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Amid the ongoing global pandemic and calls for racial justice and equity, many organizations – including IWBI – are looking for ways to do better: to make their work, communities and progr
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Building Energy Exchange Webinar: Passive House Primer, April 11, 9 am ET
BE-Ex’s Passive House Primer is a one-hour seminar on Passive House fundamentals and their application in the real estate market. Available as a free session at the Building Energy Exc
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Women in Green Building Leadership Luncheon, March 23, 11am-1pm, Chicago, Illinois
The Illinois Green Alliance for the return of our Women in Green Building Leadership Luncheon to uplift and connect with women influencing the green building industry.
This year’s theme is Pa
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Free Webinar: Electrify Efficiently: Overcoming Heat Pump Objections, March 7, 12-1:30 pm
Electrify My Home (EMH) continues this ‘lunch-and-learn’ webinar series focused on home electrification. The Electrify Efficiently webinar series will highlight the tremendous business opp
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Free Webinar: The New Electric Car Tax Credit, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, February 9, 12 pm ET
Federal and state incentives for electric vehicles (EVs) have all changed recently, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the 2022 climate bill in Massachusetts, and new program announcements f
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Free Webinar: Tracking Movement on DEI: Where is the Industry Now?, February 8, 11 am ET
As the importance of DEI and ESG continue to accelerate in real estate, industry progress on diversifying its workforce, improving equity outcomes for staff across lines of difference, and building mo
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Join to learn about the amazing sustainability initiatives and celebrate the best projects and community champions in Central Florida
This hybrid event attracts local municipality leaders, dev
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Building Science Fundamentals, January 10, 12, 17, and 19 (4-hour sessions)
Building Science Fundamentals is a seminar that teaches the basic knowledge needed to design and build durable, energy-efficient, affordable, and healthy buildings. This is an interactive sessions wit
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Free Webinar: Blueprint: Building the Foundation of a Sustainability Program, January 22, 12pm EDT
Join this webinar to learn how to develop an initial vision for a sustainability program, obtain buy-in, and define successes at a specific organization.
Building on the leading sustainability work
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Often, energy-saving projects can yield extra benefits beyond reduced energy use and costs. These benefits can include reduced maintenance, improved productivity, waste reduction, and more. Join this
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In this 8-part series hosted by Rockwool, Chris Laumer-Giddens of LG Squared, Inc. walks us through some of the high performance homes he’s built, the basics of well-built wall assemblies, a
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Webinar: Affordable Housing as a Climate Solution, November 17, 12-1 EST
The Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) and the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) are hosting a four-part series that will inform, inspire, and connect industry professionals and advocates
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Live Green Building Tour (Online): Slashing Carbon, One Building at a Time, November 10, 6-7pm
Did you know that our built environment is responsible for 39% of U.S. carbon emissions? The good news is that there have been recent breakthroughs in building performance, realtors who can asses
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Event: Funding 101: Pathways to Funding Your Clean Tech Startup Tuesday, April 11 11:45 AM - 2:00 PM Venue: Greentown Labs 28 Dane St Somerville, MA 02143 United States Tickets: $25 - $35 …
Webinar: Passive House Symposium 2020, Presented by Passive House Massachusetts, October 27 - 28
The need for low-carbon, climate resilient, and healthy buildings is now more clear than ever and Passive House is the platform to build on for net-zero, resilient, healthy, and carbon-neutral communi
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Spot Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV) - Designed for One Location (vs Whole House)
Learn about spot energy recovery ventilation (designed for one room/location) in this “unboxing” video, and… meet Matt’s dog, Oliver! Matt reviews the components of
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BuildingsNY 2020, September 15-16 (Postponed to 2021)
***This event has been postponed. We will share new information when it becomes available.
For 35 years BuildingsNY has been the leading event for NYC building professionals,
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Vertical Farming in Austin Texas, July 22
Have you ever wanted to grow plants at home with hydroponics but haven't had the time to learn or didn't want to spend a fortune to get started? Well now is your chance to learn all about hydroponics …
Zero Waste Chicago Meetup, July 23
On Saturday, July 23rd, there will be an informal picnic potluck at Monarch Community Garden, starting at 2pm. Monarch is located on California Ave between Adams and Cortez, directly across from Ada…
How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming? (Take the Quiz! via New York Times)
Green entrepreneur, Paul Hawken recently edited a book called “Drawdown.” The new book analyzes one hundred potential climate change solutions and ranks them based on the measure of greenhouse gas…
Developing Solar on Landfills & Brownfields, June 12-13
Land owners will discover how to turn their brownfield liabilities into clean energy assets, while solar developers will learn how to choose and develop on brownfields. Brownfield/landfill owners …
Net Zero 2017 Building Conference, August 24, Commerce, California
The Net Zero Conference, Energy + Water + Waste, is the nation’s largest event dedicated to net zero building design. The conference will include a full program of net zero case study presentations …
2017 ACEEE Energy Efficiency Finance Forum May 21-23rd
2017 ACEEE Energy Efficiency Finance Forum May 21-23 Fairmont Chicago, 200 N Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60601 How do you finance energy efficiency? Join ACEEE to explore innovative models and find…
Sustainability Forum Luncheon: Energy, Democracy, Gender and Equity in the Renewable Energy Transition May 3 | 11:30-1pm 100 Cummings Center, Suite 221-E Beverly MA 01915 Join the North Shore Tec…
Event: Greening the Sphere Festival, 6/17, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Warren, RI
Greening the Sphere Festival is a yearly community sustainability festival featuring workshops, demonstrations, fun activities and delicious food. The festival will include outdoor vendor booths, chil…
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