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Free Webinar Options for Advanced Walls Thursday, June 10, 2 pm Central
What comes to mind when we say Advanced Walls? Is it 3D printed assemblies? Is this just another term for advanced framing?
In this session, Dan Wildenhaus – Technical Advisor and Industry Li
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Carbon Forward: SoCal Sustainability Forum, August 21, 7:30-11 am, Los Alamitos, California
Uniting USGBC-CA and SEAOSC (Structural Engineers Association of Southern California), the SoCal Sustainable Building Forum is a must-attend forum for Sustainable building innovation.
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As the 2022 energy code wraps up its final year and the 2025 code emerges, the trends of building electrification, healthier indoor air quality, and improved resiliency continue to permeate the c
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Green California Schools and Higher Education Summit, November 13, Pasadena
Keynote Speakers
Welcome Remarks
Victor M. Gordo
Mayor of Pasadena, California
Featured Speakers
Tony Thurmond
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Abel Guillé
Midwest Solar Expo, June 9-11, Chicago, Illinois
Join industry leaders, innovators, and clean energy enthusiasts for the 2025 Midwest Solar Expo.
With three days of cutting-edge presentations, policy updates, networking opportunit
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Local Government Leadership Summit, May 19, Santa Monica, California
This year, USGBC will travel to California, Iowa, Colorado and Massachusetts to host local government summits aimed at expanding the LEED for Cities network and deepening engagement with local go
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This UL Solutions webinar covers the product/material certification process and changes to the Low Emitting Materials and Building Product Selection and Procurement credits in the LEED v5 release.
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Free Webinar: Charging Series - Electric Vehicle Charging Basics, April 17, 10 - 11 am
Making the switch to an electric car can be intimidating if you're used to refueling with gasoline. Where will you charge? How much will it cost? How can you make sure you're always charged up
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Free Webinar: Induction cooktops, March 18, 7-8 pm ET
Did you know cooking with gas might be making your kitchen air worse than outside pollution? Gas stoves release harmful stuff like nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide, which can even increase as
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Better Plants Energy Bootcamp, February 24-28, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, Tennessee
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Plants Program and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are offering Better Plants Bootcamps to drive decarbonization and strengthen energy management p
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Climate Mobilization Act Primer, September 16, 1-2 PM
Get informed on New York City climate legislation and its impact on buildings. Register now for the Climate Mobilization Act Primer, a one-hour seminar examining the basic principles of the Clima
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How are organizations and companies in the green building industry growing and learning around equity, inclusion, and conscious communication? Diversity, equity, and inclusion are hopefully famil
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Rainwater Harvesting Research and Industry Roundtable, June 28, 12 - 2:30 pm EDT
The ARCSA Foundation is proud to host this event bringing together leading researchers and industry professionals. The researchers will present an overview of their findings, ranging from microbial qu
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Sustainable Cities Summit, Pensacola FL - Sept 28, 9:30a-4:30p
The Gulf Coast Energy Network has teamed up with the city of Pensacola, the U.S. Green Building Council and other local organizations to host the first Sustainable Cities Summit in Pensacola later thi…
Go "Behind the Walls" (or in this case outside of them!) with Chris of LG Squared (Architect), Matt of Sawhorse, Inc. (Builder), and Dan of ROCKWOOL.
Join the #1920sMakeoverATL team as they pre
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VIRTUAL Visible Green Home® Burh Becc Earth Day Celebration Tour 2021, April 24, 10-11:30 am EDT
In this very special virtual, multimedia, live event you will learn about all the aspects of this groundbreaking home including its genesis, design, systems, and features that helped it to become a fu
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The panel will also discuss why building electrification is needed to mitigate the climate crisis, and the effects that burning natural gas in buildings has on our health and the health of our fa
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Storage Week 2018, Feb 27 - Mar 1, San Francisco, CA
Now in its eleventh year, Storage Week 2018 is the global business hub driving the development and finance of energy storage projects. Storage is being proposed as the solution to firm renewable…
Green Gifts Fair, Nov 18, Minneapolis, MN
The theme this year is Green For All! We are encouraging the participation of people from all diversities, backgrounds, and identities to come together to create an earth-friendly holiday season for a…
An event of the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD), McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston). Co-sp…
Every year new buildings are constructed that use more energy than expected. We want to break that trend and recently piloted an initiative in Minnesota known as Accelerate Performance. Accelerate …
URI Landscape Architecture Lecture, November 9th, 7pm, Kingston, RI
Eric Kramer, principal at Reed Hilderbrand in Watertown, Mass., will present a talk titled "Innovation and Tradition in an increasingly complex world." Lectures begin at 7:00 P.M. This serie…
Join GBA’s Leslie Montgomery for this in-depth prep course, which prepares you for the LEED v4 Green Associate exam! This one-day workshop teaches participants the core concepts within the US Gre…
Greening the Golden State Summit, April 9-10, Sacramento, California
California’s green leadership is more important than ever, nationally and internationally. No other market has a similar potential to seed and promotes the growth of sustainable products and service…
2017 Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit Nov 28- 29, Pasadena
The 2017 Summit will mark the eleventh anniversary of the nation’s first statewide green schools event. As progress has been made in building efficiency, more attention has gone into other aspects o…
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