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What will the Biden climate plan mean for real estate development, investment, and infrastructure? How will these regulations, tax incentives, federal procurement policies, and infrastructure investme
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Free Webinar: Let's Talk Trash: Designing Beyond Disposal, May 28, 12-1 pm, CT
Join the Illinois Green Alliance event for a candid, virtual panel conversation with interior design materials experts discussing the complex trade-offs designers face when making decisions aroun
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This electric vehicle (EV) charging webinar is intended for building owners, designers, builders and developers, and architects seeking information on EV charging and best practices on how to deploy E
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Neighborhood Electrification, A MassCEC Speaker Series Event, Free & Online, April 18, 12-1 pm ET
Growth of the gas system over the past 150 years often involved the addition of whole neighborhoods at a time. In the 1950s and 1960s, the conversion from manufactured town gas to natural gas required
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2025 Michigan Energy Summit, May 8, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Join this webinar at the premier The Michigan Energy Summit! This full-day conference will highlight the Michigan Battle of the Buildings 2024 'Biggest Losers' for their outstanding
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Free Webinar: Down to Earth Affordable Housing: Natural & Low Energy Builds, April 16, 12 - 1 pm ET
In 2023, Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley (HHGV) received the Green Builder Home of the Year Award Overall Grand Winner. That illustrated how big benefits can come in small packages. Cillian Liam
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Join this event for a conversation with Victoria Caubet, an architect specializing in heritage conservation and sustainable construction, as she shares her expertise in rebuilding war-damaged inf
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In Match Made in HVAC - Choosing the Right Heat Pump for Your Building, you will learn about the first steps in transitioning from fossil-fueled heating and cooling systems to heat pumps.
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Schools & The Passive House Standard, Online, January 23, 1-3 pm ET
This course will introduce Passive House principles and processes in the context of school design and construction. It will elaborate on issues typical to schools: mixed uses, varied use patterns, com
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High-Performance Building for Carpenters, February 6, 1 - 6 pm, Waltham, Massachusetts
This in-person training 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,
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The Midwest Energy Solutions Conference is the region's premier energy efficiency event.
Once a year, MEEA invites all energy stakeholders to gather at the annual Midwest Energy Solutions
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Webinar: Water, Vapour, and Air Control for Large Passive House Projects, January 29, 10 am EST
Building Enclosure Control Layers: Water, Vapour, and Air Control for Large Passive House Projects!
Join the Dallas 2030 District in collaboration with the North Central Texas Council of Governments and ONCOR for a session on available programs for building owners and managers. This webinar wil
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The Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences Lecture Series
The Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences Lecture Series May 8 | 4:00pm Biological Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge The Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences L…
How to Cut your Heating Bill, Electric Bill & Carbon Footprint to Zero, by Someone Who Has Done It: David Green
About this Event:
This webinar is free. It will help you to save&nb
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In partnership with Bill Reed and Joel Glanzberg of Regenesis Group, Build it Green will be offering two 2-hour introductory workshops to address the following questions:
- What is Regenerative De
Net Zero 2020, "Reimagine, Rebuild, Renew," Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative, October 23
This year's conference theme—Jumpstarting a Clean, Green & Inclusive Economy for Cape Cod & The Islands—captures the clean energy initiatives, policies, jobs, trainin
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Building Tech Forum (Online): Getting to Zero with Embodied Carbon, October 28, 4 pm EDT
Building Tech Forum: Roadmap to 2050 aimed to better understand how our carbon footprint will change to accommodate the Commonwealth’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050. Now, we’re narro
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2017 EP Career Fair, September 13 in New York City
The 2017 EP Career Fair is a great opportunity to present your skills to New York City's green leaders in architecture, engineering, real estate and interior design. Presented by Urban Green Counci…
Study Shows Just 100 Companies are source of more than 70% of global emissions
According to a new report, just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. The CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017 suggests there are 10…
WELL Building Standard – Accreditation Training July 13th 9:30am-4:30pm
IN-PERSON LOCATION: 14 Sylvan Way, Parsippany NJ OR VIA LIVE WEBINAR Description: Employees are the single largest expense for any company, far exceeding the cost of building and maintaining …
June 28 - San Diego Residential Green Building Committee meeting
The Residential Committee works to advance sustainability in the residential marketplace through education, community partnerships, advocating policy, and developing resources. Key Initiatives: Annua…
In the past two weeks we've had guest writers post to the USGBC-LA blog. John Aidun talks about sustainable energy and computing and the USGBC-LA Board talks about the Paris Accord. I hope you'll che…
Built Green Conference 2017, September 14. Bothell, WA
The Built Green Conference has been occurring annually for a decade with the aim of providing valuable and cutting-edge information on green building and sustainability. The conference will cover a va…
USGBC-LA's new blog post: Snapshots on Sustainability - Walkability is Inviting
"I’m reading Philip Langdon’s new book, Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All and I’m thinking about neighborhoods. In the back of my mind is the song “Walking in LA”…
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