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Bridge to 2030: Building Electrification Webinar, March 16, 9 am EDT
The Bridge to 2030 educational series invites audiences to delve into topics integral to 2030 District progress throughout Pennsylvania, including energy, water, transportation, indoor air quality, an
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Green Building Home Tour: Dream Meadows, August 22, 4:30-5:30 pm, Springfield, Missouri (free)
Join us for a tour of Dream Meadows, a green home in Springfield, MO and learn about the green features the owners have incorporated over the past 23 years.
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Ozark Branch of Missouri Gateway
The National Solar Conference is America’s leading conference on the emerging trends, technology, and opportunities shaping the new energy economy.
The American Solar Energy Society’s c
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This webinar will review a study of Pearl Certified homes that are marketed effectively by listing agents see an average 5.15% premium. This study provides a resource for stakeholders in the high
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On June 22, communities across the Chicago metropolitan area will come together to tackle climate change, promote equity, and achieve sustainability outcomes. The agenda covers a broad range of t
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What’s New in the 2020 NYC Energy Code, Urban Green Council, Online, June 28, 2-3:30 pm ET
What’s New in the 2020 NYC Energy Code is a free 90-minute online class designed to cover the major updates in the 2020 NYCECC and how it relates to NYC’s Local Law 97.
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Free Webinar: Air Quality Related to Energy Efficiency, May 18, 10-11am CT
City Efficiency Leadership Counci (CELC) webinars are intended to extend the conversation about public sector energy management best practices through education, training, and discussion. Webinar
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Free Event: Phius 101, April 27, 1-5pm EDT, New York City
The Phius live in NYC at Building Energy Exchange! Are you Phius curious? Have you heard about passive building but don’t really know what that entails? Lisa White and John Loercher open the aft
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Free CE Webinar: PREFAB For All, April 18, 12 pm EST
Smaller houses with quality amenities are trending. Koones’s latest features a variety of prefab homes from small to large, luxurious to modest, and includes modular, structural insulated panels
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Free Green Building Webinar: Practically Perfect Plumbing, May 19, 12 pm EST
Once we build a very high-performance building from the perspective of heating, cooling and ventilation and install high efficiency lighting and plug loads, we are left with what to do about (hot) wat
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Webinar: Managing the Net Zero Challenge Within the Built Environment, April 22, 10 am EDT
How on Earth? – an Earth Day special event - will bring a virtual panel of industry leaders and academics from the built environment together with policy shapers, economists, behaviouralist
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Webinar, Delivering Healthy Interiors, March 26, 1pm Sydney, Melbourne, ACT
This webinar brings materials and product intelligence together with design principles to help you deliver healthier interiors for clients – whether that be for commercial fitouts to the now bur
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An Introduction to Sustainable Building Practices
This session, run by trainer Lucy Pedler, director of The Green Register, is designed to outline the basic principles of sustainable building.
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A Midsummer Night's Green & Community Leader Awards, July 20, Washington, DC
Toast the best of the best in local green building at the 16th annual Midsummer Night's Green, hosted by USGBC National Capital Region. This event is the premier, summer social event for the D.C. metr…
In April 2019, UKGBC published Net Zero Carbon Buildings: A Framework Definition, which provides the built environment industry clarity on how to achieve net zero carbon buildings in both constructi
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Celebrating our ENC Sheroes, USGBC East North Central Region, January 27, 12 pm -1:15 pm EST
Celebrate the ENC Region's Sheroes
Please join USGBC ENC on January 27th, to celebrate our recognized Sheroes in the Midwest!
USGBC’s Women in Green theme for 2020 was Sheroes Sta
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Webinar: Carbon Neutral Portfolio From Vision to Strategy, January 30, 12pm - 1:30pm CST
Join Nik Kaestner to learn how to make carbon neutrality a reality.
Join us for the second event in our 2020-2021 Sustainability Speaker Series! To learn more about the series and future events vis
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DEQ - Michigan Waste and Materials Management Conference, December 13 - December 14, Novi
Complying with waste regulations is important. Not only for the safety of our communities and employees, but also for the protection of our environment and natural resources, preserving them for enjoy…
Sustainable Silicon Valley's 4th Annual Winter Water Event, No Drop Left Behind: Smart & Sustainable Water Strategies, will provide 225 attendees exposure to innovative ideas and access to renowned wa…
Urban Green Conference, October 4, 8:30am-12:30pm, New York, NY
Three years ago, New York committed to reducing citywide carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. The framework included three components: 1. Cut building energy use in half, 2. Transition to a low-ca…
Scottsdale launches a new green building lecture series featuring local speakers and experts to discuss timely topics and issues involving the future of rooftop solar, green home renovations, toxicity…
L.A. Metro to Run on Battery Electric Power by 2030
All 2,200 buses of the second largest transit agency in the United States will run on battery electric power. L.A.'s transit agency announced last month that all buses will run on electricity by t
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Advancements in measuring bicycle and Pedestrian Accessibility Webinar, September 12
Measures of destination accessibility by automobile and transit are growing in use. Virginia, for example, evaluates both in project prioritization. Yet measures of bicycle and pedestrian accessibilit…
Webinar: Designing a LEED Campus in the Desert- Part 1 (Upstate Branch) on July 27
This one-hour video documentary examines the design challenges for the Health Sciences Education Building in Arizona. Project team members discuss sustainable sites, integrated design process, energy …
Chinese Wind-Turbine Maker offers Wind-Farm Training to Coal Miners
Wyoming produces the most coal in the US, and is home of Carbon County that is named and known for its considerable coal deposits. However, recently the state’s mines have been closing, resultin
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