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Webinar: Carbon Free Homes: Features, Benefits, Valuation, October 27, 1 - 4 pm
This event will assist real estate professionals in guiding buyers and sellers to recognize the features, benefits and value of an all-electric home.
California building code is evol
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Learn how sustainable building innovations are shaping the future of high-performance design. This seminar highlights breakthrough technologies that make buildings cleaner, smarter and more resilient.
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Air sealing and insulating are foundational to high-performance homes, with numerous interactive benefits for the home and occupants. The Air Sealing and Insulating for Electrification Projects series
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Offsite Construction Is Redefining High Performance, Online, October 28, 3-4 pm ET
Offsite construction provides a unique opportunity to use precision for a higher quality build, consistency and less waste for a more sustainable approach to home building. Experts on this panel will
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Smart Homes and Furnishings 2025, September 24-26, Rosemont, Illinois
Smart Home and Furnishings Conference and Exhibition is dedicated to showcasing the latest advancements in smart home technology. From groundbreaking products and expert presentations to interact
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Intro to Healthy Materials, Online Workshop, August 14, 12 - 2 pm
In this workshop, participants will learn key product sustainability metrics and how to identify products and materials that are better for the environment and building occupants. The workshop will hi
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Free Webinar: Career Pathways for Home Energy Professionals, July 18, 11 am - 1 pm PT
The home energy industry is rapidly expanding, offering numerous career opportunities in energy efficiency, solar energy, green building performance, and electrification. Whether a newcomer, a st
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India is on its way to becoming a clean energy powerhouse, helping show the way toward an efficient industrial economy that is resilient for all.
Join us at the upcoming webinar where experts
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Free Webinar: Net Zero When? ... Net Zero NOW!, May 29, 12 pm ET
What does it take to build the future of housing, starting today? In this month’s Next Up event, Passive House Accelerator explores real-world strategies, technologies, and materials that are al
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Sustainability Delivery Summit, June 9-11, Chicago, Illinois
Illinois Green Alliance is proud to be a partner of the Sustainability Delivery Summit, taking place this June in Chicago.
The Summit brings together the entire infrastructure ecosystem to drive fo
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Webinar: Scientific Seminar - Building Resilient & Equitable Cities, December 17, 11 am - 12pm EST
Building resilient and equitable cities: Implications of decision-making processes behind urban green infrastructure.
The promotion of green infrastructure (GI) as a tool for creating resilie
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ROCKWOOL Elite Builder Webinar: FOUNDATION SOLUTIONS WITH ROCKWOOL, December 3, 4 - 5:30 pm EST
Foundation Solutions with ROCKWOOL:
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Join us for another Elite Builder Webinar
Thursday December 3rd at 4pm EST to 5:30pm
Greetings Elite Builders!
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Webinar: Heat Pump Application & Design (Content Available 24/7)
Recorded Webinar: Heat Pump Application & Design
Recorded: Tuesday, June 16 | 2:00 pm Central
Speaker: Kimberly Llewellyn - Performance Construction Technical Lead at Mitsubishi
Cost: Free
Sustainability Forum Luncheon Seminar: Developing a Waterfront Resiliency Plan, April 5th 11:30-1pm
Sustainability Forum Luncheon Seminar: Developing a Waterfront Resiliency Plan for Beverly, MA When: Wednesday, April 5th, 11:30am-1pm Where: 100 Beverly Cummings Center, Suite 221-E, Beverly MA 0…
Webinar: Embedding Social and Environmental Benefits in Renewable Energy, October 15, 1 pm ET
Renewable energy deployments are on the rise. The U.S. alone is expected to add 132 to 157GW of new renewable energy capacity in the next five years. How and where that renewable energy is deploy
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FREE Webinar: What to know 2020 National Green Building Standard (NGBS), September 30, 12pm EST
Since 2009, the ICC-700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS) has offered a flexible, rigorous, and affordable path to residential third-party green certification. Over 225,000 homes and apartments
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Webinar: Implementing Climate Action, Presented by USGBC Texas, September 17, 3-4:30 pm
In 2017, six Texas cities -- including Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio -- signed onto the Climate Mayors’ National Climate Agreement in support of the Paris Agreement and its internation
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Living Building Tour - Hitchcock Center, July 7, Amherst
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment has constructed a world-class, 9,000 square foot environmental education center built to meet the Living Building Challenge. Opened to the public in Fall, 2016…
Greening our Schools while Focusing on Health, June 14, Northaven
MaryBeth Smuts, PhD - “Successful Strategies for Greening Existing School Buildings” U.S. EPA Region 1- New England, Regional Air Toxicologist and Clean,Green and Healthy Schools Coordinator K…
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Environmental Leadership Program June 13th - August 8th
In June 2017, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven will launch its inaugural Environmental Leadership Program. Learn about the environment and your neighborhood; connect with useful resources an…
Connecting Affordable Housing and the Environment - How do We Convince More People, and Governments?
I want to point out a sincere and thoughtful piece I came across recently in Huffington Post Canada, British Columbia, by Steve Kux. Steve makes the great point that affordable housing and protecting …
Women in Sustainability: Re-Forging the Status Quo, May 16 8:30-10:00am
Women in Sustainability: Re-Forging the Status Quo May 16 | 8:30-10:00am 50 Milk Street, 18th Floor, Hemingway Room - Boston, MA 02109 Gender bias impacts everyone in the twenty-first-century wor…
ZNE for Existing Buildings, August 23, 1-6 pm, Commerce
This four-hour workshop will outline best practice steps and approaches to comprehensively enhance the energy performance of existing buildings to Zero Net Energy. The workshop will investigate retrof…
NYSERDA Efficiency Revolution - April 13, 9 am - 4pm, Tarrytown, NY
NYSERDA is hosting educational and networking events throughout the state in the upcoming months. These Efficiency Revolution events will introduce you to new technologies, products and industry playe…
Thermal Bridge Modeling Half Day Introduction, April 6 @ 1:00 - 5:00 pm, Brooklyn, NY
Half-Day Introduction to thermal-bridge modeling for Passive House projects. This seminar will introduce the core concepts and tools for thermal bridge modeling with a particular eye towards the mode…
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