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Find out how you can shine with solar energy, even if you do not always get direct sunlight. In this discussion with an Illinois Solar Energy Association Solar Ambassador, you will learn:
- How sol
Resilient Meadville Projects Expo and Progress Report Luncheon, October 27, Meadville, Pennsylvania
Join Green Building Alliance and Resilient Meadville partners as they highlight the people, projects, and teams strengthening local resilience and celebrate the progress of GBA’s Resilient Meadv
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Council Climate Action Case Studies Conference, Passivhaus Trust, July 14, Online, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Join Ashden and Friends of the Earth as they focus on exemplary case studies which showcase the inspiring work of local authorities.
Discover exemplar case studies including City of York Counc
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USGBC First Friday Webinar: Celebrating Global Leadership, August 5, 1 pm
Over the past 25 years, the concept of green building has evolved to include not just sustainability, but also health and wellness, resilience, and equity. USGBC and GBCI will focus future work on the
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AIA Conference on Architecture 2022, June 22 - 25, Chicago, Illinois
AIA Conference on Architecture brings together thousands of specifiers and decisionmakers from all 50 states and 90 countries. The event features eminent speakers, CE on trending topics and mate
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Reactive Sensors and Controls for Home Ventilation, Featuring Corbett Lunsford
Matt Hoots is right that the age of reactive, or smart, sensors is really just about here. We’re going to see a renovation revolution in terms of being able to monitor our air qual
SIEMENS VersiCharge Series - Universal Chargers for Electric Vehicles
It’s great to see product evolution in what pretty much feels like real time. Green Builder Matt Hoots caught up with Kristen Westwood of SIEMENS eMobility North America at the Inter
The Humid Climate Conference, May 2 - 3, The Austin Central Library, Austin, Texas
The Humid climate Conference is a biennial conference focused on bringing the PHIUS passive house building standard to life in humid climates.
The Humid Climate Conference was born in Austin,
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ACEEE 2022 Climate-Forward Efficiency Symposium, March 24, 2:30-4 pm EDT
As states and utilities set ambitious decarbonization goals, the case for leveraging demand-side measures to reduce emissions is stronger than ever. The ways in which utility energy efficiency program
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Landscape Architecture and the Science of Climate Change: Carbon, March 4, 3 pm EDT
The Department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona hosts a series of monthly presentations on the science of climate change and landscape architecture solutions.
Join the event during your
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USGBC Webinar: Building Decarbonization Seminar for Emerging Professionals, February 9, 12 pm PST
The Stanford Building Decarbonization Learning Accelerator (BDLA) provides free teaching resources to professors so they can easily integrate information about building decarbonization into
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Free Green Building Webinar: Architectural Vertical Opening Solutions, January 19, 12-1 pm EST
In this course, we will discuss vertical operating systems to better understand their construction and the operating systems used in each type. Characteristics of various types of vertical operating s
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Webinar: An Introduction to Zero Carbon Certification, December 14, 8:30 am EST
As climate disasters threaten the wellbeing of people and the planet, the need to reduce CO2 emissions is ever more urgent. The ILFI Zero Carbon Certification is a worldwide, third-part
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JOIN Passive House MA for their December monthly meeting centered around high performance buildings along with the opportunity to network with industry professionals, practitioners and students from l…
3-Day GRIHA V 2015 Training Program, July 11-13, Noida, India
A three-day training workshop is being organized by GRIHA Council in association with TERI from July 11-13, 2018 in Noida. The workshop aims at enhancing the knowledge on green buildings and GRIHA rat…
International Low Impact Development Conference, August 12-15 in Nashville, TN
The International Low Impact Development Conference highlights interdisciplinary practice, research, and implementation of Low Impact Development (LID), Green Infrastructure (GI), Sustainable Urban Dr…
ZNE for Existing Buildings, June 26, Sacramento, California
This workshop will outline best practice steps and approaches to comprehensively enhance the energy performance of existing buildings to ZNE. The workshop will investigate retrofit opportunities in in…
2018 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference, Oct 7 - 10, 2018, Washington, DC
BECC is the premier event focused on understanding individual and organizational behavior and decision-making related to energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, and sustainability. BEC…
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - World Congress 2018, June 19 - 22, Montreal, Canada
Every three years, ICLEI holds its World Congress to showcase how local and regional governments across our network are advancing sustainable urban development worldwide. The ICLEI World Congress conn…
Interclima & Elec, Energy Efficiency Show for Buildings, Nov 4 - 8, Paris, France
Interclima+elec reflects the convergence in the field of multi energy and multi technology in the building sector (hvac & refrigeration, home & building management systems). Taking place in Paris, …
Women in Green Coffee Connection, 26 Apr 2018, 7:30am, San Diego, CA
April 26th is San Diego Green Building Council's first connection event of the year over the breakfast hour. It will share an overview of WIG initiatives and events for the coming year, taking your in…
Snapshot on Sustainability: A Library is far more than its books in circulation
Although the smart phone sitting in my pocket can help me find the answer to most any question, I don’t think of my phone as the intersection of technology and learning, but simply a tool that I use…
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Recovery Efforts - Webinar w Sierra Club - March 15
Join for a forum hosted by SIERRA Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jason Mark in conversation with local organizers and advocates in Texas and Puerto Rico. There will be an on-the-ground recovery update, a di…
Please join for a plaque ceremony presented by the U.S. Green Building Council's Detroit Regional Community, honoring the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning fo…
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) is expected to rule on the US Department of Energy’s proposed rulemaking on grid resiliency (focused on whether steps need to be taken to suppo…
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