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Composting & Green Buildings: A Natural Fit, August 13, Charlottesville, VA

by AidanAnthony // Intern

Did you know that almost a third of the solid waste stream can be recycled through composting? This presentation will give an overview of composting and why it is important. We'll review what can

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 1034 views | Posted on: 06/23/2019 | Last updated: 06/23/2019

Free Online Workshop: Climate Literacy Basics - Understanding and Communicating Key Concepts, August 7, 3:45 to 5:00 pm MT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Discover practical tips to integrate the new Climate Literacy Essential Principles into your communications, interpretive programs, and instructional practices.

Through this engaging, interactive&n

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 716 views | Posted on: 07/25/2025 | Last updated: 07/25/2025

Free Webinar: Electrification & Home Performance Series: - All About Quality Insulation Installation, July 9, 10 am - 12 pm PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

Building electrification replaces fossil fuel systems with electric alternatives. As California shifts to all-electric homes, understanding home performance is essential. Key factors, such as energy e

California Green Building

0 replies | 644 views | Posted on: 06/26/2025 | Last updated: 06/27/2025

Free Webinar: Rebuild Marketplace Crowdsource CoLab, June 17, 4-5:30 pm, PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

Rebuild Marketplace is a group purchasing and procurement platform powered by Building Ease that is designed to support individuals, contractors, architects, and ultimately communities in re

California Green Building

0 replies | 684 views | Posted on: 05/31/2025 | Last updated: 05/31/2025

Free Webinar: Energy Storage Systems for Backup Power, June 13, 12-2 pm, PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

While there are economic incentives for grid-interactive customers who combine PV generation with energy storage, customers, when polled, said that their primary motivation for using PV and battery sy

California Green Building

0 replies | 998 views | Posted on: 05/13/2025 | Last updated: 05/13/2025

Introducing Smartrock®: All-in-one interior continuous insulation, airtightness, and vapor control solution, Online, May 22, 12 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Join ROCKWOOL and 475 High Performance Building Supply for an exclusive webinar introducing Smartrock® - a two-in-one solution that combines high-performance stone wool insulation from ROCKWO

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 773 views | Posted on: 04/30/2025 | Last updated: 04/30/2025

Introduction to Healthy Materials, Hosted online by BuiltEnvironment Plus, May 1, 12-2 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In this workshop, participants will learn key product sustainability metrics and how to identify products and materials that are better for the environment and building occupants. The workshop will hi

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1072 views | Posted on: 04/11/2025 | Last updated: 04/12/2025

Free Webinar: Introduction to All-Weather Window Heat Pumps, April 2, 12-1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

One-way window ACs have been around for a long time, but now, new two-way window AC technology is available to heat and cool through all heat and cold waves. Let's discuss how this new technology

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 730 views | Posted on: 03/21/2025 | Last updated: 03/21/2025

Bay Area Green Spring Soiree, USGBC California, March 20, 5-7 pm, San Francisco

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This event will bring together professionals, enthusiasts, and advocates of sustainable architecture and green building practices for a night of networking, inspiration, and celebration.

Event

California Green Building

0 replies | 629 views | Posted on: 03/06/2025 | Last updated: 03/06/2025

Drawdown Illinois Summit, Chicago, IL, September 24

by AbbieKnight

In order to truly reduce carbon across the city, region and state, every building professional and every community must be engaged in the adoption of vetted carbon drawdown strategies and solutions.&n

Filed under: Illinois

Illinois Green Building Group

Keywords: Emerging Professionals,Carbon Reduction,Green Building industry

0 replies | 1681 views | Posted on: 09/05/2019 | Last updated: 09/05/2019

Best of Greenbuild: The Missing E in LEED - Why Emotion Is the Next Frontier in Sustainable Architecture, September 18, Webinar and Jacksonville, FL

by Gina Pryciak // Student

In this interactive session, the group is engaged with preference tests and drawing exercises to introduce key concepts in cognitive science that help attendees better grasp how buildings in

Filed under: Webinars

Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 3070 views | Posted on: 08/07/2019 | Last updated: 08/07/2019

Social Justice and the Solar Industry - Starting to Address the Elephant in the Room

by PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado

If states and city governments are serious about meeting their clean energy benchmarks, they must do better at reaching minority and low-income communities.  States need to take ac

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

0 replies | 9755 views | Posted on: 07/24/2019 | Last updated: 03/04/2025

University of Baltimore Robert L. Bogomolny Library Tour: August 22, Baltimore, MD

by AidanAnthony // Intern

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

We will be touring the University of Baltimore Robert L. Bogomolny, which has recently completed a major renovation. We will

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 1321 views | Posted on: 07/11/2019 | Last updated: 07/11/2019

Petition: Tell the EPA to Support the Clean Power Plan (via NRDC)

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Please help the NRDC with a petition to Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator! It's time to limit emissions on coal-fired plants, for the health of the planet and for current and future generations. …

Filed under: Environmental Activism

Keywords: Climate Change,Environment,EPA,NRDC,Health,Emissions

0 replies | 2069 views | Posted on: 06/29/2015 | Last updated: 06/29/2015

Stanley Marketplace Green Building Tour, July 17, 2:30-4:00pm, Aurora, CO

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Join the USGBC Denver Metro Education Committee for a green building tour of Stanley Marketplace, a community of independently owned local businesses. Stanley Marketplace received a 2018 USGBC Mountai

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,Design,Green Building Tour,Sustainability,Community

0 replies | 1522 views | Posted on: 06/10/2019 | Last updated: 06/10/2019

Midwest Renewable Energy Association 30th Anniversary Energy Fair, June 21-23, Custer, WI

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Celebrate the summer solstice at The 30th Anniversary Energy Fair on June 21-23, 2019! Organized by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, The Energy Fair is the nation’s longest-running even

Filed under: Wisconsin

Wisconsin Green Building Group

Keywords: clean energy,Energy Efficiency,Renewable Energy,Sustainable Living,Sustainability

0 replies | 1650 views | Posted on: 06/03/2019 | Last updated: 06/03/2019

Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit, June 14, Cincinnati, Ohio

by Green Umbrella // Greater Cincinnati Sustainability Alliance

Join Green Umbrella for the 2019 Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit!

In 2019, the Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit will continue to explore new and promising areas of environmental sustai

0 replies | 1174 views | Posted on: 05/14/2019 | Last updated: 05/14/2019

EARTH DAY AFTER PARTY 2019 & The Sustainable Trifecta, April 29, Hamilton, NJ

by MVillere

Join us at the LEED Gold Grounds For Sculpture Museum for cutting edge education, live music, LEED plaque presentation, & networking... 

This event - including the scavenger hunt - takes p

Filed under: Education

New Jersey Greenbuilding Group

0 replies | 1695 views | Posted on: 04/11/2019 | Last updated: 04/12/2019

Lehigh Valley Mayors' Forum: Next Generation Sustainable Cities and Suburbs, Wed, 02/10/2016 - 11:30am - 1:30pm

by btfalcon71 // Architect, Sustainable Design Professional

Lehigh Valley Mayors' Forum: Next Generation Sustainable Cities and Suburbs Wed, 02/10/2016 - 11:30am - 1:30pm Lehigh University The Wood Dining Room, Mountaintop Campus Iacocca Hall 111 Resea…

Filed under: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: Sustainable Cities

0 replies | 1315 views | Posted on: 02/05/2016 | Last updated: 02/05/2016

Brownfields Development, Presented by the Mel King Institute for Community Building - February 24, 9:30 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Brownfields Redevelopment February 24, 2016, 9:30 am - 2pm Location: Mintz Levin One Financial Center 38th Floor Boston, MA CDCs and other developers frequently encounter contaminated lan…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Development,Brownfields,Mel King Institue for Community Building

0 replies | 1219 views | Posted on: 01/22/2016 | Last updated: 01/22/2016

The US Green Building Council releases profiles of Local Climate Leaders Circle that are participating in International Climate Talks, COP21 in Paris

by Stella Ng'oma // Green building enthusiast

Profiles of the Local Climate Leaders circle comprising of 9 Mayors of Atlanta, Boulder, Chula Vista, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Oakland, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, and West Palm Beach, and council me…

Filed under: Climate Change

Keywords: Climate Change

0 replies | 1210 views | Posted on: 12/02/2015 | Last updated: 12/03/2015

Apple Inc. Announces Two New Programs to Create Renewable Energy in China

by NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State

Apple has already completed 40 megawatts of solar projects in the Sichuan Province. This already produces more electricity than that used by all of Apple’s offices and retail stores in China, making…

Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 778 views | Posted on: 11/04/2015 | Last updated: 11/04/2015

California's Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act - 50% of Consumer Energy to be from Renewable Sources

by Stella Ng'oma // Green building enthusiast

California has had the most severe droughts in recent years. In the wake of the continued drought, several stakeholders, including State and Federal officials are working diligently together to reduce…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Climate Change,clean energy,Pollution,California

0 replies | 1608 views | Posted on: 10/13/2015 | Last updated: 10/13/2015

Learn more about Blower Doors from TEC: Wednesday, September 30th, 1-2 PM CST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Time: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Central time This is the first in an occasional series on some of the lesser known but equally important features and uses of building dia…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Blower Door,Home Performance

0 replies | 1454 views | Posted on: 09/24/2015 | Last updated: 09/24/2015

Boulder Green Home Tour - September 26, 10 am - 4 pm (plus after party!)

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Boulder Green Home Tour September 26, 10 am - 4 pm After-Party 4 - 6 pm The Colorado Green Building Guild and the Colorado Renewable Energy Society, two local non-profit groups, are proud to pres…

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,Green Homes Tour,Colorado

0 replies | 1403 views | Posted on: 08/30/2015 | Last updated: 08/30/2015

 

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