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Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant Course: New York, NY, September 9-13, 9am to 5pm
This course is for all building professionals: architects, MEP and structural engineers, builders and construction managers working in the design and construction of new build and retrofit Passive Hou
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Free Webinar: 2025 CALGreen – Residential, July 8, 9:30 - 11 am PT
The California Green Building Standards, or CALGreen (Title 24, Part 11), is a wide-ranging code covering aspects of site design, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, water efficiency, indoor air
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Decarbonization & ESG Fundamentals Workshop, Online and In-Person, June 17, Los Angeles, California
Join USGBC-CA at Metro Talent Hub or online for this training on carbon accounting and ESG reporting for local businesses and earn 2 CEU credits!
Many companies are facing increasing pressure
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Free Webinar: Earn WELL Points With Informed™ Product Guidance, May 14, 12 pm ET
Join leaders from Habitable and International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) for an exclusive webinar on May 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT / 9:00 AM PDT to learn how you can earn WELL points using Habitabl
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The massive transition from gas to electric will "spark" giant demand for all trades, including plumbers. In this session, Electrify My Home will introduce unique business opportunities for
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Access to clean air is essential for human health, productivity and comfort. While many builders, owners, facilities managers, and their service providers invest significant resources to achieve safe,
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Free Webinar: Community-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling, March 26, 12 -1 pm ET
Community infrastructure, such as thermal energy networks, district geothermal, urban forests, shade structures, and smart surfaces, can have a collectively lower upfront cost and lower community-wide
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Residential HVAC System Performance Certification Program, February 17-18, Anaheim, California
In this two-day certification course, HVAC professionals will learn how to discover and repair hidden energy-draining comfort system defects, reduce call-backs and increase customer satisfaction.
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Multifamily Passive House – Live Online, January 21, 12 - 3 pm ET
This course is an in-depth look at basic strategies for delivering successful all-electric decarbonized Passive House apartment buildings teams want to build, and families want to live in.
As we pu
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Free Webinar: The Clean Energy Equity Investment Gap, January 13, 10 - 11 am ET
Meeting global climate and development goals will require a rapid and sustained scale-up of clean energy infrastructure investment in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). These countries
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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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Nurturing: Growing Green Schools III, September 24, Portland, OR
Join the Portland Green Schools Committee for the second panel of their 2019 discussion series: GROWING A GREEN SCHOOL.
Nurturing a Green School: Operating, Maintaining and Ensuring Green Scho
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LEED Project Management Workshop, September 14, 9:00am-4:30pm, San Francisco, CA
Successfully managing the LEED documentation process requires specific knowledge, tools and skills that are not covered in the LEED Reference Manual. This full day workshop is based off of the LEED Pr
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Visit A Certified Net Zero Capable Passive House in Brooklyn!
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Time: 6:30 PM- 8:30 PM Location: 951 Pacific Street, Brooklyn (map) Cost: Suggested Donation of $8 Want to know more about the first building in NYC to achieve b…
GPRO Operations and Maintenance Class, August 15, 16, and 22, North Haven, CT
This three-day course provides building professionals with the critical tools to transition from conventional to sustainable operations and maintenance of commercial building and multifamily buildings
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Net Zero Carbon, Water, and Energy + Decarbonizing at the District Level, August 13, St. Louis, MO
This session will start by reviewing the various definitions of net zero energy and carbon, and Zero Water and One Water, including those developed by the USGBC and ILFI. It will then provide some con
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UDC Green Roof Tours: July 20, August 17, September 21, Washington, DC
The College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), invites you to tour our Green Roof; hear more about sustainab
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Zero Energy Modular (ZEM) Home Open House Tour, June 8, Bellows Falls, VT
Ever wondered how healthy, comfortable, and resilient a new home could be?
Visit an open house to learn about Efficiency Vermont’s Zero Energy Modular (ZEM) Program and see Vermod built
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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…
Boston Area Sustainability Group Event: Feb. 2nd, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Buildings of the Future- How LEED and Living Buildings are Changing our Landscapes February 2nd, 6 PM to 8:30 PM The USGBC Mass Chapter and Living Building Challenge Boston Collaborative will be c…
Green Building of the Week - Class of 1966 Environmental Center at Williams College
"As a leading institution of higher learning, we believe it is our mission to demonstrate extraordinary commitment to higher principles and to show that high performance institutional buildings are po…
USGBC NJ is proud to be an Event Sponsor of the 10th annual MABFM show, scheduled for November 11 & 12 at the Garden State Exhibit Center! With over 200 exhibitors, a wide variety of breakout sess…
Governor Cuomo signs "Under 2 MOU" to help prevent global temperature from increasing by 2 degrees
On October 8th at Columbia University in Albany New York Governor Cuomo joined by Vice President Gore announced the signing of the “Under 2 MOU”. This is an agreement that New York will join 42 ot…
National Grid presents: 2015 Upstate Power of Connections Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registration and networking starts at 8:00 a.m. The OnCenter | 515 Montgomery Stree…
USGBCMA Green Building Showcase and Awards 2015 - October 1st, 6:30-8:30 pm
Green Building Showcase and Awards 2015 October 1st, 6:30-8:30 pm 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Join us at the 2015 Green Building Showcase, the Chapter’s premier fall event to showcase and ce…
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