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Resilience Workshop Series: Building Resilient Water Systems, May 17, Los Angeles, CA
Introduction to Environmental Resilience Series: Building Resilient Water Systems
This series of 90-minute workshops are designed to introduce you to what resilience is and how it applies to your l
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Free Webinar: Passive House Strategies in Warm, Hot, and Humid Climates, July 9, 12 pm PT
This presentation explores the unique challenges and effective solutions for applying Passive House principles in warm, hot, and humid climates. It covers climate-specific design strategies, including
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2026 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 2 - 7, Pacific Grove, California
The 2026 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings will bring together professionals from around the globe to the Asilomar Conference Grounds to share research, spark new ideas and collaborations
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Women in Green, June 18, 2pm, Cleveland, Ohio
Rooted in empathy, adaptability, and enduring strength, women possess a powerful resilience to lead through crisis and uncertainty. In roles where foresight, protection, and healing are essential, wom
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The case for building all-electric is stronger than ever. All-electric homes are cheaper to build and operate, healthier and more comfortable to live in, and have GHG emissions roughly half that of mi
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Free Webinar: Passive House in California, May 21, 12 pm PT
This session explores how Passive House principles are being applied across California’s diverse climate zones—from foggy coastlines to hot inland valleys and desert regions—to creat
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This course teaches the basic vocabulary and technical details of grid connected photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS). The instructor will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of var
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LA Climate Week: Designing LA’s Climate Future, Together, April 8-15, Los Angeles, California
BUILT BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP
LA Climate Week is not built by a single office, institution, or personality.
It is shaped by a distributed community of organizers, educators, creatives, business lea
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2019 NEEP Summit: Pathways to Decarbonization in the Northeast, August 27-29, Brooklyn, NY
This year, the NEEP Summit will be held in collaboration with Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as part of EPRI’
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LEED Tour - South Bend Fire Station #4, July 18, 3:00-4:00pm, South Bend, IN
Join USGBC Indiana to tour the newly opened South Bend Fire Station #4. This is a high performing building that has earned the LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council fo
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New York Energy Week, June 24-27, New York, NY
Created in 2013, New York Energy Week is the industry’s comprehensive cross-sector, annual event series uniting the diverse sectors of energy.
The week-long event series i
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This event brings together representatives of public agencies including cities, counties, school districts, and councils of governments. This meeting is closed to vendors or service providers.
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Sustainable Building at Miami Beach, May 22, Miami, FL
Learn about the Sustainable Building Ordinances in the City of Miami BEach and how the new LEED version 4 and the Living Building Challange (LBC) Certifications can meet those requirments
Green Breakfast Club: Greenbuild 2014 Recap 11/18 8 am
Green Breakfast Club: Greenbuild 2014 Recap November 18, 8-9:30 am 50 Milk Street, 17th floor If you were in New Orleans we'd love to hear your thoughts. And if you missed it, come hear what's …
IE Expo China 2019, April 15-17, Shanghai
IE Expo China 2019 taking place from April 15 to 17, 2019, at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, which will cover all the high potential markets in environmental area:
· Water and
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Job Postings for Rate It Green Member, Power n Sun
About the Company:
Power n Sun is an Engineering, Procurement & Solar Project Management Company operating throughout Middle East, South Asia, Burkina Faso, Camaroon, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda,
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February Green Light Training: Advanced Controls – Types & Functions, Feb 22 in NYC
Join Building Energy Exchange for our four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls technolog
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FREE WEBINAR: Daylighting by Design, Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
This course discusses the benefits of a thoughtfully- designed light control system and how to make it work for your project's natural-lighting and shading needs. The discussion emphases implement
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Devastating Man-Made Forest Fires in Southeast Asia Accelerating in Recent Years
The Foreign Affairs Minister of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan, is justifiably speaking out against companies that start forest fires in Southeast Asia, calling them a “man-made tragedy”. The fore…
EcoLogic’s 2015 Fall Benefit: Turning the Tables, Nurturing Resilience, Oct 1, 6:30 pm
TURNING THE TABLES: NURTURING RESILIENCE A Jeffersonian Dinner & Conversation about Conservation, Culture & Adaptation in a Changing World Thursday, October 1, 2015 6:30 – 9:30 PM The Comman…
Should we be Worried about the Rapidly Expanding Desalinization Industry?
Access to water is a growing issue, particularly with recent droughts. At first, desalinization sounds like a good idea. But I was reading an Environmental News Network article about how desalin…
Cleantech Open Class of 2015 - 5 NY Companies Changing the Sustainable World
Congratulations to Cleantech Open Northeast’s 2015 class of 34 companies developing clean technologies to rock the sustainable world: http://northeast.cleantechopen.org/en/challenge/cleantech-open-…
A Price On Carbon: Driving the Economic Road Forward, 6/18 6-8 pm
A Price On Carbon: Driving the Economic Road Forward Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 6 to 8 pm Non Profit Center 89 South Street Boston, MA CABA invites members and friends to attend a workshop on …
Association of Energy Engineers of New England (AEENE) Products/Services show 4/8, 3-7:30 pm:
Association of Energy Engineers of New England (AEENE) PRODUCTS & SERVICES SHOW Wed, April 8th 2015 3–7:30 p.m. Embassy Suites Hotel, 550 Winter Street , Waltham, MA Exit 27 B Route 128/I-95 …
Sustainable and High Performance Building for Real Estate Professionals - 2/19 at 6 pm
180 Old Colony Avenue Quincy, MA 02170 Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 6-8pm Join us for a BuildingEnergy Local event hosted by NESEA member David Kelman a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty. The …
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