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The 2022 MIT Energy Conference, March 31 - April 1, In-Person and Online, Cambridge, MA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

the MIT Energy Conference is the largest student-led energy conference in the U.S., first held in 2006. The 2022 MIT Energy Conference will return in-person at the Boston Marriott Cambridge

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1738 views | Posted on: 03/23/2022 | Last updated: 03/23/2022

Free Webinar: Heat Pump Water Heater: Installation, Decision Guidance, and Load Shifting, March 20, 9 am - 12 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Presented by Nick Brown and Gary Klein, this webinar will look at the best practices for installing a heat pump water in residential homes. This course will help plumbers, builders, architects, homeow

California Green Building

0 replies | 911 views | Posted on: 02/07/2025 | Last updated: 02/07/2025

Climatetech Intern Fair, February 27, Somerville, Massachusetts

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

​Calling all students and soon-to-be graduates! Please join Greentown Labs for their annual Intern Fair, which focuses on connecting rockstar interns directly with Greentown Labs’ network

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 775 views | Posted on: 01/21/2025 | Last updated: 02/03/2025

Free Webinar: Air Sealing and Insulating Existing Homes - Interpreting and Prioritizing Infrared and Blower Door Results, February 12, 9 - 11 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Testing your work is imperative to meet or exceed performance targets and to ensure a feedback loop is in place for continual process improvements. Instructor Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Perform

California Green Building

0 replies | 911 views | Posted on: 12/31/2024 | Last updated: 02/03/2025

Free Webinar: Electrifying Schools, January 16, 10am - 12pm PT

by Hani // Social media manager

This webinar is an introduction to electric options for common uses of gas in schools, including HVAC and Hot Water, electric school buses, chemistry lab equipment, the cafeteria kitchen equipmen

California Green Building

0 replies | 985 views | Posted on: 12/04/2024 | Last updated: 12/17/2024

Free Online Training: Balanced Ventilation for Better Health, Comfort, and Energy Efficiency, December 5, 9 am - 1pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

More buildings are being constructed with high-performance building envelopes. For these buildings, a well-designed and installed air quality system is a must. In this class we will look at performanc

California Green Building

0 replies | 778 views | Posted on: 11/14/2024 | Last updated: 11/14/2024

Free Online Course: Multifamily Passive House Design, November 13, 9 - 11:30 am PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Passive House delivers healthy, quiet, and comfortable homes in durable buildings. Passive House also provides a baseline on which teams can craft resilient buildings capable of sheltering residents f

California Green Building

0 replies | 718 views | Posted on: 10/25/2024 | Last updated: 10/25/2024

16 Best Practices for Sustainable Operations & Maintenance, Online, October 31, 9am-12:30pm EST

by Hani // Social media manager

Heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, water heating, and irrigation are among the many types of building operating systems necessary to help ensure occupant comfort, safety, and well-being.

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1289 views | Posted on: 09/30/2024 | Last updated: 10/09/2024

Free Webinar: All-Electric Retrofits with Electrical Panel Constraints, October 9, 2- 3:30 pm

by Hani // Social media manager

The building industry will need to electrify buildings at a fast pace if cities and counties are to meet their goals for reducing Carbon emissions. One of the obstacles commonly cited for keeping stat

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

0 replies | 991 views | Posted on: 09/06/2024 | Last updated: 09/06/2024

Free Webinar: Making Energy-Efficient Choices During Design: An Interactive Live Analysis, September 6, 4-5 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This interactive course demonstrates how early design decisions can achieve energy efficiency goals within budget and time constraints, using live polling and energy modeling simulations.

Identifyi

California Green Building

0 replies | 535 views | Posted on: 08/21/2024 | Last updated: 08/21/2024

Design 2 Decarb, A Deep Dive into Decarbonization Strategies, June 21, University Center, Chicago, IL

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The Chicago Chapter of IBPSA-USA and AIA-Chicago will host the Design 2 Decarb: Chicago Conference in June 2022. This one-day event offers the Chicago AEC community a deep dive into decarbonization st

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 1484 views | Posted on: 05/26/2022 | Last updated: 05/26/2022

Webinar: Copper -- Essential Element of Sustainable and Resilient Design, June 1, 12 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

This one-hour course will teach about copper’s contribution to sustainability in the built environment. Participants will leave the program with a better understanding of how copper enables

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Resilience,built environment,Copper

0 replies | 1176 views | Posted on: 05/03/2022 | Last updated: 05/16/2022

CARE 20th Annual Conference, May 3-4, Minneapolis

by samanthaklein // Intern

Register today for the opportunity to gain insights on new products and tech in carpet recycling, lessons from the field, research insights and updates on industry trends.

Confirmed speakers for th

Filed under: Events

Keywords: Recycling,Entrepreneurship,Technology

0 replies | 1387 views | Posted on: 04/14/2022 | Last updated: 04/17/2022

USGBC MA Annual General Meeting Wednesday, January 31, 4:30-8pm, Boston

by Amy

It's time to turn the page on 2017 and get ready for an event-packed month with USGBCMA. Join USGBC to celebrate the community's success of the past year and share a story or two about the transfo…

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: USGBCMA

0 replies | 1876 views | Posted on: 01/04/2018 | Last updated: 01/09/2018

Charged Up: Everything You Need To Know About EV Charging, Online Webinar, February 1, 12 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Making the switch to an electric car can be intimidating if you're used to refueling with gasoline. Where will you charge? How much will it cost? How can you make sure you're always charged up

Filed under: Electric Vehicles

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 942 views | Posted on: 01/27/2022 | Last updated: 01/27/2022

Free Green Building CE Webinar: Where Sustainability Meets Innovation, January 26, 12-1 pm EST

by GreenCE Sustainable Design and Construction

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

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Green Building Advocacy

Keywords: Design,built environment,canopy systems,GreenCE,Natural Environment,Sun Control

0 replies | 2370 views | Posted on: 12/30/2021 | Last updated: 12/31/2021

Getting to Know Stego Barrier Solutions - Keeping Vapor, Soil Gases and other Ground Contaminants out of our Homes and Commercial Buildings

by Rate It Green Team


 

Tom Marks of Stego Barrier Solutions gives a helpful, efficient and information-filled introduction to Stego Barrier Solutions and the key goals and quality characteristics of vapor barrie


Filed under: Vapor Barriers

Keywords: Moisture Control,Moisture,Vapor Barriers,Radon,soil gasses,Stego Barrier Solutions

0 replies | 6549 views | Posted on: 12/07/2021 | Last updated: 02/07/2022

Building Energy Compliance Seminar: Crash Course on NYC Local Laws, Online and FREE, January 19, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

by NYCsustainability.org // Free resource for building owners and property managers who have questions about NYC sustainability laws and procedures.

In this FREE, three-hour seminar for building owners, property managers, and consultants, we will discuss all of the greenhouse gas-related local laws that impact the majority of NYC’s larger bu

Filed under: Government Policies

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1650 views | Posted on: 11/19/2021 | Last updated: 11/23/2021

Grid Modernization Forum, May 23-24, Chicago, IL

by YijunW

The 3rd Annual Grid Modernization Forum, May 23-24, 2018 in Chicago, closely examines lessons learned to date by industry leaders pushing the fronters of grid modernization and reliability. As in prev…

Filed under: Illinois

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 966 views | Posted on: 05/10/2018 | Last updated: 05/10/2018

Timber Frame House Raising, Yestermorrow School, May 12, Waitsfield, VT

by YijunW

Join us in celebrating the raising of the new timber frame outdoor classroom on the Yestermorrow campus! This project was made possible thanks to the efforts of numerous instructors, student, staff…

Filed under: Vermont

0 replies | 1055 views | Posted on: 05/02/2018 | Last updated: 05/02/2018

How can users’ behavior improve green building efficiency?

by Suelen Ribeiro // Architect/ LEED GA

Users’ behavior can achieve a considerable impact on a green building efficiency. For it to work, people need to understand why and how they can contribute to the building. Therefore, to teach,

Filed under: Green Living

Keywords: Green Building,Energy Efficiency,User

0 replies | 6569 views | Posted on: 04/24/2018 | Last updated: 08/11/2024

USGBC MA Residential Green Building Committee Meeting, April 9, Boston

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The Residential Green Building Committee is focused on improving the housing stock of the Commonwealth by championing green building practices in our communities. Join us on the second Monday of each …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 570 views | Posted on: 04/12/2018 | Last updated: 04/12/2018

2018 Local Solutions: Eastern Climate Preparedness Conference, March 30, Manchester, NH

by Krishna Vansadia

The 2018 LOCAL SOLUTIONS: Eastern Climate Preparedness Conference will bring together local government decision-makers and other community-based participants in learning how to prepare for climate cha…

New Hampshire Green Building

0 replies | 1338 views | Posted on: 03/19/2018 | Last updated: 03/19/2018

Rich Earth Institute: Urine Nutrient Reclamation, March 10, 11 am - 12 noon, Amherst, MA

by Jessica Schultz // Living Building Coordinator

Founded in 2012, the Rich Earth Institute established the nation’s first community scale urine recycling program, the Urine Nutrient Reclamation Project. As leaders in this emerging field, they have…

Filed under: Green Facilities

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Urine Nutrient Reclamation

0 replies | 1635 views | Posted on: 03/02/2018 | Last updated: 03/03/2018

BASEA Forum - Thursday, February 8, "Going Solar in Zimbabwe," Cambridge, MA - Doors open at 7 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Boston Area Solar Energy Association (BASEA) is proud to announce the return of Sajed Kamal from a solar project in Zimbabwe. Sajed has sown the seeds of solar development in several regions of the wo…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Boston Area Solar Association - BASEA

0 replies | 913 views | Posted on: 02/07/2018 | Last updated: 02/07/2018

 

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