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Join this exciting Circular City Week panel as we discuss a variety of tools available for facilities, haulers, and municipalities to achieve large-scale reductions in landfilling waste through emergi
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The Inflation Reduction Act’s Home Efficiency Rebates (HOMES) and Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) provisions will help tens of millions of households make their homes more ener
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Free Webinar, Sustainability in Food and Beverage Processing Businesses, May 23, 1 pm
Most businesses could improve profitability and reduce their operating costs and environmental impact by: - Using energy & water more efficiently - Using renewable energy - Reducing wast
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Insights from a first-of-its-kind database for healthy and just energy transitions. Energy infrastructure surrounds us — yet communities are often surprised to learn what types of fossil fu
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The USGBC-LA Wildfire Defense Professional Certificate was developed to educate contractors and landscapers on how to best harden homes and landscapes to fires through the use of materials, maintenanc
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Free Online Training: Residential Lighting for Beauty, Comfort and Efficiency, April 5, 9am-12pm PT
This class shows designers, specifiers, contractors, and homeowners how to create beautiful residential lighting while saving energy and meeting code. Award-winning lighting designer David Wilds Patto
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With fewer building department staff, longer distances to travel between job sites, and less opportunity for workforce education and training, energy code enforcement can present unique challenges in
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Shipping Container Design, Online, Presented by Yestermorrow, 8 2-hour Sessions. March 12 - April 30
In this class, students will design their own shipping container home - for an actual site! - responding to weather, topography, codes, budget and schedule. Designing the foundations, HVAC, plumbing,
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Join PG&E as Electrify My Home (EMH) in this lunch time introductory level webinar series focused on home electrification. The Electrify Efficiently webinar series will highlight the tremendous bu
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Free Webinar: The New Cool: The Transition to Low-GWP and Natural Refrigerants, February 6, 11am EST
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) released into the atmosphere pose a significant global warming impact, prompting regulatory measures from the EPA to phase down the production and consumption of HFCs by 85%
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This seminar is presented by the NYC Sustainability Help Center, a free resource for building owners, property managers, and energy efficiency professionals seeking help with sustainability build
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his virtual Pro Tour will offer participants a behind-the-scenes look at a unique renovation currently underway in Manhattan: the transformation of a historic firehouse into 4 units of PHI-certified p
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Virtual Course: New Home Construction 101, April 16, 3 pm EDT
In this webinar, you will build foundational knowledge about:
- Land Acquisition & Home Site Development
- Discover The Advantages Of New-Built Homes
- Energy Efficie
Pests and Pollinators, July 20, Sarasota
What is that bug? Learn all about common yard pests and pollinators. Identify several pests and discuss the many ways to utilize and identify beneficial insects in our landscapes.
Utilizing a Distributed Data and Computing Architecture in Analytics Applications
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Advances in analytics for equipment and device data have proven their value in the sustainability arena by dramatically improving energy efficiency, comfort and reducing operational costs.
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Free Webinar: Reconfiguring Future Urban Infrastructures Webinar Series, February 25, 9-10:30 pm GMT
This webinar series brings together speakers from the three universities to discuss the future role of infrastructure in cities.
The COVID-19 crisis has put urban infrastructure under the spotlight
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This webinar will evaluate protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a low maintenance coati
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Webinar: Heat and Buildings Decarbonisation Seminar, January 11, 10-11 AM EST
‘Successful decarbonisation of heat and buildings is going to require changes to almost every existing property in Britain. This in turn will require a conversation with consumers unlike any bef
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Cleantech Awards Celebration, Colorado Cleantech Industries Association October 25, Boulder
Colorado Cleantech Awards Celebration brings the cleantech community together to honour the creativity, innovation, and dedication to a cleaner energy future put forth by Colorado’s entrepreneurs, e…
Green Professional Training (GPRO), Fundamentals of Building Green, December 8, 8-10 am, Los Angeles
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 …
FUSE Cambridge Building Tour with USGBC Massachusetts, October 19, 5:30 pm, Cambridge
Join USGBC MA for an upcoming building tour of Fuse Cambridge. This property is LEED Silver Certified and the notable/unique green features include 1) a living green wall and 2) the first propert…
Solar Connect - October 2-4, 2017, San Diego, CA
Solar Connect October 2-4, San Diego, CA. Solar Connect provides coverage of ongoing developments in utility scale solar project origination and financing by the leading utility scale solar devel…
The Green Building Convention 2017 in Cape Town South Africa, October 9-11
The Green Building Convention is the definitive event on the sustainability calendar and will take place from 9 – 11 October 2017 in Cape Town. For the last 9 years, we’ve built a reputation as…
LEED for Homes Green Rater Training Online, September 20-21
With over 300,000 LEED® for Homes™ spaces worldwide, LEED is the international rating system to ensure residential building are better. LEED requires third-party on-site verification and performanc…
Join us for a tour of Veolia at Kendall Cogeneration Station on Thursday, July 27th. Kendall cogeneration station has been a source of reliable energy for the city of Boston since 1949 through the use…
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