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LEED Zero and 4.1: The LEED We’ve Been Waiting For, August 14, 8:00-10:00am, St. Louis, MO
With the release of the LEED Zero suite of certifications (Zero Energy, Carbon, Water, and Waste), and with the evolution of LEED v4.1, we may have a series of rating systems that provide market-drivi
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Contractor Power Hour with Electrify My Home, March 20, Santa Barbara County, California
Ready to up your game? Learn about the latest with heat pumps? Hang out with a cool crowd?
Join 3C-REN and Electrify My Home for our first ever Contractor Power Hour featuring food, drink
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This presentation offers a deep dive into the application of Passive House principles in commercial building design, highlighting the unique opportunities and challenges that come with scaling high-pe
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Harvard University will present the foundational topic of data, including types, acquisition, parsing, and their relation to the training of neural networks, as well as more advanced themes such as La
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Greenbiz 26, February 17-19, Phoenix, Arizona
GreenBiz 26 is the premier annual event uniting sustainability professionals navigating a world of political, social, and economic uncertainty. GreenBuz is attended by nearly 3,000 change drivers
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Embodied Carbon in Concrete, Wood, and Steel, Online Course (Rescheduled), December 31, 12 - 2 pm
This course looks at the carbon and environmental impacts of concrete, steel, and wood building materials, how they have improved over the years, and where they still fall short. The course will focus
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This two-hour workshop will explore how communities - from wildfire-prone California to conflict-impacted regions abroad - are planning and implementing green, resilient reconstruction. As a convenor
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This intermediate-level webinar series provides HVACR technicians with in-depth training on modern heat pump systems delivered in four sessions. Key topics include inverter technology, advanced instal
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Embodied Carbon in Concrete, Wood, and Steel, Online, October 9, 12 pm - 2 pm
This course looks at the carbon and environmental impacts of concrete, steel, and wood building materials, how they have improved over the years, and where they still fall short. The course will focus
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Heat pumps are inherently different than gas furnaces or gas water heaters. Contractors and other industry professionals must take time to educate customers, clients, and others on these differences t
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Attendees of this September event will have the opportunity to tour two very different projects: a newly constructed net-zero modular small house, designed to address housing needs in the wake of extr
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LEED v4 Online Discussion Forum: LEED for Homes and PassiveHaus: August 22
These monthly virtual meetings focus on those aspects of LEED v4 that have changed the most to help project teams achieve certification under the new rating system. Led by LEED subject matter experts,
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Green Schools Roundtable, August 1, 9:30am-1:00pm, Ashland, NE
Join the U.S. Green Building Council Nebraska Flatwater Community for their 3rd Annual Green Schools Roundtable on Thursday, August 1st.
This is a great time to gather among your peers to get in a
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On May 19, at 12 p.m. EDT, the MIT Climate CoLab will host an online conversation with George P. Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State; Phil Sharp, former U.S. representative (D-IN) and current Presi…
Home Energy Score 2-Day Boot Camp, July 17-18, San Diego, CA
Join Build It Green for a two-day boot camp to complete the online DOE Sim Training & Testing and score your first home with a mentor to become a qualified Home Energy Score Assessor.
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Job Posting - Mindful Materials - Market Development Coordinator
Mindful MATERIALS (mM) is growing. We are looking for a Market Development Coordinator to help broaden the reach and awareness of mM across the building industry to accelerate growth of the mM Library
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Women in Green Networking Mixer, June 6, Los Angeles, CA
Join for a Wine Tasting with Women In Green, featuring Organic Wines from Female Winemakers
AIA Conference on Architecture 2019, June 6-8, Las Vegas, NV
A'19: Blueprint for a Better Future
Designing a better future means taking on the critical challenges facing cities—and our world—today.
A’19 programming includes sessions
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Join us for a night of inspiration and celebration at the return of Vancouver’s largest Earth Day event!
This year, we are excited to partner with ZEBx - Zero Emissions Building Exchange, a c
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Boston Collaborative: Two Living Building Challenge Building Tours – Western MA, 12/11 2-5 pm
Living Building Tours of Hampshire College's RW Kerns Center and Hitchcock Center in Amherst, MA December 11th, 2015 2:00 PM through 5:00 PM A professional tour of two buildings designed to me…
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is launching Residential Energy+, an initiative to measure and value home energy performance and costs in valuing residential real estate. The measure has three top goal…
Shell Abandons Arctic Drilling - Sign to Keep Other Oil Companies out of the Arctic
Great news today - Shell Oil has abandoned plans for further Arctic exploration. At a cost of approximately $7 billion, perhaps this will scare other fossil fuel companies away as well. But maybe no…
Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans - 10 Years Later, Why aren't We Doing Better?
Recently, we posted an opinion in our Green Building Industry News area on New Orleans ten years after Hurricane Katrina struck. http://www.rateitgreen.com/green-building-resources/sustainable-bu…
The EPA's Clean Power Plan Needs your Support! (Environment Mass)
Add your signature to support the EPA and the Obama Administrations Clean Power Plan! Sign to help the EPA implement affordable energy solutions as a part of the Clean Energy Incentive Program. …
Greentopia EcoDistrict Coordinator - Rochester, NY. Apply by July 1st
The EcoDistrict Coordinator will be Greentopia’s primary staff person dedicated to developing New York State’s first EcoDistrict in Rochester, New York. In collaboration with the organization’s …
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