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FREE WEBINAR Hydrophobic Coatings: Improve Sustainability and Reduce Maintenance Costs, Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
In this one hour course, we will evaluate hydrophobic coating as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a protective coating including a decrease in env… more...
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NECEC's Emerging Trend Series - Visions for a Clean Energy Economy, Wednesday, January 30, 8:30-10:30am, Boston
NECEC is pleased to announce Kevin Self, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and Government Relations, Schneider Electric, as the final speaker at the upcoming Emerging Trends Series: Visions for a Clean Ene… more...
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0 replies | 1225 views | Posted on: 01/16/2019 | Last updated: 01/16/2019
Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training, Jan 22-25, Pittsburgh, PA
In our continuing effort to support healthy & high performance buildings, we are happy to bring you Passive House Tradesperson Training! Green Building Alliance has been working with its partners (Passive House Western PA, West Pe… more...
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0 replies | 1034 views | Posted on: 01/09/2019 | Last updated: 01/13/2019
GPRO Fundamentals of Green Building Training - January 22, 8 -11am, Los Angeles, CA
The construction industry is moving quickly towards greener, high-performing buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills. This course teaches the basics of sustainability and provides an overvi… more...
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0 replies | 1174 views | Posted on: 01/09/2019 | Last updated: 01/13/2019
Building Science for Carpenters: Peers, Beers, and Networking, January 24, 4-7pm, Watertown, MA
Join other carpenters, builders, and construction professionals for an evening of networking, presentations, and discussion on building science and construction techniques for high-performance building. Each month, we will have short presen… more...
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Massachusetts
0 replies | 1096 views | Posted on: 01/13/2019 | Last updated: 01/13/2019
USGBC MA Annual General Meeting, January 23, 5:30pm, Boston
Join USGBC MA to celebrate the community’s success and look forward to our future goals. This past year we have accomplished a lot together, including launching our Green Building Leadership Institute and our Workforce … more...
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0 replies | 1360 views | Posted on: 01/11/2019 | Last updated: 01/11/2019
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 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environm… more...
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0 replies | 9464 views | Posted on: 08/16/2017 | Last updated: 01/09/2019
TRUE - A New Rating System Administered by GBCI
Green Business Certification Inc. (GCBI) recently introduced its new brand identity for its zero waste rating system known as TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency). The TRUE Zero Waste certification was previously administered by the U.S… more...
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0 replies | 3231 views | Posted on: 10/08/2017 | Last updated: 01/09/2019
Suggest me a good green building material for Landscaping
Howdy, everyone, I am new to this site and new in the green building industry, Recently my team got a project in Dubai and the construction is going under the guidelines of Dubai municipality for green building. I think Dubai is the first c… more...
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1 replies | 1801 views | Posted on: 07/14/2017 | Last updated: 01/09/2019
California is Paying Other States to Take Its Excess Solar Power
California’s solar power has been booming in recent years. In 2010, only 0.5% of electricity in California was produced by solar power. In 2016, solar power, from both rooftop panels and solar facilities, accounted for nearly 15% of a… more...
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2 replies | 2519 views | Posted on: 07/11/2017 | Last updated: 01/09/2019
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