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This course discusses the impact of buildings on the natural environment and offers insight on designing to minimize those impacts through sun control and mastery of the elements. The discussion empha
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Stretch & Specialized Code Basics, Online Course, July 15, 3 - 5 pm
This course covers the 225 CMR 23.00 MA Commercial Stretch and Opt-in Specialized energy codes applicable from July 1, 2023, and including February 2025 updates. The presentation encompasses the diffe
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Free Webinar: Understanding HERS Registries for Building Departments, June 5, 9:30 - 11 am PT
The HERS Registry is an online data base that creates and tracks the numerous compliance documents needed for compliance with California’s Title 24 Part 6 energy code. This class will cover what
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Phius Non-Residential Summit 2025, Online, May 20- 21
The Phius Non-Residential Summit 2025 is a two-day virtual event that will showcase a sampling of Phius Certified non-residential projects and explore all the Phius non-residential certification progr
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Designing a Passive House is a rewarding challenge, but achieving Passive House certification requires navigating a range of complex factors. While the design phase is an exciting opportunity to envis
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Free Webinar: Phius 101: Foundations of Passive Building and Phius Standards, April 17, 12-1pm CT
Join Illinois Green Alliance and Phius to learn how you can build comfortable, healthy, cost-efficient buildings for a more resilient world at Phius 101 for Architects an
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Thinking of bringing the Just label to your organization and not sure where to start?
Do you have an existing label and want to learn more about 3.0?
Are you looking to learn more about
Envision SP - Certification for Sustainable Infrastructure, 2-Day Online Training, March 20-21
The Envision Framework is a globally recognized approach to sustainable infrastructure and certification processes. The ENV SP designation is becoming an increasingly important credential for any prof
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Properly sized heating and cooling systems help ensure HVAC runs more efficiently and dehumidifiers better and may reduce system costs. Some codes, energy, and green programs also require this. Meetin
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2025 Hot Water & Hot Air Forums, March 4-6, Portland, Oregon
ACEEE’s Hot Air and Hot Water Forums are the nation’s premier policy and technical conferences devoted to improving efficiency and decarbonizing space and water heating. The Forums bring t
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Making “Cents” of Incentives: Using Revamped MassSave Incentives and IRA Tax Credits to Meet Ambitious Climate Goals
Are you unsure about how Inflation Reduction Act renewabl
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Radon Control starts with a good design
The need for vapor control below the house
The #1920sMakeoverATL is a Passive House renovation in Atlanta, GA. Not only does Atlanta have lots of rain and humidity, causing the ground to be w
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A House Needs to Breathe...Or Does It? Free CE Webinar, October 19, 12 - 1 pm EST
There's an old saying that, "It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so." Nowhere is that more true t
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Passive House Ventilation: Fundamentals and Lessons Learned, July 31st, NYC
Join NAPHN and NYPH for Passive House Ventilation: Fundamentals and Lessons Learned. The event will discuss energy efficient ventilation as a key component of every Passive House project. Application …
You've heard the buzz around Passive House, but you're not sure why all the fuss? Is it really that different?
PHN Executive Director Ken Levenson unpacks the logic, the principles, the his
MnSEIA 2022 Gateway to Solar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 17-18
The Gateway to Solar Conference, hosted by the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA), is the Midwest's biggest and best solar and storage conference. Each year solar installers an
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AIAA Wind Energy Symposium, Jan 7-11, 2019, San Diego, CA
This conference covers the broad range of topics related to wind energy technology for both land-based and offshore siting. Technical areas of interest include Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Acoustics,
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2019 HPC Northwest Regional Conference & Trade Show, Feb 11-12, Portland OR
Join industry leaders along with fellow weatherization professionals, home performance contracting businesses, program administrators, and others working in the residential energy efficiency industry
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2nd Annual Massachusetts Litter Summit, November 3, 2018, North Easton MA
You are cordially invited to join us for an afternoon of “talking trash.” We’ll share best practices and ideas for preventing and cleaning up litter in your community, including:
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2018 NJ Green Building & Green Ribbon Schools Tour, November 13, Long Branch and Neptune, New Jersey
U.S. Deparment of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) share promising practices and resources in the areas of safe, healthy and sustainable school environments; nutrition and outdoor physical acti
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This program provides an overview of how sustainable restroom design can address the global concerns of water shortages and the impacts of the building sector on our environment. We identify the newes
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At this month's USGBC MA Residential Green Building Committee meeting, Mark Webster from SGH will present on Sustainable Structural Concrete Innovations and other Structural Components. Mark will ill…
National Drive Electric Week Event -Electric Car Expo, September 16, 2018, Evanston, Illinois
Register to attend this FREE and informative event. EV owners will show you their vehicles, share personal driving experiences and answer your questions. Some will give test rides. Learn more from tho…
CRASH: 5 Reasons Why AIA Courses Fail - Free Webinar, August 26, 12 - 12:30 EDT
Do architects suffer from narcolepsy when viewing your Death by PowerPoint presentation? Have you paid thousands of dollars to develop an AIA course with bad ROI? In this 30-minute presentation, we wi…
LIVE Webinar Thursday, August 23, 2018 9:30am - 11:00am PST 12:30 - 2:00 pm EST We can hail a car, order food, listen to music, tweet to the world, reserve tickets and buy almost anything from a…
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