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Online Training, LEED v4 AP BD+C Exam Prep, October 15 - 16

by MVillere

This course will give students a thorough preparation for what to expect on the LEED AP Exam.

About this Event

Using a combination of lecture, exam questions, and gaming engagement this course w

Filed under: Education

Keywords: LEED Exam Prep,LEED,LEED V4,LEED AP

0 replies | 2349 views | Posted on: 09/23/2020 | Last updated: 09/23/2020

Webinar: Building Trust with Homeowners and Renters, Home Energy Score and Remote Quality Assurance, June 27, 11 am EST

by samanthaklein // Intern

The Department of Energy’s Home Energy Score provides reliable and comparable information about a home’s energy use to homeowners, buyers, and renters. With trained and authorized home ene

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Green Homes,Home Energy Score

0 replies | 1168 views | Posted on: 06/18/2023 | Last updated: 06/18/2023

Free Webinar: Integrating Climate Risk into Your ESG Program: How to Tackle Portfolio Assessment, Risk Mitigation and TCFD Reporting, June 20, 1 pm ET

by Hani // Social media manager

Climate change is not a new issue to commercial real estate, but it is one that can be very challenging to address. Failure to develop a comprehensive resilience program that is integrated into the ov

0 replies | 1116 views | Posted on: 06/05/2023 | Last updated: 06/05/2023

Passive House 101: An Introduction to Passive Buildings, Online, May 11, 3-5 pm ET

by Hani // Social media manager

In this course, They will provide an overview of the Passive House building standard including certification metrics, common design elements, and net-zero potential, as well as the impacts Passiv

0 replies | 860 views | Posted on: 04/27/2023 | Last updated: 04/28/2023

Free Green Building Webinar: Protect, Enhance and Maintain Glass with a High-Performance Glass Coating, May 3, 12-1pm EDT

by Hani // Social media manager

During this webinar, They will evaluate protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a low

0 replies | 1009 views | Posted on: 04/13/2023 | Last updated: 04/30/2023

Free Hybrid Event: Indian Urban Futures 5: Building on Success?, April 17, 2:30-5 pm, London, United Kingdom

by Hani // Social media manager

As India becomes the world’s most populated and fastest growing country how can mid-sized cities with limited planning capacity respond to climate change, and learn from experience elsewhere? Th

India Green Building

0 replies | 1074 views | Posted on: 03/24/2023 | Last updated: 03/25/2023

Free Webinar: Better Buildings For Everyone: How High-Performance Building Hubs Catalyze Action, March 23, 1pm

by Hani // Social media manager

Presented by IMT and the National BPS Coalition in collaboration with the Building Performance Partnership.

State and local governments are rapidly adopting next-generation climate policies to redu

0 replies | 995 views | Posted on: 03/10/2023 | Last updated: 03/10/2023

Free PG&E Webinar: Mechanical Rooms: Strategies for Electrification Retrofits in Homes, March 29, 9am-12pm

by Hani // Social media manager

For as long as they’ve built homes, they’ve been using some kind combustion appliance system to heat them. As a result, This buildings are designed and constructed to safely manage th

California Green Building

0 replies | 1691 views | Posted on: 02/21/2023 | Last updated: 03/01/2023

26th International Passive House Conference, March 10-11, Wiesbaden, Germany

by Hani // Social media manager

The 26th International Passive House Conference will be held in the state capital of Hesse in 2023. #EfficiencyNOW will be the focal theme of the event. The Conference will demonstrate how buildings t

0 replies | 1895 views | Posted on: 02/07/2023 | Last updated: 02/07/2023

Free Webinar: Addressing Common Hazards During Energy Upgrades, February 16, 9am PT

by samanthaklein // Intern

Testing one's work is imperative to meeting or exceeding performance targets and ensuring a feedback loop is in place for continual process improvements. This course is designed to help participan

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

Keywords: Architecture,Energy Audits,Energy Efficiency,Home Performance,air sealing,Building Envelope

0 replies | 2047 views | Posted on: 01/17/2023 | Last updated: 01/18/2023

Liz Ogbu Talks with Rising Leaders about Social Equity in Sustainable Design, Online, December 1, 8-9:30pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Join the U.S. Green Building Council Northern California Chapter - Rising Leaders Committee (USGBC NCC RLC) for a discussion with industry leader, Liz Ogbu, on the role of community engagement and soc

Filed under: Advocacy

California Green Building

Keywords: Social Equity,sustainable design

0 replies | 1489 views | Posted on: 11/12/2020 | Last updated: 11/12/2020

Women+ in Green Virtual Breakfast Hosted by Green Building Alliance, November 13, 9am - 10:30am EDT

by SarahA

Green Building Alliance’s Women+ in Green network fosters a supportive and celebratory community of women and femmes working in sustainability throughout our region.  This breakfast is one

Filed under: Advocacy

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: Women in Green,Women in Green Building,Green Building Alliance

0 replies | 1730 views | Posted on: 10/26/2020 | Last updated: 10/29/2020

Webinar: Measuring Health and Wellness in Your Building, October 28, 12 pm CST

by samanthaklein // Intern

What is the business case for implementing health and wellness programs at your building? Attracting and retaining tenants, maximizing financial performance, minimizing risk and improving shareholder

Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Illinois Green Building Group

Keywords: Healthy Building,Health,Indoor Air Quality,Wellness

0 replies | 1430 views | Posted on: 10/14/2020 | Last updated: 10/14/2020

Architecture 2030 & Maalka Launch the Zero Tool: Free Online Application for calculating building's Fossil Fuel Energy Use Intensity

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Product Highlight/News: The Zero Tool by Architecture 2030 Product Name: The Zero Tool Company: Architecture 2030 & Maalka News/Highlights: “The Zero Tool by Architecture 2030 offers an in…

Filed under: Company News and Highlights

Keywords: Architecture 2030,The Zero Tool,Fossil Fuel,Online Application

0 replies | 5083 views | Posted on: 03/08/2017 | Last updated: 03/08/2017

Our Global Chemical Experiment: An Online Lecture by Anna Young from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, September 15, 5 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

On Tuesday, September 15th Parsons Healthy Materials Lab will host Dr. Anna Young from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for a lecture titled Our Global Chemical Experiment: How Healthy Bu

2020 NY GEO: Electrify! With Heat Pumps, September 9-10, Albany, NY

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

At NY GEO's Renewable Heating & Cooling conference, you can learn about: Heat Pumps 101, the Future of NYSERDA’s Clean Heating & Cooling programs, Electrification, Navigating Co

Filed under: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC)

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: HVAC,Heat Pumps,Heating,Cooling

0 replies | 1425 views | Posted on: 08/21/2020 | Last updated: 08/21/2020

ACEEE's 2020 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Virtual Education, August 17-21

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

For the first time, ACEEE is offering a virtual 2020 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 

Through this virtual program, attendees will be able to attend from the safety a

Keywords: Energy,Energy Efficiency,ACEEE,The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

0 replies | 1947 views | Posted on: 08/06/2020 | Last updated: 08/07/2020

Webinar: Resilient Features of a GreenPoint Rated Home Thursday, July 16, 10 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This webinar highlights the features that make a GreenPoint Rated home more resilient and fire-wise. Participants of this webinar will be more prepared to identify and recommend resilient features of

Filed under: Green Point Rated

California Green Building

Keywords: Green Home,Build It Green,Green Point Rated

0 replies | 1674 views | Posted on: 07/07/2020 | Last updated: 07/07/2020

Webinar: CESA: Community Solar for Low- and Moderate-Income Consumers, Thursday, June 1, 1-2 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Because community solar can be made accessible to renters and can include flexible terms, it holds promise for spreading the benefits of solar to low- and moderate-income (LMI) consumers. In this webi…

Filed under: Webinars

Equity and Green Building

0 replies | 1480 views | Posted on: 05/31/2017 | Last updated: 05/31/2017

Energy & Sustainability Summit 2017 May 25th 7:30am-6pm

by Matt Z. // Student

2016 was officially the warmest year on record, with temperatures almost 2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the pre-industrial level. The year also brought change to Washington, with many uncertain or f…

Filed under: California

California Green Building

Keywords: Climate Change,clean energy,Sustainability

0 replies | 1280 views | Posted on: 05/23/2017 | Last updated: 05/23/2017

Clean Tech: Battery System Advances: Enabling the Future Thu, May 11, 5:30 – 8:30pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Historically, relatively compact, especially portable energy storage methods have been major factors in both industrialization and its modernization. Notably, much of today's global industry was at le…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Keywords: Energy Storage,Battery Systems

0 replies | 1756 views | Posted on: 05/06/2017 | Last updated: 05/06/2017

BEEx Forum: Future-Proof: Building Energy Modeling for the Future

by aahassonjee

Energy modeling is a critical tool in efforts to draw down the carbon footprint of our buildings. But the projections these tools make about energy use rely almost universally on historic climate dat…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1647 views | Posted on: 04/24/2017 | Last updated: 04/24/2017

CX Energy 2017 Conference and Expo, 4/24 - 4/27, Orlando, FL

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Attend the CX Energy 2017 Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida! Top activities during the three days: Premier Conference & Exposition for Building Commissioning and Energy Management Expan…

Filed under: Florida

Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 1248 views | Posted on: 04/06/2017 | Last updated: 04/06/2017

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) - 2017 Summit + Connect, May 8-10, Denver, CO

by admin

The Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council's Annual Summit brings together 400 visionary purchasing and sustainability professionals, suppliers, and NGO experts from diverse sectors and regions in …

Filed under: Trade Shows and Events

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Supply Chain

0 replies | 1190 views | Posted on: 04/05/2017 | Last updated: 10/02/2017

Let's Get Local: Attracting Capital to Local Energy Projects - Thursday, March 23, 6-8 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Let's Get Local: Attracting Capital to Local Energy Projects Thu, March 23, 2017 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT Old West Church 131 Cambridge Street Boston, MA 02114 Encouraging and empowering …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Energy,Climate Action Business Association,Technology

0 replies | 1438 views | Posted on: 03/12/2017 | Last updated: 03/12/2017

 

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