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This Pro Tour will feature an ambitious new development: a first-of-its-kind affordable housing project funded through the New York Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Unified Funding Round in Upstate N
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Free Webinar: Plant Talk #10: Your Landscape Questions Answered, June 6, 11:30am- 1pm
Do you have a burning question you’ve always wanted to ask a landscape design or maintenance expert? Do you have a question about a specific plant or landscape challenge where nothing seems to w
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Free Webinar: Using Green Benefits to Sell Homes and Projects – Free CE Webinar, May 17, 12-1 pm
Green, energy-efficient, high performance, sustainable … whatever they call it, they are talking about healthier, better homes that focus more on the living experience in a home, as w
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Online Event: Developing Leadership in Sustainability, May 2, 12 pm CT
Register for Illinois Green Alliance’s Auxiliary Board's panel, Developing Leadership in Sustainability. This session will highlight sustainability professionals in various levels
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Learn how this bill has affected housing policies and the Green Belt.
Program for adults (teens welcome)
Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit organization in Canada that
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Free Green Building Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, April 26, 12-1pm EDT
This one-hour course discusses vertical opening systems, how they’re built, differences in operation, and typical uses for interior and exterior applications. We will also consider features that
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Southface Institute is a sustainable building nonprofit that strengthens equity and the environment by transforming residential and commercial structures at every stage of the building life cycle. The
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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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Free Webinar: Intermediate Lighting Webinar: Daylighting (Mod 3), February 8, 5:30 pm PT
This 10-session course covers a range of intermediate level lighting topics for optimizing energy efficiency while maintaining quality in lighting. It is held on 10 consecutive Wednesday evenings 5:30
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2019 Urban Sustainability Tech Challenge Final Presentations, December 10, Chicago, IL
The CNT Urban Sustainability Tech Challenge brings people form across Chicago together to identify urban sustainability issues and devise community-driven solutions. The theme of the 2019 Challenge is
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Rethinking Technologies for Regenerative Indoor Environments, December 5, Venice, Italy
The 4-days Autumn 2019 COST RESTORE Training School “Rethinking technologies for regenerative indoor environment” is taking place in Venice on December 2-5th and is open to European profes
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Board of Building Regulation and Standards (BBRS) Hearing, November 5, 10 am - 1 pm, Boston
On Tuesday, November 5th, from 10 am-1 pm, the Board of Building Regulation and Standards (BBRS) is holding a public comment opportunity to hear from the public about the changes we want for
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Sustainability Credential Soup, November 5, Chicago, IL
Come to participate in a panel discussion to learn how to obtain sustainability credentials and advance your career. Join as they explore various credentials through their line up of panelists.
Profiles of the Local Climate Leaders circle comprising of 9 Mayors of Atlanta, Boulder, Chula Vista, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Oakland, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, and West Palm Beach, and council me…
Equity in Design with USGBC Oregon- Sustainable Building Week, Oct 15, Portland, OR
As part of the Second Annual Sustainable Building Week, USGBC Oregon will host a panel on impact projects to support equity and access (Green for All). The panel will be moderated by Kimberl
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Drawdown Illinois Summit, Chicago, IL, September 24
In order to truly reduce carbon across the city, region and state, every building professional and every community must be engaged in the adoption of vetted carbon drawdown strategies and solutions.&n
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In this interactive session, the group is engaged with preference tests and drawing exercises to introduce key concepts in cognitive science that help attendees better grasp how buildings in
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Social Justice and the Solar Industry - Starting to Address the Elephant in the Room
If states and city governments are serious about meeting their clean energy benchmarks, they must do better at reaching minority and low-income communities. States need to take ac
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A Window Into International Climate Policy
Since the 1970s, the climate community has worked tirelessly to establish a credible scientific basis for anthropogenic climate change. Though climate change deniers still exist, ever since the Intern…
SRECS: The Incentive for Commercial Buildings to Go Solar
As a commercial building owner, you can achieve significant short and long term savings by installing solar power. The benefits of solar include operational energy cost reductions, shrinking your carb
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Heroes of Sustainability - Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, April 20, 2016 - Hyatt Regency, Denver
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado Presents Heroes of Sustainability Award, 2016 5:30-9:30 pm 2016 Event Theme: Truth in Media Honoring Amy Goodman Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now! …
Tool to Estimate Refrigerator/Freezer Energy Usage
Just learned about this database and resource for refrigerators and freezers, courtesy of Midwest Energy Performance Analytics, Inc. http://www.kouba-cavallo.com/refrig1.html Determine the ener…
GreenBiz 16 convenes this week in Phoenix, but you can listen in live to many parts of the event. Over 40 presenters, and hundreds of sustainability and technology thought leaders and professionals…
Lehigh Valley Mayors' Forum: Next Generation Sustainable Cities and Suburbs Wed, 02/10/2016 - 11:30am - 1:30pm Lehigh University The Wood Dining Room, Mountaintop Campus Iacocca Hall 111 Resea…
Brownfields Redevelopment February 24, 2016, 9:30 am - 2pm Location: Mintz Levin One Financial Center 38th Floor Boston, MA CDCs and other developers frequently encounter contaminated lan…
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