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Participate in DOE's 50001 Ready Program - Central Texas
SPEER has received a grant and is implementing a pilot program in the Central Texas region. It’s an opportunity to participate in DOE’S 50001 Ready free of charge through this grant. This
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As wildfires grow more frequent and intense, the need for homes that can actively resist fire has never been greater. Yet wildfire resilience isn’t just about reducing risk—it’s also
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Reimagine Buildings: Multifamily, Online, March 12, 11:30 am - 4 pm ET
Reimagine Buildings: Multifamily brings together the practitioners, owners, and researchers pushing comfortable, resilient, climate-ready housing from vision to reality. This is not a hypothetica
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Sorting through tables and reading the fine print in the energy code may get you the specific language of the code, but what does that really mean in practice? In this series, we’ll walk through
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Passive House Strategies in Very Cold, Alpine, and Arctic Climates, January 22, 12 pm MT
This presentation explores applying Passive House building science to create highly durable, energy-efficient, and comfortable structures in very cold, alpine, and arctic climates. The focus is on ach
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Fundamentals of Building Science, Online Training with Southface, January 15, 9 am - 1 pm ET
This one-day training is designed to provide participants with a practical knowledge of basic building science principles. Students are introduced to the house-as-a-system model for assessing and impr
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Kansas City Design Center (KCDC): Resilient KC Exhibit, December 15, Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Design Center is having an opening exhibit for their semester project at the Central Library on December 15.
This semester, Kansas City Design Center students explored how design c
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In this two-day certification course, HVAC professionals will learn how to discover and repair hidden energy-draining comfort system defects, reduce call-backs and increase customer satisfaction.
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This course focuses on the Energy and Green Building Code for residential buildings, provides an overview of the current electrification landscape, and highlights how electric appliances are impacted
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Understanding and Overcoming Zoning Obstacles for Tiny Houses (Article Posted)
Hi everyone -
I wanted to make sure to link to Gina's article, "Tiny Houses - Understanding and Overcoming Zoning Obstacles." I think she makes a good argument that i
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Join the Western Mass Green Consortium for a screening + discussion of the keynote address from NESEA's 2019 BuildingEnergy Boston conference. Presenters Chris Magwood (Endeavour Ce
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India’s Renewable Investments Near $20 Billion
India’s renewable energy exceeded that of traditional fossil fuel-based power production for the first time in 2017. India’s renewable investment also reached about $20 billion in renewabl
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Global support for the circular economy is gathering momentum -- and the building industry is quickly beginning to embrace its principles. But what is it? And how can your material choices transform t
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New York Energy Week 2015 Main Event!
A whole week long event taking place throughout New York City with different events “for the industry, by the industry” from June 15th-19th 2015. Click here for more information: http://nyenergywe…
Prefab & Passive House: A Builder's Response to Climate Change, May 30, Branford, CT
Chris Corson, founder and Technical Director of Ecocor High Performance Building of Maine, will discuss the benefits of pre-fabricated, panelized construction in Passive House buildings and how we can
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IMPACT Sustainable Development Conference, USGBC Minnesota, April 9, St Paul
The annual IMPACT conference is the leading event for sustainable development in the Midwest. Drawing hundreds of building professionals, the conference features the latest updates for LEED, green bus
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Tri State Energy Conference, April 2-4, New York, NY
Local governments from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are independently building opportunities to switch to clean energy.
- New York is one of the most active community solar markets in the
Climate March in Support of Paris COP21 Talks - More important than Ever - Nov 28-29
On the eve of the biggest U.N summit of the decade in Paris, the climate movement is taking to the streets. With climate change in the global spotlight, this is our chance to help set an ambitious age…
Patagonia Presents a film by Sweetgrass Productions: Keep Jumbo Wild Sunday, November 1st Doors: 7:30 pm, Film 8 pm FREE! Join Patagonia Ambassador Pep Fujas for the Boston premiere of Jum…
Philadelphia's Comcast Center is expected to be the tallest LEED-Certified Building in the US
Philadelphia continues to make green building progress, placing 14th of 30 markets on the 2015 Green Building Adoption Index, by CBRE Group Inc. and Maastricht University. According to a report by…
Massachusetts Residents: Send a Letter to Support the new Mass Power Forward program!
Send an email to Governor Baker and your State Representatives to support Mass Power Forward, a statewide coalition committed to securing energy policy that supports local renewable energy, keeps ener…
Google's Project Sunroof Helps You See if Solar Panels are Right for You
Google has just released their Project Sunroof, which utilizes Google Maps to see how much money you will save by installing solar panels on your roof. This is done by first analyzing how much sun wil…
Sustainable Wellesley - at the July Jubilation this Saturday, July 17th 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Join Sustainable Wellesley this Saturday July 18th between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm with the Natural Resources Commission and the Sustainable Energy Committee and an electric Smart Car at the July Jubilati…
Hotels Install Window Film to Increase Energy Efficiency
Check out this interesting article on how hotels are using low-e window film to help regulate the temperature in guest's room. After staying in humid Florida for a week, I can tell you that having a s…
NYC’s first prefab micro-unit apartment building starts to rise in Manhattan
Coming to East 27th Street in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan is prefabricated micro apartments. The housing model won the adAPT NYC Competition for its innovative design that is both eco-friendly a…
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