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Electrify Portland: Home Electrification Fair, October 7, 11am - 3pm PDT, Portland, Orgeon
The Electrify Portland! Home Electrification Fair is a free, festive, one-day event for homeowners and renters curious about transitioning their homes from gas (or old electric) to efficient electric.
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Reviewing the Benefits of ROCKWOOL Stone Wool Insulation
In this video, Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. and Chris Laumer-Giddens of LG Squared, Inc. share why they think highly of ROCKWOOL stone wool insulation, also known as mineral wool in
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USGBC Florida Presents: JEA Headquarters LEED Tour, August 18, 8 - 10am EDT, Jacksonville, Florida
The JEA Headquarters project represents a great achievement in sustainability and resiliency for Duval County. Located in Jacksonville's Urban Core, the JEA Headquarters is a seven-story, Class A
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Webinar: Greywater Reuse: Residential, Commercial, Industrial, August 24, 2 pm CT
With water scarcity concerns rising, we must look at what can be done at saving potable water use. By treating and reusing lightly contaminated greywater at both the residential and commercial level,
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GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials, Virtual Training with Urban Green Council, August 1-3
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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Innovation in Energy Efficiency: Emerging Technologies, Free Webinar, June 22, 10 am
Emerging technologies offer new solutions to old problems. To foster better coordination across organizations supporting the research, development, demonstration, investment, and deployment of emergin
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With Community Wealth Building, the aim is instead to keep money in the area, by encouraging an area's big ‘anchor institutions’, such as councils and hospitals, to join together to ma
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First Net Zero Energy Community in Georgia
Even though we are in a hot building market, it is important to innovate and design based on consumers' ever-growing needs. The timing is perfect for a house that matches the realities that
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6th World Congress on Materials Science and Engineering
Welcome to Materials Info 2023, the 6th World Congress on Materials Science and Engineering! Our conference, themed " Materials Innovation and Impact," will be held on September 18th and 19t
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Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. is working on an exciting new whole house renovation and deep energy retrofit. You’re invited to get involved with your products or services, OR yo
Webinar: Principles for Delivering Urban Nature-based Solutions, April 29, 12 pm BST
The principles are primarily intended to be used by developers, owners, operators and occupiers of buildings within an urban context. The aim is to provide a concise overview of practical methods and
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USGBC NCR Webinar: LEED Commercial Case Study - Eisenhower Memorial, April 15, 2 pm EDT
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial has achieved U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification. For the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and
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Energize Denver: Energy Star Benchmarking Jam on August 16 in Denver
This high-energy jam session will not only help you benchmark your building, but also help you develop strategies to improve building performance and decrease utility bills. Bring your laptop and e…
Virtual Pro Tour: Mid-Rise Passive House & Urban Density Study, March 12, 12:30 PM EST
Join NESEA online for this upcoming Pro Tour, featuring a mid-rise project built to Passive House standards that includes 30 units of affordable housing and an early education center. Curtis + Ginsber
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2021 Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment (NESSBE), Online, March 25
NESSBE (Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment) is a biennial northeast regional summit meant to include a larger community of building professionals, owners, academics, policymakers, ad
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RESNET 2021, Virtual Building Performance Conference, February 22 - 24
The annual RESNET Building Performance Conference is a “can’t afford to miss” event for the rating, building performance and home building industry. Due to the pandemic, t
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Focusing on utility-scale projects, this webinar will synthesize learnings from utilities and other asset owners and operators. We will compare actual O&M challenges and performance monitoring practic…
Women in Design Mentoring Event Career Series Part 2, October 17, Boston
This year, Women in Design is exploring this topic with events and programming that will strategize career planning, explore career paths, and give us the tools to build our own personal brands. Di…
2nd Annual Sustainable Home Tour, Brattleboro, VT, Saturday, October 14
This will be a self-guided tour of new homes, deep energy retrofits, and an addition in which all homes have given consideration to energy efficiency, renewable energy, health and safety, durability, …
Scaling Zero Energy Workshop & Happy Hour, 2-5 pm, Oct 26, Seattle
Come join Brad Liljequist, Director of the Zero Energy Program will share a current state of zero energy design based on current technology and construction, review the tools and program updates that …
Green Schools Summit - November 2-3, USGBC Colorado, Arvada
The Green Schools Summit is dedicated to convening green building industry professionals, school decision makers, educators and parents to further advance healthy, safe and sustainable schools statewi…
September Greenbuild Mixer, USGBC MA -September 21, Boston
Greenbuild 2017 is just 2 months away, here in Boston! We're continuing on our Road to Greenbuild, and we're taking a stop for a fun networking night. Catch up with old friends, exchange new business …
Annual REI Gathering at North Farm: Underutilized Resources and Tremendous Opportunities: Brownfields and Other Challenging Properties as Sites for Solar Projects For those of you have not had a …
HBN Launches HomeFree Initiative to Help Reduce Toxic Building Materials
The Healthy Building Network (HBN) introduces HomeFree, “a national initiative supporting affordable housing leaders who are improving human health by using less toxic building materials”. Everyon…
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