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Webinar: Passivhaus for Educational Buildings: Universities 16 September 16:00 GMT

by PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado

This is the third in a four-part mini-series of interactive online events for local authorities, educational institutions, and others involved with delivering educational buildings to the Passivhaus s

Filed under: Passive House

UK Green Building

Keywords: Passive House,Passivhaus,Universities

0 replies | 1360 views | Posted on: 08/28/2020 | Last updated: 09/01/2020

Built Environment Plus: Design for People: Green Buildings for All, August 10, 8:30 am -12 pm, Boston, Massachusetts

by Hani // Social media manager

Embracing the built environment as a leverage point for a healthy, diverse, equitable, and inclusive society.

True sustainability requires a triple-bottom line of meeting the social, economic, and

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1007 views | Posted on: 07/22/2023 | Last updated: 07/22/2023

USGBC Webinar: Leveraging LEED v4.1 Residential into Building Healthy and High Performance Sustainable Homes, August 4, 1-2 pm ET

by Hani // Social media manager

LEED v4.1 Residential is a simplified and streamlined rating system in beta version that combines the familiar and relevant aspects of the existing LEED rating systems. The rating system is available

California Green Building

0 replies | 904 views | Posted on: 07/07/2023 | Last updated: 07/07/2023

Free Webinar, Equity and Buildings: A Practical Framework for Buildings Practitioners, June 29, 2:30 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

 

This webinar outlines a practical framework for buildings practitioners – energy efficiency and electrification program administrators, policymakers, and others – to ensure their

0 replies | 965 views | Posted on: 06/16/2023 | Last updated: 06/16/2023

Free PG&E Webinar, Water Rights and Scarcity: From Global to Local, June 15, 9-10:30am PST

by himj // Student Of Green Building

This session will explore the global and local perspectives of water stewardship. Together, the panelists will discuss their visions for the future of water stewardship and how it’s an opportuni

California Green Building

0 replies | 666 views | Posted on: 06/02/2023 | Last updated: 06/02/2023

Crushing the Code NYC: Residential, Urban Green Council, Online, June 27

by lc // Associate, Education O&D at Urban Green Council

Crushing the Code New York City: Residential is an online course that prepares design and building professionals to comply with the many requirements in the 2020 NYCECC and create more energ

Filed under: Continuing Education Courses

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1182 views | Posted on: 05/16/2023 | Last updated: 05/18/2023

Free Webinar: Ready, Set, Scale. A NEEP Series, May 18, 11 Am EST

by Hani // Social media manager

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 strong pol

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1316 views | Posted on: 04/26/2023 | Last updated: 04/26/2023

USGBC Arizona Spring Summit - 2023, May 4, 8am-12:30pm MST, Scottsdale, Arizona

by Hani // Social media manager

How can a simple earthen brick become a building block for community and economic development?

What is the City of Tempe's Climate Action Plan and how will it be incorporated into their 2050

0 replies | 686 views | Posted on: 04/12/2023 | Last updated: 04/12/2023

Free Webinar: The State of Net Zero Housing 2023: Inventory of Zero Report, April 12, 12 pm ET

by Hani // Social media manager

EEBA Team Zero started tracking the proliferation of U.S. and Canadian ZE homes in 2015. Since then, the yearly report has shown a consistent upward trend. In the past, the multifamily sector led the

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 954 views | Posted on: 03/23/2023 | Last updated: 03/24/2023

Workshop on Sustainable Air Quality in Affordable Housing, Tufts University, March 22, 8:30 am - 1 pm, Medford, Massachusetts

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

You are invited to a workshop on Air Quality in Multi-family Affordable Housing. The workshop goal is for a study team at Tufts University to get your input on a guidance document they&

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1045 views | Posted on: 03/09/2023 | Last updated: 03/09/2023

Free Green Building Webinar: Keep Glass Looking Beautiful and Reduce Maintenance Costs with a Protective Coating, November 4, 12-1 pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In this one hour course, we will evaluate low maintenance protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of building. Some of the easily recognized benefi

Filed under: Paints, Sealers and Finishes

Keywords: coatings,Glass

0 replies | 1182 views | Posted on: 10/22/2020 | Last updated: 10/22/2020

Cities Alive Virtual, October 20 - 23

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In response to the COVID 19 Pandemic, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the Green Infrastructure Foundation have teamed up tocombine the best of CitiesAlive and Grey to Green.  

CitiesAl

Keywords: Cities,Green Cities,Green Roofs,Cities Alive,Grey to Green

0 replies | 1083 views | Posted on: 10/06/2020 | Last updated: 10/06/2020

What is Drawdown GA?

by Matt Hoots // SawHorse Design + Build

One of the sessions for Greenprints 2020 (an annual event that The Southface Energy Institute hosts) was about Drawdown GA.   

Drawdown GA is a plan to help GA reduce CO2 looking at 21 Hi

Georgia on My Mind - Green Building, Sustainable Products and Building Practices

0 replies | 501 views | Posted on: 09/21/2020 | Last updated: 10/25/2020

Join the BE-Ex's Daylight Hour Social Media Campaign!

by aahassonjee

Check out Daylight Hour, a social media campaign run by the Building Energy Exchange to raise awareness about utilizing natural light in day-lit offices. This is an annual hour-long campaign happening…

Filed under: Events

Keywords: building energy exchange,daylight hour

0 replies | 1709 views | Posted on: 02/08/2017 | Last updated: 09/06/2017

Zero Carbon Conference (Online), Presented by International Living Future Institute, October 7 - 8

by Richard Minasian // Student

We are living in an unprecedented, critical moment to take intentional and equitable action on the climate crisis. With less than a decade to achieve sustainable development goals, collaboration is im

Filed under: Environment

Keywords: Climate Change,Sustainability,Carbon,Zero Carbon,Decarbonization,Financing Strategies,Embodied Carbon,Operational Carbon,Zero for All,Zero Carbon Conference

0 replies | 3739 views | Posted on: 08/15/2020 | Last updated: 08/17/2020

Webinar: How Monitoring-Based Commissioning Changes the Cx Business Model, September 10, 2 pm EDT

by EnergyManagementAssociation // Non profit association

In the context of deploying automated fault detection on a university campus to deliver Monitoring-Based Commissioning services, this presentation discusses how MBCx changes the business model for Cx

Filed under: Building Automation and Control

Keywords: Building Commissioning,building automation,retrocommissioning,monitor-based commissioning

0 replies | 989 views | Posted on: 07/30/2020 | Last updated: 07/30/2020

Free EMA Webinar: Utilizing Digital Twins of Operational Data, Thursday, July 23, 11:00 am Eastern

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The goal of the digital data twin is to provide managers and operators with access to any and all operational data at any time. It provides a unified, seamless replicated data environment enabling div

Filed under: Facilities Management

Keywords: Smart Buildings,Energy Management,Energy Systems,Smart Building,Data Management

0 replies | 1086 views | Posted on: 07/15/2020 | Last updated: 07/15/2020

TRUE Zero Waste and Circular Economy Training Series: Zero Waste Purchasing and Upstream Management, August 6, 9:30 am, Los Angeles CA

by samanthaklein // Intern

This Session will cover:

  • Challenges of moving a zero waste vision upstream

  • Create Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP) policy 

  • Identify EPP items in purchasing cata

Filed under: Waste Management and Collection/Recycling

Related to: Other,Waste Management and Collection/Recycling

California Green Building

Keywords: Circular Economy,Waste Management,Zero Waste

0 replies | 1260 views | Posted on: 06/30/2020 | Last updated: 06/30/2020

USGBC MA Residential Committee April Meeting - ZeroEnergy Design Presenting, May 8, 5:45-8 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

GUEST SPEAKER: Stephanie, Horowitz, AIA CPHC, ZeroEnergy Design (ZED) Stephanie is Managing Director of ZeroEnergy Design (ZED), a green architecture and energy consulting firm. The firm’s commi

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Zero Energy

0 replies | 1533 views | Posted on: 05/01/2017 | Last updated: 02/09/2021

Free Event: CHIEF CHAT: Austin Blackmon, 4/18, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Boston, MA

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Rising tides. The Emerald Necklace. Flood maps. Zoning code. The Greenovate Awards. Chief of Environment and Open Space Austin Blackmon is hard at work every day to ensure that the Boston we love toda…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 827 views | Posted on: 04/08/2017 | Last updated: 04/08/2017

It's a Bolt! SO excited about our EV!

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

We got our Bolt today! One day, I hope it won't be big news to get an EV, because well that's what all of our cars will be! For now, we're so excited to get thew new Chevy Bolt! Who else in o…

Filed under: Electric Vehicles

Keywords: Green Living,EV - Electric Vehicles,Drive Green

0 replies | 1177 views | Posted on: 04/04/2017 | Last updated: 04/04/2017

Webinar: Smart Building Analytics - Running at the Peak of Efficiency, March 23, 12:30-2 pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Webinar: Smart Building Analytics - Running at the Peak of Efficiency Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:30am - 11:00am PST 12:30 - 2:00 pm EST Hosted by Realcomm Organizations go to great lengt…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Smart Buildings,Building Data

0 replies | 1347 views | Posted on: 03/23/2017 | Last updated: 03/23/2017

Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show: March 12-15

by ChristinaC // Marketing Student

Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show (SERC): March 12-15 Dates: Conference: March 12-15 Trade Show: March 12-14 Location: Hilton San Destin Golf Resort & Spa, Destin, FL Attend the …

Florida Green Building Group

Keywords: Sustainability,Recycling

0 replies | 864 views | Posted on: 03/11/2017 | Last updated: 03/11/2017

Feasibility of Implementing Passivhaus Standard for Tall Residential Buildings

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Highly energy-efficient and resilient buildings are crucial to the success of cities. As populations grow and cities become larger and denser, problems related to energy inefficiency are magnified and…

Filed under: Passive House

Keywords: Passive House,Residential Buildings

0 replies | 4047 views | Posted on: 03/02/2017 | Last updated: 03/02/2017

Webinar: Climate Justice - Local, Tribal, Global and Generational, 2/27, 1:00 - 2:45pm EST

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Climate Justice: Local, Tribal, Global and Generational Monday, February 27, 1:00 pm to 2:45 pm EST This year, 2017, is the American Public Health Association's "Year of Climate Change". Please h…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Climate change and Health,Climate Justice

0 replies | 1708 views | Posted on: 02/17/2017 | Last updated: 02/17/2017

 

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