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Webinar: Illinois Green’s Building Decarbonization Tech Series: Session 1, February 24, 12 pm CST
llinois Green’s Building Decarbonization Tech Series will feature a different theme and lineup of expert speakers each quarter throughout 2021. The tech roundtables will serve as
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The AIA-accredited course with John Rockwell of SIGA at both their Gloucester and Waltham locations on May 18th and June 1st. The course is approximately 1-hour and credits will be given to every
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Women+ in Green Plant Ecology Hike, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 27, 9:30 am
Join Maria Wheeler-Dubas as she guides GBA’s Women+ In Green on an ecological hike of Western Pennsylvania through Pittsburgh’s North Park. Learn about some of the native plants and
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Free PG&E Webinar: Window Selection for New and Existing Homes, May 11 9-11 am PT
Window technologies have changed considerably in recent years. These products can save up to 25% on heating costs and up to 40% on cooling costs but using the wrong window technology in the wrong clim
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Free Webinar, Economics of Financing Electrification, April 18, 9-10:30am
This course is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of the financial aspects of electrification, including the costs, benefits, and risks associated with investing in electrification pr
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The Green Building Alliance as they explore the very first food bank in the United States to become LEED certified – and one of our region’s first ever LEED certified buildings: The G
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This training allows attendees to develop several specific energy reduction projects from conception to financial benefit analysis. Energy audit tasks that are conducted using videos, photographs and
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Free Webinar: Backup Power: Battery Storage for Homes & Businesses, February 28, 7 pm ET
Onsite battery storage systems are seeing a spike in interest. Some homeowners are motivated by concerns about access to energy during power outages or brownouts, while others are looking to add batte
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LEED Project Showcase: Educational Institutions in the South, Online, February 21, 11am–12:15pm CST
Across the U.S. South, institutions of learning are leading the way in sustainability through their campuses and curriculum. This rapid fire, digital showcase features an interior residence hall renov
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Wall Street Green Summit, April 26 - 30, Online
Launched in 2002 by Peter Fusaro, the Wall Street Green Summit covers industry developments and features the leading practitioners in sustainability. More importantly, it is aimed at building the sust
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Women are driving the sustainability of the built environment. We are tasked with the most important mission of all: healing the earth.
This event is for professionals to network and connect with l
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All About Ducted Mini Splits - Free CE Webinar, April 7, 12pm EDT
This session is a follow up to "Introduction to Fully Ducted Heat Pumps for All Electric Heating & Cooling." It reviews different types of ducted indoor units, the special design conside
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Tune in to the Green Room with your questions as we host Dr. Amelia Clarke, Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Environment and an Associate Professor in the School of Environment, Enterpris
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USGBC-LA's blog from Beatrice Ungard, titled "What is your City's or Neighborhood's Vocation?"
"The idea that a city or a neighborhood has a vocation may sound strange as the concept is usually applied to humans, not places. Yet, the notion of a place's vocation begins to make sense when you th…
Announcing Sanitization - Concrobium Disinfectant II Treatment for Air Duct Systems
MediClean - Aeroseal Southeast is now offering a Concrobium treatment along with our other HVAC cleaning and sealing services. Concrobium is an EPA-registered, hospital-grade virucide, bactericid
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Global Green Building is an online learning programme, developed by UKGBC in collaboration with World GBC available anywhere, in your own time. It aims to help those new to sustainability in the built
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Webinar: Risk Reducing Strategies for Schools - Post COVID19, January 13, 1-2:30 PM EDT
These speakers are going to share “lessons learning” from how we are dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in our academic institutions. The presentation will go over a short backgrou
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Boston's Green Day Out, Tour 4 Green Buildings, November 6
Visit three buildings designed to meet the Living Building Challenge (LBC), and a fourth using the most advanced cross-laminated timber construction in the United States. Boston Collaborative/MAGBC, w…
Engage with fellow industry leaders, weatherization professionals, home performance contracting businesses, builders and remodelers, program administrators, and others working in the residential energ…
Back to School with Green Infrastructure: Linking Green Infrastructure with School Curricula and the Massachusetts Science, Technology and Engineering State Standards Using natural systems to tre…
Construct, September 13-15 in Providence RI
CONSTRUCT is your most cost effective strategy for combining educational opportunities with practical, real-world, product and service solutions for your business success. This event is dedicated to …
Electric Cars and The Industry
Electric cars are closer than we think, “a much bigger risk would be to stick with internal combustion engines.” says Volvo Chief Executive. Volvo announced that in 2019 all cars will be either hy…
Gulf Coast: Green Building & Mobility on July 26 in Houston
Getting to and from green buildings: People generally have to get themselves to and from buildings, green or otherwise. Most people are tired of traffic, and part of the population wants to bicycle, a…
Building Resilience in a Changing World Webinar, July 19
Join SSF and the National Council for Science and the Environment in an important discussion on systems thinking applied to the built environment and and the status of higher education sustainability …
Energize Denver: Energy Benchmarking Ordinance Training, July 27
Denver's recently passed a new ordinance requiring that owners of commercial and multifamily buildings over 25,000 square feet to benchmark and report their energy performance using EPA's ENERGY STAR …
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