Efficiency Upgrades, February 26, 9 - 11 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Effective work scopes help contractors and customers achieve specific performance goals in a home’s attic efficiency upgrade. Developing a comprehensive, goal-oriented work scope can help contra

California Green Building

0 replies | 984 views | Posted on: 12/31/2024 | Last updated: 02/03/2025

Free Hands-on Training: Home Energy Assessment - Empower Your Home, January 15, 2 - 3 pm, Redmond, Oregon

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Join The Environmental Center (TEC) for a hands-on session on improving comfort and reducing energy costs for your home! TECs mission is to weave sustainability into the everyday lives of Central Oreg

0 replies | 636 views | Posted on: 12/05/2024 | Last updated: 12/09/2024

Free Webinar, An Introduction to Electric Construction Equipment (Webinar), December 4, 1-3 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This class is an introduction to electric construction equipment. The goal is to inform contractors and policy makers about the wide range of available electric bulldozers, backhoes, bobcats, cranes,

California Green Building

0 replies | 670 views | Posted on: 11/16/2024 | Last updated: 11/17/2024

Free Webinar: How to Easily Find Incentives for Your Next Residential Building Project, November 14, 12 - 1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Trying to build or renovate our housing stock to make it more sustainable and energy efficient is not cheap, but there are many incentives to help you do it. We are excited to host a focused session t

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 655 views | Posted on: 10/27/2024 | Last updated: 10/27/2024

Free Webinar: Webinar – Making Decarbonization Financing Work for Homeowners and Contractors, October 29, 3-4 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In single-family homes, it’s often cheaper and more convenient to replace a gas or oil furnace with the same equipment than to upgrade to an efficient heat pump.

This webinar presents new fin

0 replies | 808 views | Posted on: 10/04/2024 | Last updated: 10/04/2024

NESEA Pro Green Building Tour: Net Zero Energy Modular Home & Factory Tour, September 20, Greenwood, Maine

by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

Join NESEA for this special Pro Tour event and visit a new, free-standing single-family home and the modular manufacturing facility where it was pre-fabricated.

We’ll begin our event wit

0 replies | 783 views | Posted on: 09/07/2024 | Last updated: 10/02/2024

Global GreenTag Awards Mainland China Sales Agency to CBME to Provide Green Building Product Certifications to Chinese Manufacturers for Export

by Global GreenTag International Pty Ltd & Global GreenTag LLC (USA)

The National Building Materials Exhibition and Trade Centre (CBME), the largest agency representing more than 30,000 building materials manufacturers in Mainland China, has signed an exclusive Agency

Filed under: Global GreenTag

Keywords: Green Building,China,Global GreenTag,National Building Materials Exhibition and Trade Centre (CBME)

0 replies | 1938 views | Posted on: 04/02/2021 | Last updated: 04/02/2021

Online: Challenge Spotlight: Carbon & Circularity, March 22, 3pm EDT

by SarahA

Join as we showcase how innovation challenges can be a great tool to advance the use of a circular approaches to transition towards energy efficiency – both in the built environment and in other

GPRO Fundamentals of Green Building Virtual Training, March 26, 9 am PT

by samanthaklein // Intern

The construction industry is moving quickly towards greener, high-performing buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills.

This course teaches the basics

Filed under: Builders/Contractors

Keywords: Green Building,Construction,Training event,GPRO Certification

0 replies | 1616 views | Posted on: 02/28/2021 | Last updated: 03/01/2021

USGBC Central PA 2021 Kick-Off and Trivia, Online, February 24, 4-6 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Meet current Market Leadership Advisory Board (MLAB) Members, preview upcoming events, play trivia for prizes, and 1 hour of networking!

Join the USGBC Central PA to kick-off 2021!

Meet current

Filed under: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: USGBC Central Pennsylvania

0 replies | 1271 views | Posted on: 02/15/2021 | Last updated: 02/15/2021

2017 Regional Strategic Electrification Summit, June 29

by AbbieKnight

NEEP’s 2017 Strategic Electrification Summit will bring together public officials, energy and air regulators, industry, and advocates to discuss the opportunities associated with electrifying those …

Filed under: Events

Related to: Cast Stone

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Energy Efficiency

0 replies | 1360 views | Posted on: 06/22/2017 | Last updated: 06/22/2017

Perspectives on Resilience: Insurance and Credit Underwriting, February 9, 3pm - 4pm EDT

by SarahA

This webinar will examine how climate and resilience risk are impacting organizations through insurance, credit underwriting, and credit ratings. Attendees will get insights from industry practitioner

Filed under: Other Green Building - Other

Keywords: Green Building,Climate Change,Resilience,insurance,Credit Underwriting,Credit Rating

0 replies | 1436 views | Posted on: 01/11/2021 | Last updated: 01/11/2021

Webinar: Protecting Coastal Resources and Structures, Part 1 – The Intersection of Nature, Science and Policy, January 27, 9 am EST

by samanthaklein // Intern

The pressure to protect coastal properties from storm damage and erosion due to sea level rise and more intense and more frequent coastal storms is increasing. Property owners, from residential homeow

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Policy,Land Science,Coastal Development

0 replies | 1610 views | Posted on: 12/27/2020 | Last updated: 12/27/2020

ROCKWOOL Elite Webinar: Vapor Barriers: Do we REALLY need them? January 7, 4-5:30 pm EST

by ROCKWOOL

Join us as we welcome back Elite Builders to co-host, Randy Williams, Northern Built Pro, Willcon Inc on from Climate Zone 7 along with Travis Brungardt from Catalyst Construction in Prairie Village,

Filed under: Other Products

0 replies | 2208 views | Posted on: 12/16/2020 | Last updated: 12/16/2020

Webinar: Selecting Healthy Insulation and Air Sealants, December 15, 2 pm CST

by samanthaklein // Intern

Insulation and air sealing are two cost-effective ways to increase the energy efficiency of a home. However, the chemicals that are found in some of these products or used during their production can

Filed under: Health and Air Quality

HVAC - Protecting Healthy Buildings with Pure Air Optimization

Keywords: Healthy Building,Insulation,air sealing

0 replies | 1597 views | Posted on: 12/05/2020 | Last updated: 12/05/2020

Co-Liv! A Conference Lab on an Affordable Living Eco-system, San Francisco, December 7-9

by Oyin

This event is a global gathering for the co-living sector, with special attention placed on the intersection of the sector with affordability, as well as on the emergence of a new investment, enterpri…

Filed under: Events

California Green Building

0 replies | 1019 views | Posted on: 09/30/2017 | Last updated: 10/02/2017

AHF Live: The 2017 Affordable Housing Developers Summit 11/14/17 - 11/16/17, Chicago

by Oyin

AHF Live is the leading conference and exposition serving the affordable housing community nationwide. This groundbreaking event was specifically designed to meet the professional needs of owners and …

Filed under: Events

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 2100 views | Posted on: 09/25/2017 | Last updated: 09/26/2017

Greening The Sphere is having a pizza night at Flatbread Pizza! - September 26, Providence

by Oyin

Greening The Sphere is having a pizza night at Flatbread Pizza! Join us for delicious food, fun and raffles! Flatbread will generously make a donation for every large and small pizza, dine-out or eat-…

Filed under: Fundraising

Rhode Island Green Building

0 replies | 857 views | Posted on: 09/20/2017 | Last updated: 09/20/2017

Hitchcock Living Building Tour

by Jessica Schultz // Living Building Coordinator

Come meet our newest educator – our environmental education center! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been made with r…

Filed under: Living Building Challenge

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1140 views | Posted on: 08/24/2017 | Last updated: 08/24/2017

Thermal Bridge Modeling For Advanced Users, August 22 in NYC

by AbbieKnight

Ready to step up your technical skills game? Join NYPH member, Ed May and John Mitchell of bldgtyp for a two hour course on Thermal Bridge Modelling for Advanced Users!

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Thermal Bridges

0 replies | 1062 views | Posted on: 07/31/2017 | Last updated: 07/31/2017

2017 Energy Storage & Microgrid Conference on September 11 in Newton

by AbbieKnight

Innovation Northeast in collaboration with the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster and the Hydrogen Energy Center is pleased to host the 2017 Energy Storage and Microgrid Conference, taki…

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Energy Efficiency

0 replies | 1038 views | Posted on: 07/19/2017 | Last updated: 07/19/2017

USGBC-LA Blog post - Independence

by StacySinclair // Technical writer

As the July 4th weekend draws near, thoughts of BBQs and fireworks fill my mind and I wonder (maybe a little too often) why the smell of a BBQ makes me hungry, no matter how long ago I ate. I remember…

Filed under: Resilience

0 replies | 972 views | Posted on: 06/28/2017 | Last updated: 06/28/2017

 

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