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Webinar: WELL Health-Safety Rating: What You Need to Know, April 13, 12 pm (central)
The WELL Health-Safety Rating promotes indoor safety by examining 22 features across five core areas: Cleaning and Sanitation Procedures, Emergency Preparedness Programs, Health Service Resources, Air
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Passive House Certification is now required for all multifamily buildings over 12,000 square feet in Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Somerville, Worcester and many other communities that have opted into th
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Free Webinar, Redesigning the Materials Economy to Heal People and Our Planet, April 18, 12 pm ET
Earth Month is a perfect time to talk about solutions that will heal the planet. A path towards planetary health is more urgently needed now than ever. Our current materials economy results
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Community Solar Forum, April 7, 9:30-11 am, Acton, MA
Please join the Congregation Beth Elohim community as they celebrate the Department of Energy "Sunny Award for Equitable Community Solar"! And learn more about how Community Solar helps us m
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Free Webinar: Multi-Family Domestic Hot Water, March 28, 9-11am
Moving from fossil-fuel boilers to other forms of domestic hot water heating can be challenging, but it’s definitely doable. This training offers experience and strategies for providing DHW in m
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Can your house of worship or non-profit achieve 85% reduction in carbon emissions? Temple Shir Tikva just did that! The Jewish Climate Action Network (JCAN) is excited to showcase their ground-br
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International Builders' Show (IBS), February 27-29 Las Vegas, Nevada
The NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS) is the largest annual light construction show in the world. The 2023 show welcomed nearly 70,000 visitors from more than 100 countries. The Kitchen
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Building Energy Exchange: Climate Ready Buildings Training, January 23, 9am-12pm, New York, NY
This training is a prerequisite to the certification process for the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria for projects financed by NYC Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).
The Climate
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Certified Passive House Designer Training (Hybrid, Live and On Demand), Cohort Starts January 18
The CPHD course provides core Passive House professional training for architects, engineers, consultants, developers, policymakers, and more. The course is supported by the 30-year history of glo
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"Passive House For All" is a call to action
Our existential environmental, health, and social crises demand that we look beyond isolated symptoms and tackle interlocking systemic cau
Webinar: Toxins in Our Construction Waste, June 2, 12 pm PST
Industry tends to promote diversion as the most important aspect in construction and demolition residuals management. But a small component (less than 5%) is composed of toxic substances such as elect
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Webinar: Green Technology and How we all Become Carbon Neutral, May 12, 8:00am, EDT / 1 pm BST
This 1 hour CPD session examines energy efficient design with a focus on low carbon.
Hosted by Simon Green, Managing Director of Green Building Design Consultants who are specialists in low carbon
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The Clean Energy Solutions Summit, Colorado Green Building Guild, April 21
The Clean Energy Solutions Summit is the Mountain West’s premier event for municipal, commercial and non-profit energy management and sustainability leaders and decision makers seeking
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Michigan Sustainability Conference on September 14 in Detroit
MISCON has been designed to promote meaningful engagement with business professionals around the topic of sustainability. By addressing the triple bottom line - environmental, economic, and social …
Webinar: GPRO Operations and Maintenance Training, March 24-26
GPRO (Green Professional) is a comprehensive international training and certificate program that teaches the people who build, renovate and maintain buildings the principles of sustainability combined
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CxA Workshop On-Demand + Live Q&A session with Instructors April 1
Commissioning (CxA) Workshop on demand (watch at your convenience or livestream on April 1, 11:00 am Eastern): This 3-hr pre-recorded video will cover all aspects of commissioning ranging from project
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Join Illinois Green and the ComEd Energy Efficiency Program for an overview of the all-electric homes pilot program and incentives for 2021!
Discover how other Illinois builders are delivering high
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Alternative Energy Expo at Deep Portage Learning Center, Saturday, October 28, Hackensack, Minnesota
Informative tours of the many alternative energy installations (wood gasification, solar hot water, solar electricity, passive solar heat, etc.) and energy efficiency upgrades that have been installed…
Emerging Professionals of Urban Green Council Holiday Party, December 13th, New York
The Emerging Professionals of Urban Green Council invite you to our 2017 Holiday Party! Join us to celebrate a great year in green building at Central Bar. Don't miss EP's biggest party of the year…
Rocky Mountain Green Conference, May 3, USGBC Colorado
Hosted by USGBC Colorado, the annual Rocky Mountain Green conference unites hundreds of industry leaders, experts and professionals to inspire, connect and advance sustainable building within the regi…
The Urban Land Institute Foundation Gala October 23, 7-10 pm, Los Angeles. California
The Urban Land Institute Foundation celebratory gala will be marking the opening of the ULI 2017 Fall Meeting in Los Angeles. The dinner—to honor Roy Hilton March and his many contributions to ULI a…
Sustainable Design Solutions: Building Envelope & Interior Finish Seminar, October 17th, Boston
Since 2006, America Training Solutions delivers more than 60 face-to-face continuing education (CE) seminars a year to building-design professionals across the United States and Canada, offering AIA a…
Webinar on Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) 09/26, 7-8 pm, with Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN)
Do you want everyone in your city or town to have more clean energy? Do you want to make a big cut in your climate pollution as a community? Perhaps community choice aggregation (aka CCA, green agg…
This is the 8th year of AIA Triangle Tour of Residential Architecture! The American Institute of Architects [AIA] Triangle Tour of Residential Architecture showcases award-winning, architect-designed …
2018 Getting to Zero National Forum, April 17-19, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and New Buildings Institute (NBI) are once again joining forces to bring you the premier global event dedicated to defining the future of low energy and zero energy buil…
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