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Facades +, High Performance Building Enclosures, June 7, Boston, MA
Join Facades+ in its 10th year and back in Boston for the first time since 2019. The conference brings together building professionals focused on high perforance building enclosures.
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Free Webinar: High Performance Heat Pump (4 Part Series), May 5 - 13, 9 am - 12 pm
This intermediate-level webinar series provides HVACR technicians with in-depth training on modern heat pump systems delivered in four webinar sessions over 4 days: Key topics include inverter technol
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GPRO Construction Management - 2 Day Virtual Training + Exam, April 8-9, 8 am - 12 pm PT
This 2-day course provides practitioners with sustainability best practices and actionable strategies for every phase of construction.
Low-carbon, energy-efficient construction will play a critical
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Foundations of Green Building Training, March 26, San Diego, California
Join USGBC-CA to learn about the foundations of green building design, materials, and jobs.
Buildings wield significant influence over our environment, neighboring communities, and the individuals
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Building Better Thermal Comfort for More Body Types and Lower Energy Bills, March 13, 11 am - 12 pm
Explore how rethinking thermal comfort beyond the “standard” human can transform building design. In this webinar, Arup introduces a new public tool—comfort.arup.com—that model
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Free Webinar: Building-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling, February 11, 1 - 2 pm ET
The existing building stock in the United States was not designed to cope with current extreme temperatures. Much needs to be done to fix aging housing, from upgrading poor insulation to fixing ineffe
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Free Webinar: Leading Campus Decarbonization Efforts, January 14, 3 - 4 pm ET
Join this free, engaging session featuring a dynamic panel of experts from diverse higher education institutions HEIs—spanning private and public, large and small campuses—who are driving
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You're invited to join NESEA for a Tour of a resilient new development, designed to address chronic social, economic, and health disparities in a historically underserved area of Brooklyn, NYC. Th
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Greenbuild Virtual Summits: Healthy Materials Summit, October 20, 8 am PT
The Healthy Materials Summit focuses on the development, transparency and use of healthier materials in our building and communities.
It brings together building owners, designers, developers
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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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Webinar: Financing Solutions that Drive Energy Efficiency in the Water Nexus, July 12,11AM
The efficient use of water results in lower operating costs, a more reliable water supply, and improved water quality. Join the US DOE to learn how market leaders in the hospitality sector finance and
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Introduction to LEED v 4.1, April 26, Boston
Have you been hearing about LEED v4.1? Announced at Greenbuild, the update will be improved and agile, ensuring we deliver on the vision of green buildings for all. In this introductory course, we wil…
NESEA Green Building Pro Tour: Cape Cod Hemp House, May 20, Harwich Port, MA
This May Pro Tour will showcase a recently built hemplime-insulated home on Cape Cod. The project team is eager to share their collaborative approach for creating a home that met their client’s
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Webinar: Building Net-Zero Energy Homes, May 3, 2 pm EDT
This workshop will provide insight into net-zero energy homes: what they are and how they can be achieved using both commonplace building practices and emerging technologies. Topics will include:
Chicago Build 2022, Chicago, IL, October 13 - 14
Chicago Build is attended by 1000's of visitors from contractors, architects, civil engineers, developers, government, realtors, construction prof's and more.
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Will technology save us? Latest tech solutions in healthy, smart, and high performing buildings Sponsored by SDG&E Energy Innovation Center Session Overview: This session will be a fast-paced pres…
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,…
International Passive House Open Days 2018, June 8 - 10
From 8 – 10 June 2018, the mid-year International Passive House Open Days, organised by iPHA and its international Affiliates, will once again take place. By participating with your own Passive Hous…
In 2012, there people, named Russell Maier, Irene Bakisan, and Pi VIllaraza, put plastic and wastes into a bottle. They study, think, and practice. They invent the Ecobrick. An Ecobrick is a plastic b
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So you’re passionate about the environment, you’ve learned about the issues, and you have some great ideas on how to make the world a better place. What’s next? Join us Monday, May 14th and lear…
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