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Tiny Houses, Big Deal

by GreenCE Sustainable Design and Construction

It’s hard to preach about sustainable living when just owning or renting a home seems to be a hardship for more people than not lately. Who can think about sustainable choices that may cost more

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Filed under: Other Green Building - Other

Keywords: Sustainable Living,Tiny Houses

0 replies | 7646 views | Posted on: 05/10/2019 | Last updated: 03/04/2025

Road to Zero: Summit, Green Building Tour of Ryerson Conservation Area, Riverwoods, Illinois, November 8, 10-11 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Join Illinois Green Alliance for the last 2024 Road to Zero: Summit Tour series at the beautiful Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods, IL, to explore the new Phius ZERO-certified education center.

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Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 869 views | Posted on: 10/21/2024 | Last updated: 10/21/2024

Free Webinar: Basics of Lighting Controls, October 22, 9-11 am

by Hani // Social media manager

This introductory course on lighting controls provides attendees a practical guide to common lighting control components found in commercial lighting systems. The class will introduce how to use contr

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Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

0 replies | 1009 views | Posted on: 09/25/2024 | Last updated: 09/25/2024

Free Webinar: Clean Energy Workforce Diversity: Access, Inclusion and Belonging, October 2, 10-11am PT

by Hani // Social media manager

Market evolution, technological innovation, and policies focused on climate action have strengthened economic opportunities in the U.S. energy sector and driven workforce development. However, the cle

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Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

0 replies | 1201 views | Posted on: 09/03/2024 | Last updated: 09/03/2024

Free Webinar, Fall 2024 Resiliency Academy Session 1 — The Latest on Climate in the Mid-Atlantic, September 5, 1-2:30 pm EDT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

As our climate is changing, we are experiencing more extreme events, such as heat waves and storms, which are impacting the way our communities need to plan. The first session of the Fall Resiliency A

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0 replies | 1051 views | Posted on: 08/13/2024 | Last updated: 08/14/2024

Webinar: Health In the Built Environment: Transit, Mobility & Public Health, August 6, 9-10:30 am ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Access to reliable transportation is critical to economic mobility and to public health and wellbeing. In Pittsburgh, a quarter of households do not have access to a car, and according to a recent stu

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Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

0 replies | 861 views | Posted on: 07/24/2024 | Last updated: 07/24/2024

Heat Pumps: A Guide To Keeping Clients Happy, July 11, 5:30-7:30 pm MT, Free Hybrid Event Online and in Lafayette, Colorado

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Don't Get Tripped Up By Heat Pumps: A Guide To Keeping Your Clients Happy.  Join Colorado Green Building Guild (CGBG) for a presentation and Q+A session featuring four heat pump experts

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Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 1727 views | Posted on: 06/26/2024 | Last updated: 06/26/2024

Building Electrification Fundamentals Part 3 of a 4 Part Series: - Intro to BE Technologies, July 25, 10 am - 12 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The clean energy economy is upon us but what does that mean to you? Learn about the technologies utilized to turn your building into an efficient, clean and healthy space to live and work. This period

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1286 views | Posted on: 06/07/2024 | Last updated: 06/07/2024

Advancing Sustainable Data Centers, June 13, 9 am - 3 pm, Leesburg, Virginia

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

GBI's Advancing Sustainable Data Centers Seminar will bring together data center designers, owners, and operators to share innovative strategies to improve the sustainability and resilience of dat

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0 replies | 1354 views | Posted on: 05/23/2024 | Last updated: 05/23/2024

What is necessary to create sustainable tiny home communities?

by Ron // Tiny House / Green Structure Design and Manufacturer

It is simple enough to build smaller homes, tiny if desired. It is simple enough to add energy efficiency to the structure. But the long term sustainability of a community, tiny home or urban poc

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Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Tiny Houses

0 replies | 4440 views | Posted on: 07/08/2019 | Last updated: 02/09/2023

How C-PACE Can Power your Energy Potential: A Bar-T Building Tour, June 27, Frederick, MD

by AbbieKnight

This course is expected to be approved for 1 GBCI general and 1 AIA CEU.

Join at a building tour of the Bar-T Mountainside Camp and learn Commercial property assessed clean energy (“C-PACE&rd

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Filed under: Green Building Finance

Keywords: Clean Energy Financing,C-PACE

0 replies | 1376 views | Posted on: 06/19/2019 | Last updated: 06/19/2019

2019 Better Buildings Summit: Arlington, VA, July 10-11

by AidanAnthony // Intern

The 2019 Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit is an opportunity for industry professionals and partners to explore emerging technologies and share innovative strategies in energy and water efficienc

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Filed under: Washington, DC

Emerging Green Professionals

0 replies | 1352 views | Posted on: 06/07/2019 | Last updated: 06/07/2019

Celebrating Women in Green, June 19, 5-8pm, Montclair, New Jersey

by MVillere

The event will spotlight and celebrate women of influence in the green building sector; discuss via panel where women are, what women are doing, what impact women are making, and women’s positio

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New Jersey Greenbuilding Group

0 replies | 1843 views | Posted on: 05/30/2019 | Last updated: 06/03/2019

EBC Ninth Annual Construction and Demolition Materials Regional Summit

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

January 29, 2015 @ 7:30 am – 12:00 pm Sheraton Framingham Hotel 1657 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01701 The Ninth Annual EBC Construction and Demolition Materials Regional Summit will update …

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Green Building,Demolition,Materials

0 replies | 1839 views | Posted on: 01/26/2015 | Last updated: 03/06/2015

18th Annual Municipal Green Building Conference & Expo: Climate Change Solutions in the New Abnormal, April 18, Downey, CA

by AbbieKnight

Since its inception in 2001, MGBCE has become the longest-running and largest gathering of leading sustainability and green building advocates within both the public and private sectors in Southern Ca

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Filed under: California

California Green Building

Keywords: Green Building,Climate Change Solutions

0 replies | 1342 views | Posted on: 04/09/2019 | Last updated: 04/09/2019

4th Global Summit on Climate Change, September 16-17, Seoul, South Korea

by Caroline Jones

On behalf of Climate Congress 2019 Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite academics, counsellors, educators, environmentalist, policy makers, research scientists, self-help group fac

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Keywords: Climate Change,Global Warming,Environment,Adaptation

0 replies | 1173 views | Posted on: 03/13/2019 | Last updated: 03/14/2019

Webinar - Energy Democracy,Thursday, February 21, 12-1pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In this webinar, author Craig Morris will be speaking about energy policy and how it affects our daily lives. Power generation began with small local power facilities, often owned by the local municip

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Filed under: Energy

New Hampshire Green Building

Keywords: ASHRAE NH

0 replies | 3952 views | Posted on: 02/07/2019 | Last updated: 02/08/2019

Architecture Beyond Convention Symposium 2019, February 6 in Toronto, Canada

by AbbieKnight

The Architecture Beyond Convention Symposium 2019: Presented by Sustainable and The Ryerson University Master of Architecture Class of 2020

The event will feature a set of key speakers discuss

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Filed under: Events

Keywords: Sustainability,Sustainable Architecture

0 replies | 1342 views | Posted on: 01/22/2019 | Last updated: 01/22/2019

Be a Locavore at the Boston Local Food Festival Sunday, Sept. 20! 11am - 5pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

For one spectacular day each year, The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) of Massachusetts transforms the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the City of Boston into the nation's largest local & sustainable foo…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Sustainable Business Network,Boston Local Food Festival

0 replies | 2244 views | Posted on: 09/16/2015 | Last updated: 09/16/2015

TODAY 8/25 at 1:15 pm EDT: Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Global Climate Security Webinar - 5 Part Series Arizona State University This session will address climate risk and security on all fronts from the risk assessment perspective (impacts on governan…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Climate Change,Arizona State University,Climate Risk

0 replies | 1438 views | Posted on: 08/25/2015 | Last updated: 08/25/2015

MassPIRG Petition: Say No to BP Tax Deductions on Oil Spill Payments!

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

BP Oil Company must pay $18.7 billion in damages as a result of gross negligence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but there are indications that only $5.5 billion of that settlement will be non-tax …

Filed under: Environmental Activism

Keywords: Environment,Pollution,BP,Oil Spill

0 replies | 1778 views | Posted on: 07/24/2015 | Last updated: 07/24/2015

Building Operator Certification (BOC) from CUNY Building Performance Lab

by Chelsea W. // Student

The CUNY Building Performance Lab will be holding a webinar information session for the Building Operator Certification (BOC) on Thursday, July 9th from 2-3pm. This event is for those who are interest…

Filed under: Training and Development Programs, Workshops

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1658 views | Posted on: 06/25/2015 | Last updated: 06/25/2015

Energypath 2015, University of Scranton, July 20-24

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The Energypath 2015 Conference will be held July 20-24, 2015 at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Energypath 2015 aims to enlighten and educate attendees on the economic, techni…

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: Sustainable Energy,Pennsylvania

0 replies | 1309 views | Posted on: 06/02/2015 | Last updated: 06/02/2015

Young Professionals In Energy - Boston: Conversation with MA EEA Secretary Beaton, April 30th

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

YPE Boston: Conversation with MA EEA Secretary Beaton Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 6 to 7:30 pm District Hall 75 Northern Ave, Boston, MA Please join the Young Professionals in Energy Boston chapt…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center,Young Professionals in Energy

0 replies | 1766 views | Posted on: 04/29/2015 | Last updated: 04/29/2015

Non-Toxic Fire Safety in Massachusetts Symposium, April 9, 9am-12:30 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Non-Toxic Fire Safety in Massachusetts April 9th, 2015 9:00am-12:30pm Join the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts, Silent Spring Institute, Harvard, Healthcare without Harm, Blue Cross Blu…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Fire Safety,Flame Retardants

0 replies | 1947 views | Posted on: 03/20/2015 | Last updated: 03/20/2015

 

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