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Webinar: Passivhaus for Educational Buildings: Universities 16 September 16:00 GMT
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
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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
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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
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This webinar outlines a practical framework for buildings practitioners – energy efficiency and electrification program administrators, policymakers, and others – to ensure their
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Free PG&E Webinar, Water Rights and Scarcity: From Global to Local, June 15, 9-10:30am PST
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
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Crushing the Code NYC: Residential, Urban Green Council, Online, June 27
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
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Free Webinar: Ready, Set, Scale. A NEEP Series, May 18, 11 Am EST
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
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USGBC Arizona Spring Summit - 2023, May 4, 8am-12:30pm MST, Scottsdale, Arizona
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
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Free Webinar: The State of Net Zero Housing 2023: Inventory of Zero Report, April 12, 12 pm ET
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
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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&
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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
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Cities Alive Virtual, October 20 - 23
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
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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
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Join the BE-Ex's Daylight Hour Social Media Campaign!
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…
Zero Carbon Conference (Online), Presented by International Living Future Institute, October 7 - 8
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
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Webinar: How Monitoring-Based Commissioning Changes the Cx Business Model, September 10, 2 pm EDT
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
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Free EMA Webinar: Utilizing Digital Twins of Operational Data, Thursday, July 23, 11:00 am Eastern
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
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This Session will cover:
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Challenges of moving a zero waste vision upstream
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Create Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP) policy
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Identify EPP items in purchasing cata
USGBC MA Residential Committee April Meeting - ZeroEnergy Design Presenting, May 8, 5:45-8 pm
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
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Free Event: CHIEF CHAT: Austin Blackmon, 4/18, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Boston, MA
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…
It's a Bolt! SO excited about our EV!
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…
Webinar: Smart Building Analytics - Running at the Peak of Efficiency, March 23, 12:30-2 pm EST
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…
Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show: March 12-15
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 …
Feasibility of Implementing Passivhaus Standard for Tall Residential Buildings
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…
Webinar: Climate Justice - Local, Tribal, Global and Generational, 2/27, 1:00 - 2:45pm EST
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…
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