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Free Webinar: Do Heat Pumps Save Energy and Increase Home Value? January 20, 11 am EST
Electrifying most fossil-fuel-burning applications provides a pathway to achieving cost-effective deep decarbonization of the economy. Heat pumps offer a feasible and energy-efficient way to electrify
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Upgrading the thermal and air leakage performance of existing homes exposes a variety of hazards that many professionals either do not know how to address or how to communicate the importance of the i
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Rachel Carson EcoVillage Lunch + Learn, December 19, 11 am - 1 pm, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Rachel Carson EcoVillage at Providence Heights will be a multi-generational co-housing community of 35 private units ranging from studios to four bedrooms, adjacent to LaRoche University. Th
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Free Online Training: Remote Monitoring for Irrigation Efficiency, December 5, 1:30-3:30 pm PT
Remote monitoring and control are key factors in assisting farmers with efficient irrigation and plant health maintenance. In fact, these systems are gaining traction and becoming more advanced and mo
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This session will explore how to revitalize and optimize ventilation systems in existing multi-family buildings in New York to bring older, inefficient, and poorly performing ventilation systems in co
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Greener Together: Speed Networking in Sustainability, November 7, 5:30-8:30 pm, Chicago, Illinois
Join the Illinois Green Alliance Auxiliary Board for an evening of speed networking with sustainability and green building professionals.
An inclusive green transition is taking root across the cou
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Free Webinar: A Builder’s Perspective on Zero Net Energy, October 15, 11:30am-1pm
For the contractors and trades involved in residential and small commercial projects, Zero Net Energy (ZNE), or near-ZNE, is on the rise, to meet the energy code as well as client expectations. Mike H
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GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials (O&M) has been completely revamped to provide building professionals with strategies to improve efficiency, comfort, and health. Participants leav
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Free Webinar: Future of Your Home's Breaker Box for Electrification, August 14, 12-1 pm ET
Between new regulatory requirements for all-electric homes, the desire to have at-home EV charging, and/or more efficient appliances, pressure is placed on builders to accommodate higher loads, result
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Join at College of the Holy Cross for NEWIEE's 10th Annual Women Shaping the Agenda Event for a networking reception and interactive panel discussion.
Panel Topic: This years topic is Breaking
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CxEnergy Virtual, April 6 - April 29
(Washington, DC, February 16, 2021) CxEnergy, the premier industry event in commissioning, energy management and building diagnostics, was originally set for April in Fort Worth, TX, but had to be can
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Webinar: Low-Tech Farm Hacks and DIY Infrastructure, March 1, 7 pm EST
Starting a vegetable farm can be very expensive but some easy DIY projects can cut your costs significantly. Lisa Helm will share practical tricks she’s picked up from her experience founding th
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Affordable Housing is a Climate Solution is a 4-part webinar series that MCAN is co-hosting with the Boston Society for Architecture. The goal of this series is to start building a community of advoca
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Connecticut Passive House Free Kickoff Event Presentation and Brewery tour, June 8th 6-8:30pm
Connecticut Passive House Free Kickoff Event, Presentation and Brewery tour. Pushing the Envelope: How Passive House is Changing the Rules from Homes to Skyscrapers. Come learn about the Passive Ho…
Webinar: Episode - Healthy Indoors Show (Recorded: Content Available 24/7)
Recorded Webinar: Healthy Indoors Show
Recorded: November 19, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Delphine Farmer
Indoor air is a complex soup of molecules that is constantly changing, not only because o
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Virtual Event: Energy Storage Pro -- India Battery Show 2020, December 17-18
This conference will deliver insight into key business and technical challenges & discover commercial opportunities for battery manufacturers who can benefit business. The conference will div
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Webinar: Mythbusting -- Verifying Ventilation in Schools, December 10, 3 pm EST
In the rush to get schools ready to welcome students and staff during or after the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are receiving information from all sides, some helpful and some misleading. Join these pan
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This session will discuss the concept of high-performance homes and buildings and the application of variable refrigerant flow (VRF) ducted heat pumps to meet their design and efficiency requirements.
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Free Webinar: Rheem Proterra Hybrid Electric Water Heater 101, November 12, 3 - 4pm
The newest Rheem® Proterra Hybrid Electric Water Heater is easy to sell, install and service. It’s the most efficient water heater available, offering free cooling as a side benefit of where
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Tesla built three battery storage plants and they accounted for 15 percent of the battery storage installed planet-wide last year. It's fair to say that just one of these plants would be the largest s…
Electric utilities today must contain costs at a time when many need to modernize aging systems and all face major changes in technologies, customer preferences and competitive pressures. Most U.S…
Waste Reduction & Plastic Free Living, July 25
GreenMichigan.org – along with Harmony Hall – hosts a monthly workshop series on various sustainable topics. This month we will be discussing waste reduction and plastic free living. Join us to le…
Green Jobs: Current and Future Trends in DC on August 17
Join for the fourth Annual Green Jobs event on Thursday, August 17th, 6-8:30 pm. They're bringing together green job seekers and providers of green jobs. They will focus on current market and future…
Living Building Tour - Hitchcock Center
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment has constructed a world-class, 9,000 square foot environmental education center built to meet the Living Building Challenge. Opened to the public in Fall, 2016…
Rhode Island Farm Energy Tours, June 15
Topics to be covered in the farm energy tour: -RI Agricultural Energy Program Grant (RIAgEP) -USDA Rural Development – Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) -Commerce RI – Renewable Energy F…
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