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Every room in a building should be good for the environment—starting with the restroom! Join us in this one-hour course as we discuss practical ways to incorporate green building strategies in c
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GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials (O&M) provides building professionals with strategies to reduce energy use while improving tenant comfort and health. Participants leave
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Sustainability Basics Workshop, Online, January 25, 9:30-11:30am BST
With their inherent stewardship and longer-term mindset, family businesses are perfectly placed to support the drive to Net Zero and wider sustainability and ESG goals. But the messaging can be confus
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Free Webinar: Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Tools Overview, December 31, 12-1:30pm
In this Tools Overview session, Built Environment Plus will discuss the wide breadth of available tools and how to select an appropriate tool for your project. We’ll dig a bit into background da
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USGBC NJ 2023 Leadership Awards, November 30, 6 pm, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
USGBC's Leadership Awards recognize excellence from local people, projects, and partners that are working to create better buildings and better lives for all. This annual event honors award w
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In this new two-part series focused on building decarbonization, BE-Ex and NYSERDA have called upon industry experts to highlight projects utilizing waste heat recovery across the commercial and multi
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In this workshop course, Passive House Association will present on overview of high-performance homes, the Passive House certification standard, and net-zero and all-electric homes, including cas
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VERGE, The Climatech Event, October 24-26, & VERGE Water Forum (October 23), San Jose, California
VERGE 23 is focused on accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. It is the center of gravity for the climate community — leaders from business, government, solution pro
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2023 Passive House Network Conference, Online, September 28, and October 4 - 6 in Denver, Colorado
Communities are being stressed and assaulted by the escalating effects of the climate crisis: wildfires, droughts, floods, conflicts, energy insecurity, poverty, sickness and inequality. Given the opp
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Join for an interactive workshop exploring the Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Stakeholder Action Plans, to better understand how to implement the key immediate actions recommended, learn
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World GBC Webinar: Resilience, Adaptation, and the Built Environment, September 13, 2 pm GMT
In WGBC's first Better Places for People webinar of 2022, participants discuss the actions we must take to accelerate resilience to the global effects of climate change.
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BE+ Building Tech Forum 2022, July 7, 5 - 9 pm, Boston, Massachusetts
Built Environment Plus envisions a thriving and diverse community, creating a built environment of net positive systems of water and energy, of financial and social equity, and of ecological and human
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ULI Tampa Bay - Resilient Ready Symposium, June 23, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
Join the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and the Urban Land Institute on June 23, 1:30-5:30 PM at the Tampa River Center for the Resilient Ready Symposium. This free event will showcase innovative
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Living Future's Workshop, Health and the Built Environment, June 4, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Health and wellness in the built environment is a trending and important topic. We spend on average 90% of our time inside and a majority of businesses spend 90% of their costs on people. Creating a h…
Webinar: Sustainable Business Playbook: Launch a Successful Program in 10 Steps, May 4, 1 pm ET
Purpose-driven businesses are particularly well positioned to tackle the world’s biggest problems and with some grit and determination, that transformation is possible. In this ISSP Technical Se
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AprilAire Successful Ventilation Sales, Online Training, April 14, 10 am EDT
Ventilation is one of the most suggested, most requested and most necessary indoor air quality improvements that can take place in any building. Now more than ever, you can grow your business by provi
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Several years ago, when the term "perfect wall" was mentioned, I thought it meant a "plumb and square" wall. Many of us green builders and architects throw around the ter
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Urban Green Fall Member Reception, Sept 25, NY
Join their at the Fall Member Reception to catch up with friends in the green building community, meet new colleagues and hear what's coming up for Urban Green Council. Open to current, past, and f…
During this session, you will learn to calculate key financial equations and portray the value to upper management. You will learn to judge a good deal for your organization. Net Present Value, Savin…
Light pollution is unwanted and excessive light at night produced by poorly designed streetlights, porch lights, patio lights, parking lot lights, stadium lights, any light at night. Light pollution …
40 Largest U.S. Cities Get a Health Rating - CityHealth's 2018 Report
CityHealth, which is an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, supports cities thrive through a set of policies that improve people’s day-to-day quality of life, well-being,…
NECEC Massachusetts Clean Energy Day, May 24, 11am, Boston, MA
Massachusetts Clean Energy Day will showcase the growing vitality of the clean energy industry and the importance of consistent policy support as a means of catalyzing the state’s - and our region 
Seattle Study: Green Homes Save Twice As Much Energy As Anticipated
In Seattle, a 2017 study compared projected with actual electricity usage in-home meeting Washington's green certification -- Built Green*. The research showed that certified homes used up to 40 perce…
100% Renewable Advocacy Day, June 12, Harrisburg, PA
Pennsylvania has relied on fossil fuels to power the Commonwealth and nation--and now it's time to change that. On June 12th, hundreds of citizens will descend on Harrisburg to advocate for bipartisa…
You Can't Imagine How Easy to Save the World: Four Easy Ways to Go Green
2017 is the most expensive year ever for the U.S., stated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA writes on January 5, 2018, during 2017, U.S. experienced 16 weather and cl
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