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Next Step Living Out of Business - What does this Mean for Homeowners?
Next Step Living Out of Business - What does this Mean for Homeowners? Next Step Living announced that it would cease its operations on March 18, after running out of cash. After starting out as a…
After working on a corporate campus, I was shocked at how many things in the realm of building performance are STILL done with pen and paper or a long email chain. It strikes me that there should be q…
India’s solar capacity to double in 2017
In 2017, India’s solar capacity is projected to double to 18 GW, with 14.2 GW of solar projects currently under development and tenders for approximately 6.3 GW are yet to be auctioned. India’s…
California is Paying Other States to Take Its Excess Solar Power
California’s solar power has been booming in recent years. In 2010, only 0.5% of electricity in California was produced by solar power. In 2016, solar power, from both rooftop panels and solar f
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Solecan™ is an eco-friendly single can trash & recycling solution. It makes recycling so convenient your cat could do it. Recycle. Everywhere.
Suggest me a good green building material for Landscaping
Howdy, everyone, I am new to this site and new in the green building industry, Recently my team got a project in Dubai and the construction is going under the guidelines of Dubai municipality for gree
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Sustainable Facilities Forum, May 18, In-Person in Sacramento, California, and Online
Join us for this online and in-person event highlighting strategies, best practices and technologies behind successful public sector facility projects.
Opening Keynote Speakers include:
Lindsey Ro
How to get FULL value for your GREEN Home: Key Points to Consider in Buying and Selling
If you've got 5 minutes to learn about protecting the value of what is likely to be your key asset, it's worth giving Green Builder Matt Hoots a listen. Matt teamed up with Green R
rheia's Comfort by Design - Smaller, Energy and Labor Efficient Air Distribution Systems
Now that we think about it, thanks to rheia, why is HVAC ductwork so big and bulky, and tangled? We’ve made changes to electrical and plumbing systems, so why not HVAC ducts? Clearly, it&r
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Going beyond installing a programmable thermostat and some insulation in the attic…
More than half of a home’s energy bill is spent on heating and cooling. A well-insulated home is a s
One Family's Radon Story - Testing and Continuous Monitoring are Key
What is invisible, dangerous, and can occur in both old and new homes, that we also need special equipment to detect? In this video, Christopher Matos-Rogers of the Matos-Rogers Group
Greenbuild 2021, Virtual Resilience Summit, August 26
The green building movement is scaling up from buildings to communities to cities. Environmental, social, and economic shocks and stressors have the biggest systemic impacts on the most vulnerable of
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3rd Jewish Climate Action Conference:
Everything Is Connected
Join JCAN-MA for the 3rd Jewish Climate Action Conference: Everything is Connected, April 25, 2021. Free & online. Session
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A Look at How ERVs Work with Panasonic, How 80% Efficiency Might Work in Practice
In this video, Matt Hoots interviews Ken Nelson with Panasonic at the International Builders/Kitchen and Bath Show. Ken explains how ERVs work using a core exchanger, or enthalpic core
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Glavel June Webinar, 6/13, 11:30am EST
Join the Glavel Team next Thursday June 13th at 11:30am EST as we share exciting developments about our company and products. Be sure to save your spot on Zoom. Have a topic you want the team to
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Making Affordable Multifamily Housing More Energy Efficient- a Guide to Healthier Upgrade Materials
A group of organizations including Energy Efficiency for All and The Healthy Building Network released a significant report in September, 2018, “Making Affordable Multifamily Housing More Energy
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This course will better inform the architect and designer about decorative hardwood plywood in terms of its manufacture, uses, types, and sustainable attributes. The architect and the designer will ga
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Sign with Clean Water Action to Help Stop the Rollback of the Clean Water Rule
This is one of those petitions it's easy to sign. Clean water is a bipartisan issue. "The Trump administration has proposed rolling-back critical protections for streams and wetlands. This dan…
Webinar Series: The End of Tree Plagues June 7-8: 1-3pm EST
Sustainable City Network will present an online training course for any personnel who are responsible for initiatives related to urban forestry, parks and/or tree canopy management. This course wil…
USGBC-LA's new blog: Snapshots on Sustainability
Please check out USGBC-LA's new blog: http://usgbc-la.org/blog/ I have been talking to thought-leaders in the field of sustainability. This blog is a space where I'm sharing common ideas as well as…
Energy Department announces more than $102 Million Funding to Tackle Solar Challenges
Exciting Solar Funding News Today: The Energy Department announced $102+ million in new projects and funding to support American leadership in clean energy innovation. In partnership with companie…
MIT ClimateCoLab's Crowds & Climate Conference: Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 8:00 am - 7:30 pm Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts USA Along with the MIT Solve Opening Convocation Monday, October 5, 2015, 1-6:30 pm …
Clean Tech and Energy Solutions in Transportation, March 17, 5:30 pm
March 17: Clean Tech and Energy Solutions in Transportation Of the ~25,000 Tesla’s (with orders for thousands) to date, come meet Tesla #1858 (world wide) and its owner, Harold Nahigian, who will …
As many of you already know, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Building Energy 15 is fast approaching. It's March 3-5 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston and features workshops, s…
"God's Taunt" Bill McKibbens at Riverside Church: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geIni_BwjGw
Can we fight with the knowledge we may loose the fight against climate change. It means divesting institutionally from the fossil fuel industry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geIni_BwjGw
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