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Going Beyond Green Luncheon Series: Healthy & Efficient Buildings, August 8, Toledo, OH 11:30am-1:00pm

by AidanAnthony // Intern

Join the Toledo Lucas County Sustainability Commission and the USGBC Ohio NW Regional Team as they host quarterly luncheons focused on sustainability topics important to the region. A panel of lo

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Filed under: Ohio

Green Building Advocacy

0 replies | 1853 views | Posted on: 06/26/2019 | Last updated: 07/07/2019

Free Online Training, Air Sealing New and Retrofit Construction, December 4, 9 - 11:30 am PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Designing and constructing airtight houses and buildings allows for projects that need less heating and cooling. As a result, it is less costly to attain zero carbon as proper air sealing saves energy

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California Green Building

0 replies | 939 views | Posted on: 11/13/2024 | Last updated: 11/16/2024

Free Online Course: Health and Resilience of Clean Energy Homes, November 13, 9 am - 12 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Homeowner interest in our capacity to control indoor air quality and increase resilience has skyrocketed. Ventilation has been elevated from bathrooms to main living areas, from a few seconds of exhau

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1091 views | Posted on: 10/23/2024 | Last updated: 10/23/2024

Free Webinar: “Net Zero” for Local Governments: Braiding Technologies to Deliver Efficient, Renewable Buildings, October 23, 11am -12 pm ET

by Hani // Social media manager

Many are familiar with the concept of braiding complementary funding sources to achieve local clean energy projects. This webinar will extend the metaphor to the physical realm: That is, braiding vari

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Filed under: Webinars

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 969 views | Posted on: 09/29/2024 | Last updated: 09/30/2024

2025 Energy Efficiency as a Resource Conference, Hosted by American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), October 7- 9, Denver, Colorado

by Hani // Social media manager

The 13th biennial Energy Efficiency as a Resource conference will focus on policies and programs to reduce energy waste as we build the utility system of the future. This event will explore how effici

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Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 2115 views | Posted on: 09/05/2024 | Last updated: 08/01/2025

Free Greenbuild Webinar: Electrifying Public and Commercial Buildings: Where to Begin? September 19, 1-2pm ET

by Hani // Social media manager

Decarbonizing our vast commercial and public building stock is a challenge that we must face without delay – and one that the Biden administration and a range of state and local governments are

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Filed under: Webinars

0 replies | 1116 views | Posted on: 08/16/2024 | Last updated: 08/17/2024

Free Webinar: Finance Fridays: Illinois Climate Bank’s SSBCI Program, August 23, 1-1:30 CT

by Hani // Social media manager

Join this 30-minute webinar with the Illinois Climate Bank and a participating lender to learn about the SSBCI program. The Illinois Climate Bank assists Illinois businesses that create or retain jobs

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Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 866 views | Posted on: 07/27/2024 | Last updated: 07/27/2024

Free Webinar: How to Get the Inflation Reduction Act 45L $5000 per Housing Unit, July 24, 12-1pm ET

by Hani // Social media manager

Under the Inflation Reduction Act 2022, a program called 45L allows for up to $5000 per single-family home or multifamily housing unit to achieve the DOE Zero Energy Ready Certification or lower amoun

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Filed under: Webinars

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1117 views | Posted on: 07/01/2024 | Last updated: 07/02/2024

Free Webinar: Designing for Decarbonization, July 30, 9 am - 1 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Want to know more about what it means to achieve “decarbonization” for your building project? Understand the definition of decarbonization, zero net energy (ZNE), and zero net carbon (ZNC)

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1296 views | Posted on: 06/07/2024 | Last updated: 07/08/2024

Boulder Green Home Tour 2019, Saturday, September 28, 10am - 4pm, After Party at 4:30, Boulder, Colorado

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

People from Boulder and surrounding areas are invited to step inside and tour some amazing green homes. The Boulder Green Home Tour highlights innovative green building projects and helps to prom

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Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Green Building Tour

0 replies | 1982 views | Posted on: 09/11/2019 | Last updated: 09/11/2019

Green Cleaning Your Home, September 17, Sarasota, FL

by AbbieKnight

This class will explore using inexpensive common household products that are effective and safe for our environment and your health. Register early at ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com to sa

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Filed under: Florida

Florida Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Cleaning

0 replies | 1736 views | Posted on: 08/13/2019 | Last updated: 08/13/2019

USGBC-LA Women In Green Committee Kickoff: September 4, Los Angeles, CA

by AidanAnthony // Intern

This will be the kickoff event to launch the new Women In Green Committee within USGBC-LA, in advance of our fall event. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the mission statement for this c

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1783 views | Posted on: 07/26/2019 | Last updated: 07/26/2019

TinyFest NorthWest 2019 August 17-18, Rickreall, OR

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Come celebrate tiny living at TinyFest NorthWest! Explore a variety of tiny houses from pro-builders and DIYers. Tour tiny houses on wheels, backyard cottages, shipping container homes, vans, bus conv

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Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

Tiny Houses

Keywords: Tiny Houses

0 replies | 1829 views | Posted on: 07/17/2019 | Last updated: 07/17/2019

NY Officially Bans Fracking

by Chelsea W. // Student

Last week a monumental decision was made in New York State to officially ban high-volume hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”). Included in this decision was the release of the findings from the se…

Filed under: Environment News

Related to: Safety

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: news,New York,Fracking

0 replies | 2701 views | Posted on: 07/07/2015 | Last updated: 08/01/2016

Modeling 101: Energy Modeling for Code Compliance, High Performance Buildings, and Building Retrofits, July 9, New York, NY

by Gina Pryciak // Student

This training provides a general overview of energy modeling, including the following:

  • The history of whole building simulation and the underlying building science

  • Applications o

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Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,High Performance Building,Retrofit,Energy Codes

0 replies | 1973 views | Posted on: 06/12/2019 | Last updated: 06/12/2019

North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) Annual Conference + Expo, June 27-29, NYC, NY

by North American Passive House Network (NAPHN)

The NAPHN19 Conference will investigate how professionals and policymakers are implementing Passive House, at scale, today.

From fully certified buildings to rethinking how their work and built env

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Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Passive House,NAPHN,New York Green Building

0 replies | 1636 views | Posted on: 06/04/2019 | Last updated: 08/09/2019

Portland: Manufacturers for Transparency, May 30, Portland, OR

by AbbieKnight

Manufacturers for Transparency (MfT) is co-hosting this event with the Portland Material Transparency Collaborative (PMTC) to kick-off the new manufacturers group and better understand the various &ls

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Filed under: Events

Keywords: Transparency,Materials Transparency

0 replies | 1394 views | Posted on: 05/15/2019 | Last updated: 05/16/2019

Careers in Energy Today, Tomorrow, & Beyond, April 25, Boston, MA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

IEEE PES Women in Power (WiP) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are hosting a panel discussion on April 25, 2019 5:00PM-8:00PM at WPI Seaport in Boston: Careers in Energy Today, Tomorrow,

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Filed under: Green Building Jobs

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Green Jobs

0 replies | 1458 views | Posted on: 04/20/2019 | Last updated: 04/20/2019

CertainTeed’s partnership with YouthBuild Philly Charter School is all about the Green.

by Eva Blake // YouthBuild USA Green Initiative

http://buildingourfuturetogether.com/?p=2224 CertainTeed insulation is partnering with YouthBuild Philly to develop the next generation of green construction contractors by providing hands-on insulati

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Filed under: Green Affordable Housing

Equity and Green Building

Keywords: YouthBuild USA, Inc.

0 replies | 2672 views | Posted on: 02/09/2016 | Last updated: 02/19/2024

2016 Kick Off Meeting - Northern Branch Steering Committee, 2/4/16 - 5 - 6:30 pm MST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

USGBC Colorado - Northern Branch Steering Committee 2016 Kick Off Meeting February 04, 2016 5:00 PM MST to 6:30 PM MST Brendle Group 212 West Mul…

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: USGBC Colorado

0 replies | 1173 views | Posted on: 01/26/2016 | Last updated: 01/26/2016

Community Shared Solar Event, MCAN Chapter Get Together Dec, 9 - 6 pm, Brookline

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Community Solar Panel/MCAN Event (Mass Climate Action Network) December 09, 2015 at 6pm - 9pm All Saints Parish Church 1773 Beacon St Brookline, MA We are holding a round table to get chapter…

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: MCAN,Community Solar

0 replies | 1522 views | Posted on: 12/07/2015 | Last updated: 12/07/2015

French President Francois Hollande Will Not Attend G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey

by NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State

The G20, an inclusive grouping of countries at varying levels of development and income, is well placed to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is a universal framework to be pursue…

Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 1046 views | Posted on: 11/14/2015 | Last updated: 11/14/2015

Massachusetts Energy Policy Rally - September 29, 12 - 5 pm - At the State House

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Massachusetts legislators are about to make a series of monumental decisions about energy policy -- the kind of decisions that come only once every few decades. Our state is poised to spend billions t…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Energy Policy,Mass Power Forward,clean energy,Solar,Wind

0 replies | 1920 views | Posted on: 09/27/2015 | Last updated: 09/27/2015

White House Announces NY Passive House Initiative

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

From the White House: http://1.usa.gov/1Ee0b1U For more information: http://nypassivehouse.org/white-house-announces-passive-house-initiative/ New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) has …

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Affordable Housing,clean energy,New York,NYSERDA,Passive House,White House

0 replies | 2404 views | Posted on: 09/04/2015 | Last updated: 09/04/2015

Living Product Expo in Pittsburgh

by Chelsea W. // Student

Date: September 16-18, 2015 Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Living Product Expo is a groundbreaking new event that will bring together leading minds…

Filed under: Trade Shows and Events

Related to: Products,Trade Shows and Events ,Other Green Building - Other

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: Sustainable Products,Green Products,Pennsylvania Events

0 replies | 1789 views | Posted on: 08/10/2015 | Last updated: 08/31/2015

 

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