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Free Webinar: RE-electrification, repowering our world with renewables, April 8, 4-5 pm
Electrification of our transportation, utility and building sectors is a vital component of our society’s move toward a cleaner and greener world.
So how are we doing? Where do we stand today
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Webinar: Indoor Air Quality, Presented by the Toronto Society of Architects, June 13, 12 - 1 pm ET
The average North American spends over 90% of their time indoors, making the quality of our indoor environments fundamental to promoting health and wellbeing. How much is really known about the air we
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Let's talk about tools and processes to design, build and rate new homes, multifamily buildings, and gut renovations to meet, beat codes, achieve the Inflation Reduction Act 45L tax credits, and o
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Free PG&E Webinar: Advanced Framing Techniques for Energy and Resource Efficiency, May 24, 9-11am
Did you know advanced framing techniques reduce material usage and create additional spacing for insulation in a home's wall? Advanced framing walls use 2x6 inch vertical studs spaced 24 inches ap
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Using EPA's National Stormwater Calculator, Free CE Webinar, April 26, 12pm ET
EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator (SWC) is a software application tool that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site using green infrastructure as
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Free USGBC LA Webinar: LA Green Jobs – Virtual Career Fair, April 26, 2:30-4 pm
Green job seekers: Attend the LA Green Jobs: Virtual Career Fair brought to you by USGBC-LA.
This is a great opportunity if you’re looking for an opportunity to speak directly with
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Interested in a career involving sustainability in the built environment? There is a wide variety of education and professional careers that can lead to a place in the green building industry, whether
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USGBC Ohio Green Building Tour Series: Blue Ash Residence (in-person), February 24, 4:30-6:30 pm
This LEED Platinum Certified home is a gut-rehab on a 1/4 acre lot is walking distance to downtown Blue Ash. The tax-abated home is extremely energy efficient and features a 5-kW solar array, zoned HV…
This course discusses the impact of buildings on the natural environment and offers insight on designing to minimize those impacts through sun control and mastery of the elements. The discussion empha
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"Decarbonization" and "electrification" are becoming household words in some parts of the country. This presentation will demystify these terms, covering the motivations, benefits,
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Free Webinar: Windmill Green - Sustainable Design for the Developer and Tenant, June 7, 12 pm BST
"Using Windmill Green as a case study we will explore how sustainable development, both from a Developer and Tenant perspective, has steered the design of the building. This webinar will look at
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Clothes dryers are a significant component of residential electricity use. Spurred by the emerging availability of heat pump clothes dryers in U.S. markets and their common use in Europe, we examined
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During this webinar, we will evaluate protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a low mainte
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HeatSmart Mass Program - Interested Communities - RFPs must be received by September 1, 2017
MassCEC and DOER are currently accepting community proposals for the HeatSmart Mass program, with a goal of selecting up to 4 communities or groups of communities. Each community will select one or mo…
Webinar: You have a data center - Now what? Stories from the field, April 6, 3 pm EDT
Gain insight into energy efficiency from organizations that have prioritized their data centers as an opportunity for savings. As organizations increasingly rely on data centers as mission critical op
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Hosted by the RIBA Gulf Chapter, this webinar seeks to gain insight into how global institutions are addressing the urgent issue of climate change and to provide a detailed understanding of how locall
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Free Green Building Webinar: Daylighting by Design, March 3, 12 pm EST
This course discusses the benefits of a thoughtfully-designed light control system and how to make it work for your project's natural- lighting and shading needs. The discussion emphases implementing
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Project Finance Documentation by Infocast, Nov 1 - 2, Denver, CO
Learn How Real Financing Documents for Wind and Solar Projects Are Negotiated This two-day Project Finance Documentation course will provide attendees with a broad knowledge base about the fundamen…
SEPA Utility Conference, April 23 - 25, Rancho Mirage, CA
Utilities teaching utilities is what sets this conference apart from other distributed energy conferences. This isn’t a trade show. It’s where utilities go to share with other utilities how they g…
Sustainable Brands: New Metrics 2017, November 13 - 15, Philadelphia
Leading businesses are creating and valuing entirely new forms of social and environmental business impact to meet evolving consumer expectations. Future-focused corporate leaders are successfully…
SEON will be running Peter Yost’s highly acclaimed 2-day course on Tuesday, October 31 and Monday, November 6th, 2017. This is the same course that Peter ran at GCC a few years ago and received…
The construction industry is moving quickly towards the greener, high-performing buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills. This course teaches the bas…
Critical Facilities Summit - October 23-25, Minneapolis
A national event dedicated to designing, operating and staffing mission critical buildings for optimal efficiency and reliability. Discover leading trends and best practices in the design, constructio…
Florida Green Building Coalition - Annual Meeting, September 28-29, Orlando
Attend the Florida Green Building Coalition's Annual Meeting, Sept. 28-29 at the Embassy Suites Orlando Downtown. Activities and events include a project visit, board meeting, committee meetings, …
The Reasons Why the Museum of Tomorrow has a LEED-certified Gold Seal
Designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava, the Museum of Tomorrow is located in the Pier de Mauá, the port area of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is the first Brazilian museum to receive the
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