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GPRO Fundamentals of Green Building Virtual Training + Exam, June 17, 9 am - 1 pm
The construction industry is moving quickly towards greener, high-performance buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills.
This course teaches the founda
Free Green Building Webinar: HSW Considerations for Large Vertical Openings, May 24, 12 pm ET
In this one-hour course, we’ll discuss flexible spaces that use large, vertical openings and their designs and customizations that can contribute to health, safety, and welfare of the building o
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Window installation defects are one of the leading causes of water and moisture-related problems in residential construction. Recent Energy codes and even Passive House require continuous insulation.
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Buildings need to dry- not breathe!
Hopefully, by now, most people understand that "Build tight/ ventilate right" is how most green building programs require you to build. Less understood is the necessity for buildings t
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Free Green Building Webinar: Mastering Daylight, April 19, 12-1 pm ET
This course discusses the benefits of a thoughtfully-designed light control system and how to make it work for your project’s daylighting and design needs. The discussion emphasizes implementing
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NECA’s Annual Renewable Energy Conference, March 9, 9am-4pm, Waltham, Massachusetts
The NECA Renewable Energy Conference returns in person for the first time since March 2020, at the Waltham Woods Conference Center. As the industry experiences exponential growth and challenges and we
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Advancing recycling and waste reduction in North and South Carolina since 1989.
What is the Carolina Recycling Association (CRA)?
The CRA is a nonprofit organization established and maintained b
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GPRO Construction Management, Online Training with Urban Green Council, February 7
Low-carbon, energy-efficient construction will play a critical role in meeting increasingly stringent local and national building performance goals. These projects will require an understanding of new
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NeighborWorks Winter 2023 Virtual Training Institute, February 6-10
NeighborWorks America creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities.
The NeighborWorks 2023 Virtual Winter Conference is focused
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This research project will help investors determine the risk associated with corporations achieving their future carbon targets.
As corporations and investment firms both commit to targets for re
Online Course: LEED Green Associate Exam Prep, September 12-25
LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. A LEED credential denotes proficiency in today’s sustainable design, cons
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Webinar: Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into a Project at All Levels, August 31, 11 am
In our buildings and cities, equity in design means rethinking the approach to the overall project planning process. Our built environments must represent, reflect, and emphasize justice and inclusion
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A NEEP Series: Residential Retrofitting at Scale: Whole-Home Approach, July 26, 11AM
The Ready, Set, Scale. webinar series focuses on the mechanisms key to rapid, equitable decarbonization of the regional commercial and residential buildings sector. This series will examine
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NESEA Pro Green Building Tour, NZE Multi-Family Housing, Friday, April 20, Northampton, MA
NESEA Pro Green Building Tour - New NZE Multi-family Housing Northampton, MA Friday, April 20, 2018 CEUs: 3.0 AIA LU/HSW pending; certificates of attendance provided to all attendees Site Detail…
There’s growing recognition that heat pumps are an important technology in the drive to decarbonize buildings. Parallel initiatives and advancements at the federal and state levels, particularly
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This webinar will feature the Acton All-Electric Home. The recently launched All-Electric Home incentive is designed for single-family and two- to four-unit homes that achieve high-performance co
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GreenCE Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, April 20, 12 pm EDT
This one-hour course discusses vertical opening systems, how they’re built, differences in operation, and typical uses for interior and exterior applications. Additionally, the webinar will cons
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Free Webinar: IoT at the Edge: Advancing the Smart Building Conversation, March 31, 12 pm
IoT at the Edge: Advancing the Smart Building Conversation:
The idea of smart edge devices that can provide a gateway to the cloud while keeping a majority of the data localized within the bu
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Getting to Zero - A Review of the National Forum, June 8, 8:30-10am, USGBCMA, Boston
Were you unable to make it to the Getting to Zero conference this April? No worries, join Henrietta Davis (former mayor of Cambridge) and Kate Bubriski (Director of Sustainability at Arrowstreet) for …
International conference on catalysis and pyrolysis, 5-6 November, Burlingame, CA
Greetings from catalysis 2018..!! Catalysis 2018 aims to bring together leading academic scientists and researchers to exchange and share their experiences and research results on various aspects o…
GreenBuild China 2018: Human X Nature, October 23 - 24, Shanghai, China
Greenbuild China, Human X Nature is the flagship event for sustainability professionals. Greenbuild China offers a forum for the green building community to unite, change lives, revolutionize busin…
Learn the Ins and Outs of San Francisco's Groundbreaking New Carpet Regulation May 22, 11:00 am PDT Join a live webinar to learn more about the City and County of San Francisco's sustainability …
Case Studies and Lessons Learned: A panel discussion with teams from three Connecticut residential projects. Schedule: 5:30 - 6:30 Registration with lite bites, refreshments & cash bar. Visit with…
Green Finance has been embraced with great enthusiasm over the past few years, with Europe as a leading region in this area. European entities were the first corporate issuers, the first municipal iss…
BuildingEnergy Pro Tours are accredited, half-day tours of high performance buildings all over the Northeast. These events are led by members of the project teams behind them, concluding with a recept…
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