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Webinar: Electric Vehicles, Charging and their Status in Sustainable Infrastructure, July 7, 12-1pm
The accelerating pace of Minnesota utilities’ decarbonization efforts provides an opportunity to improve health and resilience by drastically reducing our transportation energy consumption, air
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Free Webinar: Future-Proof Carbon Removal Strategies That Make an Impact, June 13, 12-1 pm ET
Carbon removal—especially durable solutions—will be increasingly essential to meet global climate targets, but today’s voluntary carbon market lacks the supply of high-quality, durab
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Free Webinar: Implications of Green Technologies for Environmental Justice, June 12, 12-1pm ET
This course will review disparities in access to green technologies, in the U.S. and across the globe. There are large disparities in access to green technologies between countries and among different
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Duct and Envelope Tightness (DET) Verification Training, Online, May 20-22
This three-day online course is designed to introduce the skills necessary to become a Duct and Envelope Tightness (DET) Verifier, certified to perform the diagnostic testing required for new homes by
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Are you struggling with decarbonizing large buildings?
You’re not alone. As energy codes and emissions reduction ordinances force the issue, the building industry is waking up to a new landsc
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Parsons Healthy Materials Lab welcomes Wanda Dalla Costa, a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and a practicing architect and educator, on her design methodologies incorporating Indigenous generati
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Free Webinar: Zero for Lower Cost: 5 No Cost/Lower Cost Best Practices, March 21, 2 pm ET
The zero energy home ready train has left the station. Consider that tens-of-thousands of homes already constructed to zero energy or zero energy ready certifications. If you’re a buildering pro
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Heat Pumps and Cold Weather - Q&A / Myth Busting
Some myths take a while to go away… Decades ago, Atlanta Green Builder Matt Hoots would likely have agreed that heat strips were often needed to help heat pumps keep up with heat
Steve Figgatt, Founder and CEO of Sycamore International, will explain how his firm leverages sustainable business practices as a competitive advantage and to increase value capture. A prima
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Course overview
GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials (O&M) provides building professionals with strategies to reduce energy use while improving tenant comfort and health.
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FREE Online Course: Reel Green Carbon Calculator for Film Production, August 26, 4 pm EDT
Calculating the carbon footprint of your production is an important step in understanding the impact of film production. Having consistent data and metrics from the industry can help organizations lik
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VIDEO: Introducing Wooster Products Inc's VOC Free Walk-A-Sured Anti-Slip Coating
In this video, Ryan from Wooster Products Inc. introduces Matt Hoots to the NO VOC Walk-A-Sured clear anti-slip epoxy coating. The idea of Walk-A-Sured is to provide an anti
Sustainable CT Webinar: Farms Under Threat - The State of the States, July 20 1pm EDT
How threatened is Connecticut's agricultural land? What is the state doing to protect it? What can Connecticut learn from other states? A new study from American Farmland Trust (AFT) - "Farms
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Attend this Sustainable City Network webinar to learn about the new LEED Pilot Credit - Informing Design Using Triple Bottom Line Analysis – and how you can earn it. This new pilot credit requir…
EP Career Campfire Webinar: Green Careers in the Building Industry, June 25, 4 PM
The last Career Campfire discussed the many different types of green jobs out there and opportunities to differentiate yourself as a green professional through credentials. In this session,
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Water Conservation Showcase 2020 (Day 3), August 18, 9 am - 1:20 pm
The Water Conservation Showcase is a free event and is organized through the combined efforts of the U.S. Green Building Council Northern California, East Bay Municipal Utility District, the San Franc
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Accelerating Heat Pumps: בַּעֲגָלָא†וּבִזְמַּן†קָרִיב
Bringing Sustainable Heating and Cooling to Congregations Soon and in our Time
Free Webinar, March 20, 7
Join us for the USGBC Virtual Town Hall Workshop: Philadelphia, PA
Introduction to Arc (1 hour, 1 CE)
Description: provides a high-level introduction to Arc as a global platform to analyze
2017 Spring BIMForum - April 3-5, San Diego
2017 Spring BIMForum - April 3-5, San Diego Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina 1380 Harbor Island Dr, San Diego, CA 92101 More than ever, owners are becoming more focused on leveraging BIM to de…
Green Building Pro Tour - 18th Century Building Retrofitted For Living Building Challenge Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Friday, April 21 Williamstown, Massachusetts CEUs Pending: 2.5 …
Workshop: LEED v4 - The Intersection of Collaboration, Performance & Well-being USGBC Nevada Tuesday, February 28, 8:00am - 12:30pm Tickets: $150 – $200 Location: Nevada Discovery Museum 4…
Job Title: Climate & Energy Advisor Salary: $40.39 - $60.60 Hourly Location: Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave., Seattle, Washington Job Type: Civil Service Exempt, Regular, Full-time Departmen…
As climate change accelerates, floating cities look like less of a pipe dream
Out of the box thinking - Noah’s Ark for an era of melting polar ice sheets An audacious plan to respond to climate change by building a city of floating islands in the South Pacific is moving fo…
Grid Modernization in Massachusetts, USGBC MA, Tuesday January 31, 8:30 am, Boston
Grid Modernization in Massachusetts Tuesday, January 31 8:30 – 10:00 AM EST USGBC Massachusetts 50 Milk St 18th Floor "Hemingway Room" Boston, MA 02109 Learn about the electric grid that…
What does it take to install solar photovoltaics in NYC? What are some of the challenges that public and private institutions face in pursuing maximal system size and deployment? Join the Urban Gre…
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