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Webinar: Energy Management and Technology: Fundamentals and Beyond by Focus on Energy webinar series, September 9-10

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The goal of this course is to provide the student with a clear understanding of energy terminology, supply and trend costs, and how to effectively read and analyze utility bills. The course continues

Keywords: Energy Management,Technology

0 replies | 1149 views | Posted on: 08/20/2020 | Last updated: 08/20/2020

Elevate 2025: Built Environment Workforce Summit, September 4, Washington, D.C.

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

The scope and severity of the widening gap in America’s built environment workforce has risen to the level of a national security issue. The workforce shortage across the built environment has e

0 replies | 666 views | Posted on: 07/29/2025 | Last updated: 08/02/2025

Free Webinar: The Business Opportunity of Electrification, July 24, 11 am - 1 pm PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

The accelerating electrification market is creating new opportunities for companies in the residential energy sector. As homeowners transition from fossil fuel-powered systems to electric alternatives

California Green Building

0 replies | 450 views | Posted on: 06/30/2025 | Last updated: 07/03/2025

Free Webinar: Advancing the Circular Economy: Certification, Innovation, and the Regulatory Landscape, June 25, 1-2 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In this webinar, GreenCircle Certified and Interface will share real-world insights into building circular systems, highlighting how product innovation, transparent practices, and regulatory awareness

0 replies | 476 views | Posted on: 06/12/2025 | Last updated: 06/12/2025

Green Building Construction Tour, June 3, Santa Barbara, California

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Here’s an opportunity to visit a green building project in person, to learn more about the process and see the implementation of energy efficiency and building electrification in practice. Durin

California Green Building

0 replies | 540 views | Posted on: 05/16/2025 | Last updated: 05/19/2025

Free Webinar: Electrify Efficiently-Electrification Opportunities for General Contractors & Architects, June 24, 2-3:30 pm PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

Electrification is now the leading option for new buildings and major retrofit projects in California. 70+ municipalities have policies to phase out gas appliances and the state aims to have six milli

California Green Building

0 replies | 374 views | Posted on: 05/01/2025 | Last updated: 05/01/2025

Building Circularity in Georgia, a USGBC Building Transformation Forum, May 8, Atlanta, Georgia

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Maximizing the full value of materials and resources and extending product lifecycle cuts greenhouse gases, manages risk, reinvests resources locally, creates jobs, and adds more value for companies a

Georgia on My Mind - Green Building, Sustainable Products and Building Practices

0 replies | 799 views | Posted on: 04/18/2025 | Last updated: 04/19/2025

Free Webinar: Higher-Performance Residential Remodels, April 24, 09:30 - 11 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Working through specific examples, 3C-REN will help project teams identify strategies that have the highest impact for improving energy efficiency, comfort and indoor healthy environments in renovatio

California Green Building

0 replies | 558 views | Posted on: 03/26/2025 | Last updated: 03/26/2025

USGBC Colorado, Women in Green, April 2, 8:30 am- 11:45 am, Golden, Colorado

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Women in Green is a platform for women and allies to gather and learn from others across fields, disciplines, generations and job titles. 2025 is going to look a little different, instead of following

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 671 views | Posted on: 03/07/2025 | Last updated: 03/10/2025

Wildfire Defense for Construction Professionals, Free and Online, February 12, 4:30-7 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The Wildfire Defense Certificate for Construction Professionals is a 150-minute training followed by an assessment. This certificate training provides participants with real-world examples and strateg

California Green Building

0 replies | 511 views | Posted on: 02/10/2025 | Last updated: 02/10/2025

Free Webinar: Designing Waste, Presented by Harvard Business School, October 30, 11 - 11:30 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Can waste become the raw material for a better designed, less exploitative, more beautiful world? The waste generated in designing and making products and building cities has often been an afterthough

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Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Design,Waste,Building Materials

0 replies | 1230 views | Posted on: 10/11/2020 | Last updated: 10/11/2020

Webinar: How LEED V4.1 Addresses Climate Change, October 8, 11am - 12:30pm EDT

by MVillere

1.5 AIA LU + 1 GBCI CE

How well does LEED address the causes and appropriate responses to climate change? The answer to this question is a critical consideration as organizations and governments de

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Climate Change,LEED,LEED v4.1

0 replies | 1729 views | Posted on: 09/23/2020 | Last updated: 09/23/2020

Webinar: World Green Building Week - The Road to COP26, September 22, 11 am BST

by samanthaklein // Intern

Join UKGBC during World Green Building Week, for which the theme is “Act on Climate”. We are choosing to use this moment as a milestone on the Road to COP26, to shine a spotlight on the le

Filed under: Government Policies

UK Green Building

Keywords: Policy,Net zero,built environment

0 replies | 1252 views | Posted on: 09/04/2020 | Last updated: 09/04/2020

Tour of LEED Westin at Denver International Airport March 16, 2:30 - 4:30pm

by ChristinaC // Marketing Student

Sustainability at Denver International Airport & Tour of the Westin at DEN When: March 16, 2:30 - 4:30pm Where: Denver International Airport, City Conference Room, 8300 Peña Boulevard, Denver, …

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Sustainability

0 replies | 917 views | Posted on: 02/21/2017 | Last updated: 02/21/2017

Webinar: Black Women in Architecture: Riding the Vortex August 12, 8:00-9:30 pm Eastern Time

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

0.4%

That is the percentage of architects who are Black women. There are ~ 500 licensed Black women architects in the entire country.

You are invited to an incredibly unique storytelling present

Filed under: Architects

Keywords: Architecture,Women,Equity,Diversity,Black

0 replies | 2372 views | Posted on: 08/04/2020 | Last updated: 08/04/2020

An Introduction to Thermal Temperature Screening with C3 Communications (Video)

by Rate It Green Team

Have you been scanned yet to take your temperature?  Have you been wondering how these systems work? What happens to the data?  Join Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. and Darrius Key of C3 Co

Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

Keywords: business,Healthy Building,Economy,Health,Facilities Management,Coronavirus,Facilities,COVID19

0 replies | 3305 views | Posted on: 07/17/2020 | Last updated: 02/04/2023

USGBC OH Community Connections Webinar Series: Greening the MLS, August 13, 1-2pm

by AbbieKnight

Join for the August session of USGBC Ohio's Community Connections Webinar Series which will highlight Greening the Multiple Listing Service.

earn more about a collaborative

Filed under: Ohio

Keywords: USGBC Ohio,MLS,Multiple Listing Service

0 replies | 1161 views | Posted on: 07/06/2020 | Last updated: 07/19/2020

FREE Greenbuilding Webinar: Don't Wait: A Canopy Prep Timeline, July 8, 12pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

Canopy systems are important additions to the building envelope, as well as providing a beautiful, unique aesthetic. Additionally, canopy systems require proper planning, knowledge, and a well-kept ti

Filed under: Architects

Related to: Architects ,Builders/Contractors ,Designers,Development

Keywords: Architecture,Sustainable Infrastructure,Canopy

0 replies | 1634 views | Posted on: 06/18/2020 | Last updated: 08/20/2020

USGBC Colorado Webinar: Financing Resilience with C-PACE Loans, June 24, 11:45 AM MDT

by Richard Minasian // Student

On September 20, 2019, school children in the Solomon Islands arrived by canoe to their demonstration site to join the 4 million others around the world in the School Strike for Climate. In 2019, 906

New blog post - city surgeons

by StacySinclair // Technical writer

I hope you'll check out the latest blog on www.usgbc-la.org/blog on engaging the right stakeholders for project planning and implementation.

Filed under: Resilience

0 replies | 805 views | Posted on: 04/20/2017 | Last updated: 04/20/2017

Event: Rooftop units: strategies to reduce utility costs, 4/19, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Fond du Lac, WI

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Packaged rooftop units are used in more than 50 percent of all commercial buildings. With a focus on small- to medium-sized businesses, we’ll investigate how much they cost to operate. For example, …

Filed under: Wisconsin

Wisconsin Green Building Group

0 replies | 808 views | Posted on: 04/06/2017 | Last updated: 04/06/2017

Webinar: Biophillic Cities, Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning, May 9.1:15-2:45 pm EDT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Biophillic Cities, Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning The "greening" of cities can focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such elements as public transit, renewable energy …

Filed under: Webinars

0 replies | 651 views | Posted on: 04/04/2017 | Last updated: 04/05/2017

BEEx Training Event: Green Light- Lighting Retrofits- Strategies & Applications (4/28 @ 1:30-3:00 pm @ 31 Chambers St., NYC)

by aahassonjee

Join the Building Energy Exchange once again for their four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls te…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 829 views | Posted on: 03/24/2017 | Last updated: 03/24/2017

Energize Denver: Energy Benchmarking Ordinance Training USGBC Colorado, March 22, 11 am - 2 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Energize Denver: Energy Benchmarking Ordinance Training - March 22 11 am - 2 pm USGBC Colorado Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, Conference Room 4F6 201 West Colfax Avenue Denver , …

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Energy Star

0 replies | 982 views | Posted on: 03/12/2017 | Last updated: 03/12/2017

Environmental Leadership Seminar - Rhode Island Environmental Education Association March 13, 6-8 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Environmental Leadership Seminar Rhode Island Environmental Education Association March 13, 6-8 pm A Conversation Among Pre-Service, In-Service, and Informal Educators What does environment…

Filed under: Rhode Island

Rhode Island Green Building

Keywords: Environment,RIEEA

0 replies | 961 views | Posted on: 03/07/2017 | Last updated: 03/07/2017

 

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