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Illinois Green Alliance Annual Meeting & Volunteer Celebration, January 30, Chicago

by mkilmartin // Intern

Join the Illinois Green Alliance for the Annual Meeting & Volunteer Celebration as we gather Illinois' leading green building professionals to celebrate advances in green building in 2019

Filed under: Fundraising

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 1196 views | Posted on: 01/17/2020 | Last updated: 01/17/2020

Free Webinar: 6-Part Series - Electrify Efficiently: Designing & Selling Heat Pumps, Starting April 8, 12 - 1:30 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Presented by Electrify My Home, Electrify Efficiently webinar series will highlight the tremendous business opportunities, vital role of efficiency, and lessons learned from the field, through practic

California Green Building

0 replies | 680 views | Posted on: 02/07/2025 | Last updated: 02/10/2025

InterActions LA 2025 - Advancing Housing And Transportation Solutions, March 10, Los Angeles, California

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

To achieve California’s ambitious goals of addressing the housing crisis, improving the transportation system, enhancing people’s lives, and mitigating climate change, governments and agen

California Green Building

0 replies | 524 views | Posted on: 01/21/2025 | Last updated: 02/09/2025

Free Webinar: Air Sealing and Insulating Existing Homes - Developing a Work Scope for Attic Efficiency Upgrades, February 26, 9 - 11 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Effective work scopes help contractors and customers achieve specific performance goals in a home’s attic efficiency upgrade. Developing a comprehensive, goal-oriented work scope can help contra

California Green Building

0 replies | 678 views | Posted on: 12/31/2024 | Last updated: 02/03/2025

Free Hands-on Training: Home Energy Assessment - Empower Your Home, January 15, 2 - 3 pm, Redmond, Oregon

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Join The Environmental Center (TEC) for a hands-on session on improving comfort and reducing energy costs for your home! TECs mission is to weave sustainability into the everyday lives of Central Oreg

0 replies | 504 views | Posted on: 12/05/2024 | Last updated: 12/09/2024

Free Webinar, An Introduction to Electric Construction Equipment (Webinar), December 4, 1-3 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This class is an introduction to electric construction equipment. The goal is to inform contractors and policy makers about the wide range of available electric bulldozers, backhoes, bobcats, cranes,

California Green Building

0 replies | 547 views | Posted on: 11/16/2024 | Last updated: 11/17/2024

Free Webinar: How to Easily Find Incentives for Your Next Residential Building Project, November 14, 12 - 1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Trying to build or renovate our housing stock to make it more sustainable and energy efficient is not cheap, but there are many incentives to help you do it. We are excited to host a focused session t

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 518 views | Posted on: 10/27/2024 | Last updated: 10/27/2024

Free Webinar: Webinar – Making Decarbonization Financing Work for Homeowners and Contractors, October 29, 3-4 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In single-family homes, it’s often cheaper and more convenient to replace a gas or oil furnace with the same equipment than to upgrade to an efficient heat pump.

This webinar presents new fin

0 replies | 604 views | Posted on: 10/04/2024 | Last updated: 10/04/2024

NESEA Pro Green Building Tour: Net Zero Energy Modular Home & Factory Tour, September 20, Greenwood, Maine

by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

Join NESEA for this special Pro Tour event and visit a new, free-standing single-family home and the modular manufacturing facility where it was pre-fabricated.

We’ll begin our event wit

0 replies | 556 views | Posted on: 09/07/2024 | Last updated: 10/02/2024

FREE Webinar: The Importance of Effective Handwashing and It's Impact on Global Health, Thursday, March 26, 12pm EDT

by GreenCE Sustainable Design and Construction

Designing public handwashing solutions that are code compliant, with reliable performance and efficiencies in water and energy use, can present several challenges to both the architect and plumbing en

Filed under: Green Facilities

0 replies | 1741 views | Posted on: 03/20/2020 | Last updated: 04/09/2020

Ceres 2020 in New York, NY, March 23-26 (Now Online)

by Veer Mudambi // Journalist - Writing Green

Ceres 2020 in New York will mobilize the world's most influential capital market leaders to accelerate and scale up solutions to the most pressing global sustainability challenges. These leading e

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1806 views | Posted on: 03/06/2020 | Last updated: 03/23/2020

USGBC Central Florida 2020 Sustainability Leaders & Lunch Celebration, March 6, Orlando

by mkilmartin // Intern

USGBC Central Florida invites you to come learn about brand new sustainability initiatives as well as those on the horizon and celebrate the best projects and community champions in Central Florida, F

Filed under: Events

Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 1301 views | Posted on: 02/21/2020 | Last updated: 02/21/2020

2020 USGBC Texas Gulf Cost Kickoff: An Evening with the New Regional Council, February 11, Houston, TX

by AbbieKnight

Meet the 2020 leadership for the USGBC Texas Gulf Coast Region on Tuesday, February 11th.

Caroline Kostak, will present the USGBC priorities for the local region for 2020-2021, and some new and ret

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

Texas Green Building

Keywords: English associates Architects,kick-off

0 replies | 1183 views | Posted on: 01/29/2020 | Last updated: 02/03/2020

Impact Investing in CleanTech, Wednesday June 15 6-9 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Impact Investing in CleanTech Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 6 to 9 pm Massachusetts Clean Energy Center 63 Franklin Street 3rd Floor Boston , MA 02110 Awareness of climate challenges has been gr…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Massachusetts,Cleantech,MassCEC,Impact Investing

0 replies | 1590 views | Posted on: 06/08/2016 | Last updated: 06/08/2016

(New Dates!) EGLE - Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference, December 1-3, Novi MI

by mkilmartin // Intern

INFRASTRUCTURE – the pipes, pumps, wires, and technology – is the unseen backbone supporting our modern lives, but investment has lagged nationwide and much of it is aging.  The commu

Filed under: Green Living

Michigan Green Building

Keywords: Green Building,Sustainable Infrastructure,Drinking Water,Michigan,Great Lakes

0 replies | 1829 views | Posted on: 12/20/2019 | Last updated: 03/27/2020

NCSE 2020 Annual Conference January 6–9, Washington, D.C.

by abu417 // Climate Connoisseur. Eco-Maniac. Solar Sommelier.

The NCSE 2020 Annual Conference engages more than 800 leaders from the sciences, education, government, policy, business, and civil society to foster a dialogue across these sectors on environmental p

Filed under: Environment

Related to: Other Green Building - Other

Keywords: Environment,Policy,Science

0 replies | 1059 views | Posted on: 12/04/2019 | Last updated: 12/04/2019

USGBC-LA's 15th Annual Green Gala, December 11, Los Angeles CA

by abu417 // Climate Connoisseur. Eco-Maniac. Solar Sommelier.

This year's theme is driven by the most important value of our industry: community

Filed under: Industry Organizations and Associations

Related to: Other

California Green Building

Keywords: USGBC,Annual Gala

0 replies | 1661 views | Posted on: 11/16/2019 | Last updated: 11/16/2019

11th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit, December 3-5, Key West, FL

by abu417 // Climate Connoisseur. Eco-Maniac. Solar Sommelier.

The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Compact was created in 2010 by Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties to coordinate and collaborate on climate change action across county lines and

Filed under: Events

Related to: Education ,Trade Shows and Events ,Information and Resources

Florida Green Building Group

Keywords: Climate Change,Social Networking,collaboration

0 replies | 1576 views | Posted on: 11/01/2019 | Last updated: 11/01/2019

Free Sustainable Building Webinar: Built Positive: Help Build What's Next - Wed, Nov 30, 2016 12 - 1pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Wed, Nov 30, 2016 12 - 1PM EST Built Positive: Help Build What's Next Exciting webinar opportunity - mark your calendar, and register! Are you a sustainable leader in your field, or do you want…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Cradle to Cradle,Building Green

0 replies | 852 views | Posted on: 09/27/2016 | Last updated: 11/29/2016

Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN) Deer Island Tour, Friday, October 21st, 9:30-11:30 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN) Deer Island Tour Friday, October 21st, 9:30-11:30 am Join MCAN for a tour of the Deer Island clean energy site, which includes solar, wind, and anaerobic digest…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 538 views | Posted on: 09/02/2016 | Last updated: 09/02/2016

New Solar Cell Produces Burnable Fuel

by JackSawyer // Student

A new solar cell breakthrough at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has the potential to expedite our adoption of solar significantly as it fixes a serious shortcoming that plagues current ce…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Renewable Energy,University of Illinios at Chicago,Breakthrough,Photosynthetic,Fuel

0 replies | 1375 views | Posted on: 08/03/2016 | Last updated: 08/03/2016

Rethinking the Way We Eat: Disposable, Edible Spoons

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

As a society on the go, we’re constantly running from one event to the next, and it often happens that we’re out and about during peak meal or snack times. So we’ll either bring food with us to …

Interfaith Sustainability Summit: Thursday, July 21, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM - Chicago, IL

by Higgins_James // Student

The Conservation and Sustainability Interfaith Partnership (CSIP) invites you to attend their summit to empower faith-based groups to improve the efficiency of institutions and facilities involved. …

Illinois Green Building Group

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Sustainable Living,Energy Conservation

0 replies | 1566 views | Posted on: 07/11/2016 | Last updated: 07/14/2016

The Land and Science Educator Network is Now Taking Applications for the 2016-17 School Year

by Higgins_James // Student

Land and Science Educator Network: Urban Planning Through a Virtual Internship!! - Land Science is a virtual internship for middle and high school students funded by the National Science Foundation…

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

Connecticut Green Building

Keywords: Green Jobs

0 replies | 1375 views | Posted on: 07/01/2016 | Last updated: 07/01/2016

JUNE 29th: Colorado: Connecting The Cleantech Dots

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

CCIA and CU Boulder invite you to attend Connecting the Cleantech Dots: Careers and Cluster Building In Colorado WHEN: Wednesday, June 29 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. REGISTER HERE: https://events.r20.con

 

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