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USGBC First Friday Webinar: All In for Equity – Shedding Light on the Headlines, May 6, 1 pm EDT
This session walks attendees through the most recent updates made to LEED and credentialing, as well as introduce new, tested strategies and resources. Speakers discuss the direction of the building i
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Enhancing energy efficiency through building envelope technologies doesn’t just improve building performance – it can also play a key role in protecting bird populations. Join this webinar
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More and more buildings are being constructed with high-performance building envelopes. For these buildings, a well-designed and installed ventilation system is a must. Dan Perunko of Balance Point Ho
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Discover how recent EPA rules are transforming the future of refrigerants, a significant source of emissions found in nearly every type of building. Join this webinar to learn how to identify, categor
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Free GreenHome Institute Webinar: WELL for Residential Buildings, October 2, 12-1 pm ET
The WELL Building Standard™ is a vehicle for buildings and organizations to deliver more thoughtful and intentional spaces that enhance human health and well-being. It includes a set of strategi
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Many existing crawlspaces require remediation prior to other energy upgrade work, including attic or electrification upgrades. This course examines retrofits of vented and unvented crawlspaces, tradeo
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Energy efficiency and electrification upgrades are complicated—the average homeowner knows little about how exactly heat pumps, insulation, and other all-electric products work to improve a home
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Commercial renovation projects continue to dominate permit request applications across the Commonwealth and hold tremendous opportunity for energy savings via energy code compliance; yet confusion abo
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Infrastructure across California needs repair; water and wastewater alone need 50 billion dollars in funding to maintain basic functioning. California also needs to build 3.5 million homes in the n
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This course teaches carpenters how to apply fundamental building skills to high-performance construction projects. Topics focus on the four layers of a high-performance house: water, air, vapor, and t
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In WGBC's first Better Places for People webinar of 2022, we discuss what changes do we have to make to our built environment on a global scale if we are to make our buildings resilient to the glo
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Webinar: IAQ Strategies for Healthy Buildings, June 15, 1 pm CT
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only radically changed how we live, but has brought indoor air quality to the forefront. IAQ has never been more important than it is right now when it comes to the healt
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Webinar: Building Resilience -- Community as a Building Block of Resilience, June 3, 2:30 pm EDT
As American communities are confronted by compounded and systematic challenges, we need new models to build resilience for all people. Communities that are connected and empowered are better off today
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WMGC Green Night: 5-7pm Wednesday March 14 New Strategies for High Performance Affordable Homes An ongoing challenge in sustainable building has been to bring beautiful, high energy performance ho…
#1920sMakeoverATL House Update - Foundation Work has Started
The #1920sMakeoverATL Project is in full gear now (!), and foundation work has started! Matt and the ATL team have decided to prop up the house on piers and completely rebuild the foundation. The orig
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What does it really MEAN to build GREEN? Online, March 9, 3:30-5 pm ET
What will your footprint look like?
Buildings generate nearly 40% of annual global carbon emissions. It’s our role as AEC professionals to help change that dire statistic through innovative g
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Telling Your Green Building Story with Rate It Green - Let's Get Started!
Let's build your green building brand together by celebrating your company's accomplishments, leading edge products and services, and team. Rate It Green can help you create and p
New Construction Done Right: Strategies to Improve Efficiency in Buildings, January 26, 10-11 AM PT
California’s buildings of tomorrow will be deeply energy efficient, smart, and resilient – but designers and builders have a multitude of choices to make in order to achieve success. The j
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The US Food Waste Summit, 26-27 June, Harvard Law School
Join the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic and ReFED to accelerate food waste solutions across the U.S.! The U.S. Food Waste Summit will convene leading food businesses, policymakers, i…
Green Catalysis 2018 invites all the scholars, researchers from all over the world to attend and present their respective scientific research at “Annual Conference on Green Catalysis and Sustainable…
"Right Sized" Net Zero House, May 19, 11am - 1:00pm, Higganum, CT
YOU’RE INVITED Take an open wall, open house tour of a great net zero home we’re in the midst of building in Higganum. The home achieves high performance and affordability by asking, “how much …
EBC 25th Annual EBEE Awards and 28th Annual Meeting, June 27, Boston, MA
Each year, the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) recognizes companies, organizations and individuals for outstanding environmental / energy accomplishments in the promotion of a sust…
International Symposium on Sustainable Aviation, July 9 - 11, Rome, Italy
The aviation industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It can be viewed as making a positive contribution to sustainability. ISSA, international, multi-disciplinary symposium, ai…
Webinar: Small Commercial Sector: beyond Lighting Program Strategies, April 25, 11am-12pm
The small commercial sector is historically difficult to reach due to diversity in business types and other market barriers. As federal lamp standards become more stringent and market penetration of e…
Webinar: “Community Choice Energy: Power and Purpose," May 16th, 2pm-3pm
Community Choice agencies (CCAs) serve their communities with electrical power. There are other dimensions of power that CCAs engage in, such as the power of decision-making, the power of local contro…
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