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Webinar: IAQ Strategies for Healthy Buildings, June 15, 1 pm CT
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only radically changed how we live, but has brought indoor air quality to the forefront. IAQ has never been more important than it is right now when it comes to the healt
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BayREN C&S Training - Residential HVAC Sizing and Duct Design, Online, August 19, 9 - 10:30 am PT
This course will review residential HVAC design basics and equipment selection, as well as explain how to process, check, and verify residential load calculations and duct designs that are required by
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Accelerating to Zero Tour at BNY, July 28, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The BNY Pittsburgh Office Redevelopment at 500 Ross Street represents a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to sustainability and its historical ties to the Pittsburgh region.
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Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a new construction, custom single-family home in Sherborn, Massachusetts, designed to minimize embodied carbon, maximize operational efficiency, support healthy indoor air
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California Green Building Career Fair, May 27, Berkeley, California
Connect with green building employers at UC Berkeley! Jobs, internships, headshots & networking at the CGBC Green Building Career Fair.
As a shoulder event of the California Green Building
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EarthCraft Builder Training, May 12, Atlanta, Georgia
This EarthCraft Builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design. Explore the ways the EarthCraft program can help you get started or a
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Accelerating to Zero Tour at the Etna Center for Community, April 21, Etna, Pennsylvania
After decades of economic and environmental challenges, Etna Borough residents chose to rewrite the narrative for Etna’s future as one that focuses on sustainability, resiliency, and social equi
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Free Webinar: Electrification in Action - A Practical Session for Developers, March 19, 1 pm PT
Build It Green’s Small Development Incubator (SDI) supports small-scale developers who are working to nurture people, places, and nature through regenerative residential development. The program
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High Performance Roof Daylighting, Lunch-n-Learn Series, Online, February 26, 12-1 pm ET
Roof daylighting elements and architectural roof glass are striking and desirable building features that historically come at a high cost – leaks, energy loss, thermal discomfort, and condensati
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Coverings 2026, March 30 - April 2, Las Vegas, Nevada
Coverings is the largest and most significant ceramic tile and natural stone conference and exhibition in North America. Taking place in Las Vegas, Coverings 2026 will feature nearly 1,000 global exhi
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Sustainable Detroit Forum, Detroit, MI, September 28
The USGBC Detroit Region is pleased to announce that the 6th annual Sustainable Detroit Forum is back in-person! Join for a day of connecting and learning about the amazing sustainability work happeni
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This course teaches carpenters how to apply fundamental building skills to high-performance construction projects. Topics focus on the four layers of a high-performance house: water, air, vapor, and t
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In WGBC's first Better Places for People webinar of 2022, we discuss what changes do we have to make to our built environment on a global scale if we are to make our buildings resilient to the glo
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Webinar: Small Commercial Sector: beyond Lighting Program Strategies, April 25, 11am-12pm
The small commercial sector is historically difficult to reach due to diversity in business types and other market barriers. As federal lamp standards become more stringent and market penetration of e…
Webinar: Building Resilience -- Community as a Building Block of Resilience, June 3, 2:30 pm EDT
As American communities are confronted by compounded and systematic challenges, we need new models to build resilience for all people. Communities that are connected and empowered are better off today
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USGBC First Friday Webinar: All In for Equity – Shedding Light on the Headlines, May 6, 1 pm EDT
This session walks attendees through the most recent updates made to LEED and credentialing, as well as introduce new, tested strategies and resources. Speakers discuss the direction of the building i
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#1920sMakeoverATL House Update - Foundation Work has Started
The #1920sMakeoverATL Project is in full gear now (!), and foundation work has started! Matt and the ATL team have decided to prop up the house on piers and completely rebuild the foundation. The orig
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What does it really MEAN to build GREEN? Online, March 9, 3:30-5 pm ET
What will your footprint look like?
Buildings generate nearly 40% of annual global carbon emissions. It’s our role as AEC professionals to help change that dire statistic through innovative g
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The World’s First Floating Wind Farm - Hywind's Promising Start in Scotland
Off the coast of Scotland, five turbines are stationed sporadically creating the world’s first offshore wind farm known as Hywind. Each tower stretches 575 ft. high and is anchored to the seabed and…
Energy Storage Global Innovation Forum, June 12-13, Milwaukee, WI
Business Models and Technology Advances for Optimizing Grid-Scale and Behind-the-Meter Storage The need to support the rapid growth of solar and wind power, integrate distributed energy resources,…
The US Food Waste Summit, 26-27 June, Harvard Law School
Join the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic and ReFED to accelerate food waste solutions across the U.S.! The U.S. Food Waste Summit will convene leading food businesses, policymakers, i…
Green Catalysis 2018 invites all the scholars, researchers from all over the world to attend and present their respective scientific research at “Annual Conference on Green Catalysis and Sustainable…
"Right Sized" Net Zero House, May 19, 11am - 1:00pm, Higganum, CT
YOU’RE INVITED Take an open wall, open house tour of a great net zero home we’re in the midst of building in Higganum. The home achieves high performance and affordability by asking, “how much …
EBC 25th Annual EBEE Awards and 28th Annual Meeting, June 27, Boston, MA
Each year, the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) recognizes companies, organizations and individuals for outstanding environmental / energy accomplishments in the promotion of a sust…
International Symposium on Sustainable Aviation, July 9 - 11, Rome, Italy
The aviation industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It can be viewed as making a positive contribution to sustainability. ISSA, international, multi-disciplinary symposium, ai…
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