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FREE Webinar: Marketing the High-Performance Home, September 15, 1 pm EDT
Whether you’re a green building buff or starting your first zero emission project, strategic marketing that elevates your brand, generates demand, and increases your profit margin is critical.&n
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Virtual Event: Landscapes of Change: Resilient & Functional Ecosystems, October 17, 12 pm CT
Join Illinois Green for a mid-day webinar to investigate resilient and functional landscapes through a variety of lenses: equity and partnerships; integrating into architecture; long-term maintenance;
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USGBC Georgia Presents: Women in Green, October 5, 9 - 11 am, Decatur, Georgia
Women in Green provides a space for leaders who are shifting the narrative on empowerment, access, and impact. Women in Green gathers female leaders for powerful discussions and networking that remind
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Crushing the Code NYC: Residential, Online, August 30 (Also offered September 6)
Course Overview
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 an
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Please join Phius Alliance Chicago and Illinois Green Alliance for an mid-construction tour of Oak Park's first Phius Retrofit residence. This historic home is being thoroughly refashioned for a y
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Better Buildings Webinar: The Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Heat Pumps, August 8, 11 am EST
Heat pumps can be used as a decarbonization strategy in many building sizes and types to provide heating, cooling, and domestic hot water without fossil fuels, but implementation remains a challenge f
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Reducing energy and emissions in your facilities is not a one-person job - it takes a village! Every employee influences energy use practices in your facility in one way or another, so building an org
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NECEC Climate Finance Summit, June 21, Boston, Massachusetts
The road to building decarbonization will involve significant levels of public and private sector investment as well as complex financing structures to manage risk. The Northeast Clean Energy Council
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Crushing the Code NYS: Residential, Urban Green Council, Online, June 15
Crushing the Code New York State: Residential is an online course that prepares building and design professionals in New York State to comply with the many requirements in the 2020 ECCCNYS a
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Decarbonizing Communities & Campuses, May 3, Worcester, MA
Decarbonization has become a priority across every sector, creating new challenges—and also many opportunities. From planning to implementation to stakeholder engagement, there are moving parts
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Fall 2020 WasteWise Forum (Webinar), November 11, 10 am - 12 pm
The Fall 2020 WasteWise Forum is particularly relevant for Massachusetts businesses and institutions that generate food waste. Presentations will include information on the commercial organics waste b
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This workshop will provide participants with a deep look into LEED v4.1 O+M and the information needed to pursue certification. The focus will be on understanding certification options, best practices
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EBC Solid Waste Management Webinar: Landfill Post Closure Care, September 29, 9 AM EDT
Under the EPA’s 1991 Subtitle D and state regulations landfill owners must conduct post-closure monitoring and maintenance activities at closed landfills and have financial assurance mechanisms
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The Union Budget 2017 Was a Missed Opportunity for the Solar Industry
The Union Budget of 2017 was announced on February 1, 2017. It is no doubt that the budget of the FY 2017-18 was the most anticipated budget of the recent past thanks to events like demonetization tha…
In this one hour course, participants will evaluate low maintenance protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of building. Some of the easily recogni
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USGBC-MO Webinar: BIT Building Case Studies, August 18, 3 pm CST
BIT is a building performance improvement program for existing buildings encouraging the adoption high-performance best practices.
Launched in 2018, with the first certified project being award in
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LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation, Online Training, July 30, 9am-5pm
The LEED Exam Prep Course is a comprehensive course which will prepare attendees for the LEED Green Associate. This eight-hour course is designed to cover the segments of the Green Associate Exam. If
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India Utility Solar Week 2020 Jul 9 -10, New Delhi, Delhi - India
The conference will focus on the individual roles played by all the parties in the solar sector viz various OEM’s, EPC players, Developers, Financial Institutions etc. and will focus on the late
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WELL Building Standard Full Day Review Class, May 30, 8:30-10 am, NY, NY
Join Green Building Center for a full-day, intensive workshops focused on helping you master the WELL Building Standard for your next project and/or pass the accreditation exam. WELL is an evidence-ba…
Massachusetts Clean Energy Day, NECEC, May 16, Massachusetts State House, Boston
Massachusetts Clean Energy Day will showcase the growing vitality of the clean energy industry and the importance of consistent policy support as a means of catalyzing the state’s - and our region 
This four-hour workshop is designed to give local government staff the information, tools, and confidence to create and drive progress toward zero net energy goals. Case studies show how cities can be…
Webinar: The Village Centre - Multifamily Passive Building in a Cold Climate Thursday, April 13, 1 - 2 pm PT / 2 - 3 pm MT / 3 - 4 pm CT / 4 - 5 pm ET 1 CPHC CEU (AIA pending) The webinar wil…
New Group Created for Greenbuild/ABX Posts
Hi Everyone - I just wanted to let you know that we now have a group for posts about Greenbuild and ABX - joining forces in Boston this November! http://www.rateitgreen.com/green-building-commu…
LEED Pilot to certify Cities and Communities
Did you know that LEED doesn't just work for buildings, but it works for cities and communities too? In addition to building certification, LEED also includes a certification pilot structured for c…
Webinar: Risks and Rewards in the Zero Net Energy Marketplace, 3/30, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Webinar: Risks and Rewards in the Zero Net Energy Marketplace Thursday, March 30, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM What value is derived to owners and developers from a zero net energy building? This session w…
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