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Polyiso - The Next Generation Air & Water Resistive Barrier, Thursday, February 20, 12 - 1pm EST
To educate about ‘Building Longevity and Sustainability’ and how these concepts impact making buildings more energy efficient. The course examines how foil-faced polyiso continuous insulat
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Every building tells a story about how it will perform, how long it will last, and how comfortable it will be for the people who inhabit and use it. This multi-part learning experience will enable AEC
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Free Webinar: High-Performance Enclosures: Exterior Insulation That Pays Off, December 5, 12 pm ET
As energy codes become increasingly stringent, homebuilders are rethinking how to insulate homes effectively and efficiently. This session explores how continuous exterior insulation (CI) can help mee
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California is going through one of its most seismic shifts in building energy policy and design. The move towards full decarbonization of the building stock has started, and the policy, technical and
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Integrating EVs into the Grid, Online Panel, October 16, 8 to 9 am PT
Women In Cleantech and Sustainability are hosting a virtual conversation on one of the most urgent and exciting challenges in the energy sector: integrating electric vehicles into the grid a
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GreenFin: Where Capital Powers the Clean Economy, October 28-30, California
What is GreenFin?
Corporate sustainability is at a critical juncture in financing decarbonization strategies. The urgent challenge lies in mobilising and deploying the trillions in capital needed t
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Residents in low-income multifamily housing often struggle to afford energy for essential needs such as heating, cooking, and electronics. Climate change may increase these energy demands, and high en
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Green Building Innovation Expo, September 2, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Join the Green Building Alliance for the first-ever Green Building Expo!
Open to the public, the Pittsburgh Green Building Innovation Expo at the LEED-certified Highline building will hi
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Building electrification replaces fossil fuel systems with electric alternatives. As California shifts to all-electric homes, understanding home performance is essential. Key factors like energy effic
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Solar PV is now the fastest growing form of new energy in the US. We could produce 100% of our total energy demand by converting 1 to 2 percent of the landscape to solar. Farm land and old fields are
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Product optimization and embodied carbon in products are hot topics in 2020. Our previous webinar explained what embodied carbon is new tools to evaluate embodied carbon in products, and the movement
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PASSIVHAUS MASTERCLASS: Getting to Net Zero (Now Online), April 28, London, UK
*** Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Trust is moving delivery of this Masterclass online. All delegates will be contacted shortly once details have been finalised. Many thanks for your patien
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Level 3 Circular Economy Masterclass, March 18, Canary Wharf, London
Learn about applying circular economy principles in built environment projects and adapting business models to become more circular. Hear about the practical steps you can take to apply this concept t
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Cities Leading the Push For Zero-Energy Buildings
In the wake of the Paris Climate Agreement, much of the world’s attention has been turned to what is being done on national and international levels to combat the ever-growing threats of climate cha…
Minneapolis City Council Approves “Home Energy Score" Requirement for Real Estate Transactions
Home energy data collection is now a part of required Truth in Sale of Housing (TISH) evaluations in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The data is used to generate an Energy Disclosure report to be used i
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The role of buildings in the grid is changing as historic grid infrastructure strains to handle more centralized and distributed renewables, electric vehicles, and smart systems. NBI and USGBC are lea
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Offshore Wind Finance & Investment Summit, February 4, 7:30am-6pm, Carlsbad, CA
Explore the unique characteristics of financing Offshore Wind in the U.S. to make projects viable, financeable, and bankable.
A new wave of offshore wind projects is forming in the U.S., with the f
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Attend this Sustainable City Network webinar to learn about the new LEED Pilot Credit - Informing Design Using Triple Bottom Line Analysis – and how you can earn it. This new pilot credit requir…
NYPH PHPPv.9 Training (Nov.4/9-5pm/334 Douglass St, BK)
Join New York Passive House for PHPPv9: What's New from Version 8 and Why. With the release of v9, PHPP has undergone its biggest upgrade since 2007. In this 1-day masterclass course, participants …
High Performance and Net Zero Construction Workshop, Wed Nov 9th - Mass Save, Boston, MA
High Performance and Net Zero Construction Workshops - Mass Save Wednesday, November 9th 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. UMASS Club One Beacon Street, 32nd Floor Boston There is also a workshop on …
VERGE Virtual Event 9/20-22 - Register for access to more videos and slides!
Register for VERGE Virtual to join 30+ mainstage presenters and thousands of industry leaders convening for a three-day virtual event featuring: -Thought-provoking VERGE mainstage sessions explorin…
Florida Voters add Solar Tax Break to State Constitution, More to Come - via the Miami Herald
In the primary election on August 30th, Florida's voters overwhelmingly approved (70%!!) an amendment to the Florida Constitution which exempts solar and other renewable energy devices on business and…
Making Sustainable Strides: Greening America's School Systems
In the U.S., there are more than 130,000 K-12 schools and more than 4,300 colleges and universities. Schools are at the core of our fundamental American values and culture, and though we acknowledge t…
Food Waste is Real: Half Of All Food Produced in America Is Discarded
Did you know that the average American family of four wastes 1,160 pounds of food every year (roughly a quarter of all the food they buy)? Or that the average american throws away 20 pounds of food ev…
A Group of Companies, Including Amazon and Target, Pilot Tesla's New Powerpack Battery System
As part of a select group of companies, Amazon has launched a pilot of Tesla Energy’s new stackable battery units to supplement older data center power capacity units. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has …
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