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Discussions with tag 'Sustainability'
Central BUILDINGSinACTION Tour: Mayor Michael Coleman Government Building, July 25, Columbus, OH
The 2nd Quarter BUILDINGSinACTION Tour will provide an opportunity for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mayor Michael B. Coleman Government Building. After a brief presentation by the building owners a
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Building the Future: Sidewalk Labs Presents High Performance Buildings for Toronto, July 10, New York, NY
BE-Ex is very excited to invite members of our Industry Leadership Council to this unique opportunity to hear from Charlotte Matthews, Director of Sustainability at Sidewalk Labs, on their innova
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West Michigan Sustainable Business August Forum: Sustainability at Consumers Energy with Patti Poppe, August 28, Grand Rapids
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a luncheon and program featuring Sustainability at Consumers Energy with President and Chief Executive Officer Patti Poppe on Wednesday, August 28 at
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Material Strategies: What are the New Building Blocks of Sustainability? September 13, Seattle, WA
In order to create sustainable spaces and places, we need to resolve two challenges. On the one hand, we have to mitigate the negative impact of our past and current material and product choices, thro
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Local Environmental Action 2020, Saturday, March 7, Boston, MA
Local Environmental Action is an opportunity to join community leaders, environmental advocates and activists from across the region for an exciting day of skills training, networking, and inspiration
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Sustainability Symposium 2020 (New Date, Now Online!), October 23, Philadelphia, PA
Save-the date for Green Building United's tenth annual Sustainability Symposium, now scheduled for October 23.
The Symposium is a full day of educational sessions covering cutting edge gre
Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, January 29-31, Santiago, Chile
Much of the sustainability literature focuses on the Global North and on issues salient to policy makers in developed countries, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ozone depletion. By cont
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Innovations in Circular Economy, April 22, (Now Online)
*** UKGBC takes the health and wellbeing of its staff and event attendees extremely seriously. Given the WHO declaration that Coronavirus is a global pandemic, UKGBC is monitoring the situation c
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Webinar: Improving and Prolonging the Performance of Finished Concrete Floors, May 29, 12:00 PM EDT
This overview of concrete floor basics shows participants how to get the most from finished concrete floors. Along the way it discusses levels of finish, hardening-densifying and other aspects of fini
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Webinar: USGBC Virginia 2020 Legislative Recap, June 1, 11 AM EDT
Join USGBC’s Senior Policy Council, Liz Beardsley, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Energy Efficiency Council, Chelsea Harnish!
The 2020 session of the Virginia General Assembly was
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Webinar: Energy Code Evolution: What's New for Denver, Boulder, and Colorado, June 10, 11:45am MDT
Energy codes have changed a lot this year. This diverse panel of local building officials and energy experts will discuss the impacts of the new energy codes in Denver, Boulder, and statewide. He
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Webinar USGBC Carolinas LEED Virtual Visit: Barings Headquarters, June 11, 11:30 AM EDT
Join USGBC Carolinas Community for a virtual LEED Tour for highlights from high performance LEED buildings recognized at the 2019 Sustainable Business Awards.
The Sustainable Business Awards f
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Webinar Road to a Resilient Heartland Series: Sustainable Product Manufacturing, June 17, 1:00 PM EDT
Sustainable Product Manufacturing - Tools for Measuring Environmental Impacts
There are good reasons for a manufacturer to conduct a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Product Declarat
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Webinar: Polyiso - The Next Generation Air & Water Resistive Barrier, June 18, 12 PM EDT
To educate about ‘Building Longevity and Sustainability’ and how these concepts impact making buildings more energy efficient. The course examines how foil-faced polyiso continuous insulat
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Webinar: ACE Company - Sustainability and Climate Risk, June 18, 4 PM EST
Update and impact of (upcoming) regulations on Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) for financial institutions.
Sustainability and Climate Risk are increasingly hot and inevitable topics within th
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Webinar: USGBC-LA Quarterly Thought Leadership Series: Scaling EV Infrastructure, June 18, 4 PM
At our quarterly thought leadership events, USGBC-LA works to highlight a local sustainability issue, have an informed discussion amongst industry leaders on action-oriented solutions, and m
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Webinar: Exploring Climate Solutions (CT focused), June 30, 12pm EDT
In this webinar, Ross Spiegel, Architect and Specifications Coordinator at The S/L/A/M Collaborative, will provide an overview of green building rating systems and their impact on sustainability, ener
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FREE Webinar: USGBC Carolinas: Behind the Mask: Local Leaders Pitch in to Print PPE During the Pandemic, June 30, 4 pm EDT
Robby Sachs and Alexander Cabral of UNC Charlotte, and Garrett Herbst of Little Diversified Architectural Consulting will share their stories of using 3-D printers to produce protective
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FREE Webinar: How Being a Greener Company is Good for Business, July 7, 12pm BST
Whether you’re an ardent environmentalist or just take an interest in current affairs no-one can deny that “green” is back on the agenda – big time.
Cornwall Labour Party is
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Webinar: Small Projects vs. Climate Change, June 29, 1-2 PM
Join USGBC and AIA Chicago for the Small Projects vs. Climate Change webinar. In this webinar, we will share strategies and fundamental sustainable concepts that will help small residen
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Webinar: Get In On The Ground Floor: Modern, Sustainable, Healthcare Flooring, July 21, 12pm EDT
In this one-hour course, design professionals will gain in-depth knowledge of sustainable, resilient fluid-applied flooring. It will discuss how it solves many issues present in both resilient floorin
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Webinar, Presented by Metropolis Magazine: The Pandemic is a Portal: The Sustainability Movement, June 30, 4-5 PM EDT
In the months before COVID-19 struck, the climate crisis was at the top of many people’s minds—from teenagers protesting in the streets, to large corporations pledging to become carbon neu
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Webinar: Designing and Modeling New Net Zero Homes on Urban Sites Friday, July 17, 12pm
Build It Green is hosting Designing and Modeling New Net Zero Homes on Urban Sites presented by Architect Alison Kendall and GreenPoint Rater Mila Sergeeva, of Kendall Architecture. In this
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Sustainable Building with Concrete, July 30, 1-2 PM, Boston, MA
This upcoming lecture with Heidi Jandris, a Technical Resource and Sustainability Manager at Jandris Block.
This discussion is part of BSA Space's exhibition Durable: Sustainable Material
FREE Webinar: Residential High Performance and the Three R's: Resistance, Resilience and Recovery, Aug 19, 10 -11 am Central Time
High-performance, energy-efficient homes feature carefully designed strategies to maintain the integrity and functionality of the building envelope. These measures include continuous control layers to
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