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Resilience Workshop Series: Building Resilient Water Systems, May 17, Los Angeles, CA

by AbbieKnight

Introduction to Environmental Resilience Series: Building Resilient Water Systems

This series of 90-minute workshops are designed to introduce you to what resilience is and how it applies to your l

Filed under: California

California Green Building

Keywords: Resilient water systems,Environmental Resilience

0 replies | 1757 views | Posted on: 04/11/2019 | Last updated: 04/11/2019

Free Webinar: Mechanical Systems in Detail, June 26, 12-2 pm, PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

This course dives deep into the focus of building mechanical systems with a particular focus on ventilation and hot water systems. Looking at the design and construction of a range of system types, th

California Green Building

0 replies | 243 views | Posted on: 06/02/2025 | Last updated: 06/12/2025

Free Webinar: Marketing Green Homes: How to Get More Real Estate Listings by Going Green, May 29, 10-11:30am PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

This course will teach real estate agents about the benefits of green homes and how focusing their business on marketing green homes can increase the number of available listings. It will also pr

California Green Building

0 replies | 391 views | Posted on: 05/16/2025 | Last updated: 05/16/2025

Free Webinar: Charging Series - Electric Vehicle Charging On The Go, June 11, 7 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Do you have questions about charging options for electric vehicles (EVs) when you are on the road? Attend the Charging on the Go webinar on June 11!

Green Energy Consumers Alliance will talk about:

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 619 views | Posted on: 05/01/2025 | Last updated: 05/24/2025

Free Webinar: Code Campaigns, Creating a Health, Resilience, and Efficiency Baseline for Illinois (and everywhere), May 8, 12-1 pm CT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Join Illinois Green Alliance, RMI, and AIA Chicago to learn how strong codes make homes and buildings more resilient, comfortable, affordable to operate, and climate-aligned. In Illinois, over 46% of

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 581 views | Posted on: 04/17/2025 | Last updated: 04/17/2025

Tour of the Saint-Gobain HQ (LEED Platinum), October 23, Malvern, PA

by MVillere

Join USGBC New Jersey for this guided tour of the Saint-Gobain HQ (LEED Platinum)
in Malvern, PA. Complete with CEUs on the bus ride there. Ride the chartered bus with us, or drive yourself. Pa

Keywords: LEED,Saint-Gobain,USGBC,LEED Platinum,USGBC NJ,Certainteed

0 replies | 2083 views | Posted on: 09/09/2019 | Last updated: 09/09/2019

2019 Metro KC Climate Action Coalition Summit, September 14, 8:30am-5:30pm, Overland Park, KS

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Join the Metro KC Climate Action Coalition September 14 for the first-ever Metro KC Climate Action Summit

Internationally recognized speakers to highlight emerging trends in climate change and

Filed under: Climate Change

Keywords: Climate Change,Climate Action

0 replies | 1152 views | Posted on: 08/07/2019 | Last updated: 08/07/2019

USGBC Maryland and NCR Net Zero Schools Hard Hat Tour: September 11, 2019 Baltimore, MD

by AidanAnthony // Intern

Visit two Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Schools currently under construction in Baltimore City. Graceland Park/O’Donnell Heights ES/MS and Holabird ES/MS are both designed to be zero net energy with the

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 860 views | Posted on: 07/24/2019 | Last updated: 07/26/2019

2019 NEEP Summit: Pathways to Decarbonization in the Northeast, August 27-29, Brooklyn, NY

by Gina Pryciak // Student

This year, the NEEP Summit will be held in collaboration with Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as part of EPRI’

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Decarbonization

0 replies | 1131 views | Posted on: 07/12/2019 | Last updated: 07/12/2019

LEED Tour - South Bend Fire Station #4, July 18, 3:00-4:00pm, South Bend, IN

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Join USGBC Indiana to tour the newly opened South Bend Fire Station #4. This is a high performing building that has earned the LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council fo

Keywords: Green Building,LEED Building Tour

0 replies | 1165 views | Posted on: 06/25/2019 | Last updated: 06/27/2019

New York Energy Week, June 24-27, New York, NY

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Created in 2013, New York Energy Week is the industry’s comprehensive cross-­sector, annual event series uniting the diverse sectors of energy.

The week-­long event series i

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Climate Change,Energy,Energy Efficiency,Sustainability

0 replies | 2130 views | Posted on: 06/11/2019 | Last updated: 06/11/2019

City Efficiency Leadership Council Summer 2019 Roundtable - North Texas Region: June 26, 9-11am, Plano, TX

by AidanAnthony // Intern

This event brings together representatives of public agencies including cities, counties, school districts, and councils of governments. This meeting is closed to vendors or service providers.

SPEE

Filed under: Community Services

Texas Green Building

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Green Cities,Texas Green Building,city efficiency

0 replies | 1264 views | Posted on: 06/04/2019 | Last updated: 06/14/2019

Sustainable Building at Miami Beach, May 22, Miami, FL

by AbbieKnight

Learn about the Sustainable Building Ordinances in the City of Miami BEach and how the new LEED version 4 and the Living Building Challange (LBC) Certifications can meet those requirments 

Filed under: Florida

Florida Green Building Group

Keywords: LEED V4,Sustainable Building,Miami beach

0 replies | 1396 views | Posted on: 05/14/2019 | Last updated: 05/14/2019

Association of Energy Engineers of New England (AEENE) Products/Services show 4/8, 3-7:30 pm:

by kat m

Association of Energy Engineers of New England (AEENE) PRODUCTS & SERVICES SHOW Wed, April 8th 2015 3–7:30 p.m. Embassy Suites Hotel, 550 Winter Street , Waltham, MA Exit 27 B Route 128/I-95 …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,AEENE,Association of Energy Engineers of New England

0 replies | 1920 views | Posted on: 03/26/2015 | Last updated: 03/28/2015

IE Expo China 2019, April 15-17, Shanghai

by AbbieKnight

IE Expo China 2019 taking place from April 15 to 17, 2019,  at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, which will cover all the high potential markets in environmental area:

· Water and

Filed under: Events

Keywords: Air Quality,Water,Waste,Soil,technology solutions

0 replies | 1133 views | Posted on: 03/21/2019 | Last updated: 03/21/2019

Job Postings for Rate It Green Member, Power n Sun

by AbbieKnight

About the Company:

Power n Sun is an Engineering, Procurement & Solar Project Management Company operating throughout Middle East, South Asia, Burkina Faso, Camaroon, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda,

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

Keywords: Green Jobs

0 replies | 1319 views | Posted on: 02/20/2019 | Last updated: 02/20/2019

February Green Light Training: Advanced Controls – Types & Functions, Feb 22 in NYC

by ella.nielsen44 // Student

Join Building Energy Exchange for our four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technolog

Filed under: Lighting

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Lighting,LED Lighting,retrofits

0 replies | 1482 views | Posted on: 01/28/2019 | Last updated: 01/28/2019

'Loma Larga Granja Solar' A New Twist in Solar Development, February 11, 7 pm - BASEA Forum

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

'Loma Larga Granja Solar' A New Twist in Solar Development Boston Area Solar Energy Association (BASEA) Forum: Thursday, Feb. 11th, 2016 First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist;…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Boston Area Solar Association - BASEA

0 replies | 884 views | Posted on: 02/05/2016 | Last updated: 02/05/2016

Introduction to LEED for Homes – Free CE Webinar - 1/27 at 12 noon EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Introduction to LEED for Homes – Free CE Webinar January 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST Presenter: Brett Little, LEED APH, LFA, GHP LEED for Homes is a residential green building certification th…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Green Building,LEED

0 replies | 1161 views | Posted on: 01/25/2016 | Last updated: 01/25/2016

New Organic Solar Technology to Power Global Network of Objects

by NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State

It is hard to believe that one day technology and objects are going to be linked together through an ‘internet of things.’ That’s right an interconnected global network will help operate devices…

Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 1001 views | Posted on: 12/03/2015 | Last updated: 12/04/2015

Devastating Man-Made Forest Fires in Southeast Asia Accelerating in Recent Years

by NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan, is justifiably speaking out against companies that start forest fires in Southeast Asia, calling them a “man-made tragedy”. The fore…

Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 753 views | Posted on: 11/07/2015 | Last updated: 11/07/2015

EcoLogic’s 2015 Fall Benefit: Turning the Tables, Nurturing Resilience, Oct 1, 6:30 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

TURNING THE TABLES: NURTURING RESILIENCE A Jeffersonian Dinner & Conversation about Conservation, Culture & Adaptation in a Changing World Thursday, October 1, 2015 6:30 – 9:30 PM The Comman…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1039 views | Posted on: 09/24/2015 | Last updated: 09/24/2015

Should we be Worried about the Rapidly Expanding Desalinization Industry?

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Access to water is a growing issue, particularly with recent droughts. At first, desalinization sounds like a good idea. But I was reading an Environmental News Network article about how desalin…

Filed under: Climate Change

Keywords: Environment,Water,Desalinization,California

0 replies | 1447 views | Posted on: 09/02/2015 | Last updated: 09/02/2015

Cleantech Open Class of 2015 - 5 NY Companies Changing the Sustainable World

by Chelsea W. // Student

Congratulations to Cleantech Open Northeast’s 2015 class of 34 companies developing clean technologies to rock the sustainable world: http://northeast.cleantechopen.org/en/challenge/cleantech-open-

Filed under: News

Related to: Safety

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Cleantech Open Northeast,Sustainability,Greenbiz

0 replies | 1572 views | Posted on: 06/30/2015 | Last updated: 06/30/2015

A Price On Carbon: Driving the Economic Road Forward, 6/18 6-8 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

A Price On Carbon: Driving the Economic Road Forward Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 6 to 8 pm Non Profit Center 89 South Street Boston, MA CABA invites members and friends to attend a workshop on …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Environment,Carbon Pricing

0 replies | 1095 views | Posted on: 06/16/2015 | Last updated: 06/16/2015

 

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