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Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant Course: New York, NY, September 9-13, 9am to 5pm
This course is for all building professionals: architects, MEP and structural engineers, builders and construction managers working in the design and construction of new build and retrofit Passive Hou
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Whether you're pursuing Green Communities certification for the first time or transitioning from previous versions of the standard, this introductory webinar will help you navigate the 2026 Enterp
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Northwest Green Building Slam, November 7, Seattle, Washington
This year’s event features the crowd-favorite Slam-style inspiration with 10 speakers with 10 slides for 10 minutes each with live-streaming. Get ready to be inspired as industry professionals s
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Free Webinar: Straw SIPS & Carbon Drawdown in the Built Environment, November 11, 12 pm ET
Building with straw is an excellent option for projects looking to not only minimize embodied carbon emissions, but maximize positive climate impacts through carbon drawdown and storage. Straw SIPs, o
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Are you planning to earn your LEED AP Building Design & Construction professional credential? Join this training to kickstart or enhance your study process for the new LEED v5. With this LEED AP B
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Passivhaus Open Days 2026 - Winter Edition, November 13 - 15, United Kingdom
Every year, Passivhaus buildings across the UK generously open their doors to visitors. Whether you are a self-builder, a built environment professional or an individual interested in learning more ab
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FREE WEBINAR: Living Building's Declare 2.0 Introduction, December 5, 11:00 EST
Declare is a transparency label that allows manufacturers of ecologically sound products to secure a competitive market advantage through transparent ingredient reporting and an approved compliance pa
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Euro-Global Climate Change Conference, September 18-19, 2020
We are glad to invite you to the Euro-Global Climate Change Conference 2020 which is going to commence from 18-19 September 2020 at Paris, France.
The Climate Change Conferences 2020 Paris demonstr
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Austin Green Awards Celebration Night 2019, October 30, Austin, TX
The Austin Green Awards is Austin’s first recognition program to specifically highlight the outstanding accomplishments in the broad arena of sustainable design and innovation. One of the Austin
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Growing Sustainable Communities Conference, October 24-25, Dubuque, Iowa
The Growing Sustainable Communities Conference will take place from 24-5th oct 2019 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque. The conference will be two days of education, inspiration and collaboration on
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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Building Performance Association (BPA), CEO
Position: CEO
The CEO is the key management leader of the Building Performance Association (BPA). The CEO is responsible for overseeing the administration, finances, programs and strategic plan of
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Nurturing: Growing Green Schools III, September 24, Portland, OR
Join the Portland Green Schools Committee for the second panel of their 2019 discussion series: GROWING A GREEN SCHOOL.
Nurturing a Green School: Operating, Maintaining and Ensuring Green Scho
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LEED Project Management Workshop, September 14, 9:00am-4:30pm, San Francisco, CA
Successfully managing the LEED documentation process requires specific knowledge, tools and skills that are not covered in the LEED Reference Manual. This full day workshop is based off of the LEED Pr
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National Grid presents: 2015 Upstate Power of Connections Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registration and networking starts at 8:00 a.m. The OnCenter | 515 Montgomery Stree…
GPRO Operations and Maintenance Class, August 15, 16, and 22, North Haven, CT
This three-day course provides building professionals with the critical tools to transition from conventional to sustainable operations and maintenance of commercial building and multifamily buildings
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Net Zero Carbon, Water, and Energy + Decarbonizing at the District Level, August 13, St. Louis, MO
This session will start by reviewing the various definitions of net zero energy and carbon, and Zero Water and One Water, including those developed by the USGBC and ILFI. It will then provide some con
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UDC Green Roof Tours: July 20, August 17, September 21, Washington, DC
The College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), invites you to tour our Green Roof; hear more about sustainab
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Mass Energy & PP&L's 6th Annual Clean Energy Festival: Charlemont, MA, July 31st!
Join Mass Energy, People's Power & Light, and the Center for EcoTechnology on Sunday, July 31st for a wind turbine tour, solar array tour, and mountain-top adventures at Berkshire East Mountain Resort…
How to Leverage a Sustainability Dashboard to Drive Action Thu, Jun 2, 2016 2-3pm EDT Local communities are investing more resources in sustainability and climate efforts, spending years and hundr…
New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE), 6th Annual Awards Gala - April 14
Sixth Annual NEWIEE Awards Gala New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) Thursday, April 14, 2016 from 6-9 PM The NEWIEE Awards recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of wom…
Living Product Expo - September 13-15, 2016, Pittsburgh, PA
The Living Product Expo re-imagines the design and construction of products to function as elegantly and efficiently as anything found in the natural world. The Living Product Expo is a groundbreaking…
Boston Area Sustainability Group Event: Feb. 2nd, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Buildings of the Future- How LEED and Living Buildings are Changing our Landscapes February 2nd, 6 PM to 8:30 PM The USGBC Mass Chapter and Living Building Challenge Boston Collaborative will be c…
Green Building of the Week - Class of 1966 Environmental Center at Williams College
"As a leading institution of higher learning, we believe it is our mission to demonstrate extraordinary commitment to higher principles and to show that high performance institutional buildings are po…
USGBC NJ is proud to be an Event Sponsor of the 10th annual MABFM show, scheduled for November 11 & 12 at the Garden State Exhibit Center! With over 200 exhibitors, a wide variety of breakout sess…
Governor Cuomo signs "Under 2 MOU" to help prevent global temperature from increasing by 2 degrees
On October 8th at Columbia University in Albany New York Governor Cuomo joined by Vice President Gore announced the signing of the “Under 2 MOU”. This is an agreement that New York will join 42 ot…
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