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Facades +, High Performance Building Enclosures, June 7, Boston, MA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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.

Green Bui

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 965 views | Posted on: 05/27/2022 | Last updated: 05/27/2022

Free Webinar: High Performance Heat Pump (4 Part Series), May 5 - 13, 9 am - 12 pm

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 100 views | Posted on: 03/20/2026 | Last updated: 03/20/2026

GPRO Construction Management - 2 Day Virtual Training + Exam, April 8-9, 8 am - 12 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 295 views | Posted on: 03/06/2026 | Last updated: 03/06/2026

Foundations of Green Building Training, March 26, San Diego, California

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

California Green Building

0 replies | 356 views | Posted on: 02/14/2026 | Last updated: 02/14/2026

Building Better Thermal Comfort for More Body Types and Lower Energy Bills, March 13, 11 am - 12 pm

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 438 views | Posted on: 01/21/2026 | Last updated: 01/21/2026

Free Webinar: Building-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling, February 11, 1 - 2 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

0 replies | 572 views | Posted on: 01/01/2026 | Last updated: 01/01/2026

Free Webinar: Leading Campus Decarbonization Efforts, January 14, 3 - 4 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

0 replies | 633 views | Posted on: 12/11/2025 | Last updated: 12/11/2025

NESEA Green Building Pro Tour: New Development Addressing Chronic Disparities, January 23, Brooklyn, New York

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

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

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 738 views | Posted on: 11/13/2025 | Last updated: 11/20/2025

Greenbuild Virtual Summits: Healthy Materials Summit, October 20, 8 am PT

by gracemorrison

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

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1740 views | Posted on: 07/28/2022 | Last updated: 09/30/2022

Online Series: Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Stakeholders -- Contractors and Manufacturers, September 6, 10 am BST

by gracemorrison

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

UK Green Building

0 replies | 901 views | Posted on: 07/19/2022 | Last updated: 08/26/2022

World GBC Webinar: Resilience, Adaptation, and the Built Environment, September 13, 2 pm GMT

by gracemorrison

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.

Join WGBC for a discuss

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1477 views | Posted on: 07/07/2022 | Last updated: 08/26/2022

BE+ Building Tech Forum 2022, July 7, 5 - 9 pm, Boston, Massachusetts

by Built Environment Plus (Formerly USGBC 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

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1459 views | Posted on: 06/22/2022 | Last updated: 06/22/2022

Webinar: Financing Solutions that Drive Energy Efficiency in the Water Nexus, July 12,11AM

by gracemorrison

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

Developing Technologies

0 replies | 1224 views | Posted on: 06/09/2022 | Last updated: 06/16/2022

Introduction to LEED v 4.1, April 26, Boston

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

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…

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 946 views | Posted on: 04/24/2018 | Last updated: 04/24/2018

NESEA Green Building Pro Tour: Cape Cod Hemp House, May 20, Harwich Port, MA

by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

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

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1327 views | Posted on: 05/10/2022 | Last updated: 05/20/2022

Webinar: Building Net-Zero Energy Homes, May 3, 2 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

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:

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Insulation,Workshop,Technology,Ventilation

0 replies | 1398 views | Posted on: 04/14/2022 | Last updated: 04/14/2022

Chicago Build 2022, Chicago, IL, October 13 - 14

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Chicago Build is attended by 1000's of visitors from contractors, architects, civil engineers, developers, government, realtors, construction prof's and more.  

Chicago Build

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 1613 views | Posted on: 03/23/2022 | Last updated: 08/29/2022

Will technology save us? Latest tech solutions in healthy, smart, and high performing buildings, July 25 2018, San Diego, CA

by Aditya

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…

Filed under: Cleantech

California Green Building

Keywords: Healthy Building,Sustainable Living,High Performance Building,AIA credits,Smart Buildings,Building Technology,GBCI

0 replies | 1231 views | Posted on: 07/14/2018 | Last updated: 07/14/2018

Urban Green Fall Member Reception, Sept 25, NY

by YijunW

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…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1146 views | Posted on: 06/27/2018 | Last updated: 06/27/2018

GR2030 Zero Net Energy Series: Energy Efficiency Puts Money in Your Pockets, July 11, 11:30 am - 1 pm, Grand Rapids, MI

by Eileen Flynn // Student

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…

Filed under: Events

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1010 views | Posted on: 06/13/2018 | Last updated: 06/15/2018

WMGC Green Night Event: Outdoor Lighting for Health, Safety, and the Environment, 5-7pm Wednesday, June 13, Northampton, MA

by Eileen Flynn // Student

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 …

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Sustainability,Green Night

0 replies | 1070 views | Posted on: 06/07/2018 | Last updated: 06/10/2018

40 Largest U.S. Cities Get a Health Rating - CityHealth's 2018 Report

by YijunW

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,…

Filed under: Studies/Surveys

0 replies | 1927 views | Posted on: 05/28/2018 | Last updated: 06/06/2018

International Passive House Open Days 2018, June 8 - 10

by YijunW

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…

0 replies | 875 views | Posted on: 05/17/2018 | Last updated: 05/19/2018

A Northern Philippines Organization is Turning Plastic Trash into Reusable Buildings All Around the World

by YijunW

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

Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 8402 views | Posted on: 05/10/2018 | Last updated: 02/20/2023

USGBC Massachusetts's How to Engage: Networking + Making the Sustainability Case Monday, May 14, Cambridge, MA

by YijunW

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…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 825 views | Posted on: 05/02/2018 | Last updated: 05/02/2018

 

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