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Soulardarity "Building a Village" Bus Tour 2019, June 23, 12:00-3:00pm, Highland Park, MI
Soulardarity of Highland Park hosts an annual bus tour. This year's tour features local organizations focused on growing and building capacity in Highland Park, MI . Avalon Village, Ryter Coo
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Free Webinar: Energy Benchmarking Tips and Tricks, April 23, 12 pm CT
This webinar will provide tips and tricks on how to use the free building benchmarking tool, ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, and help you understand how to create accurate building profiles, how to bes
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Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit, April 30 - May 2, Washington, DC
The U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit will be April 30 - May 2, 2025 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC. The Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit
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Sustainable Home Expo, March 8, 11 am-3 pm, Princeton, New Jersey
Thinking about switching to a heat pump? Looking to install an EV charger? Meet local, vetted, sustainably-minded home-improvement professionals, and get your questions answered all under one roof!
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2025 USGBC Local Government Leadership Summit, February 24, 12:30 - 5pm, San Diego, California
This year, USGBC will travel to California, Iowa, Colorado and Massachusetts to host local government summits aimed at expanding our LEED for Cities network and deepening engagement with local governm
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New regulations and investor pressure increasingly means corporate climate transition plans are required and no longer optional. Transition plans present multiple business opportunities and a roadmap
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Green Lease Leaders 2025 Free Informational Webinar, January 9, 1-2 pm ET
For over a decade, Green Lease Leaders has helped companies improve building performance and landlord-tenant relationships through collaborative lease agreements, efficient tenant fit-outs, energy man
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Free Webinar: Centralized versus Decentralized Ventilation Systems, December 18, 9 - 10:30 am PT
There are a number of new decentralized ventilation products and certainly more centralized HRV systems. What do customers need to consider when choosing between these systems for their new or retrofi
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Recent developments with building codes, safety requirements, utility rate structures, state incentives, and federal tax credit legislation have led to ever-greater installations of energy storage sys
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JBU Presents: Decarbonization of Buildings, August 15, 4:00-6:00pm, Portland, OR
August’s JBU event will be focused on the decarbonization of buildings in pursuit of net zero energy design criteria. The session should be of interest to Consulting Engineers and Design Build C
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Tiny Living Festival California 2019: October 5, Richmond, CA
Interested in living in a tiny house? Curious about the tiny living lifestyle... or perhaps looking for something fun and unique to do for the weekend? Join United Tiny House at the Tiny Living F
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Interactive Workshop on LEED v4.1 BD+C, ID+C and O+M, August 8, Minneapolis, MN
This workshop will provide participants with a look into LEED v4.1 BD+C, ID+C, O+M and the information needed to pursue certification. The focus will be on understanding the goals and outcomes of the
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Solidarity Thesis - Green Building Friends Living in Austria - Please Take a Survey
Hey everybody,
Are you Austrian or someone who is living/working/studying in Austria?
I am currently writing my bachelor thesis about selling green buildings. It would be so helpful if you
Rockaway Health Festival and Transition Convergence, Sat. June 27
Date: Saturday, June 27th Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Location: Battalion Pentecostal Assembly Church 454 Beach 67th St Arverne, NY 11692 Resilient Far Rockaway sets an example for coastal commu…
Bike Ride Green Building Tour, USGBC Colorado, August 23, 4-7 pm, Aspen, Colorado
Kick off your weekend with bikes, beers and buildings at Buttermilk!
Join the local USGBC Colorado Roaring Fork community and bike around and tour the Burlingame affordable housing complex, fo
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Design Build Australia, May 14-16, Sydney
DesignBUILD brings Australia’s most enterprising Architects, Developers and Construction professionals together, not only to connect in the most efficient way possible, but to raise industry sta
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FREE WEBINAR: Rethinking Traditional Finance - Better Buildings, April 2, 4/2 3pm-4pm
Efficiency-as-a-service is a financing mechanism in which customers pay a provider for the service of energy savings, allowing them to implement their energy (and water) efficiency projects with no up
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Smart Building Summit, April 10th in NYC
Join the Cross-Learning Alliance for the Smart Building Summit. This day-long event will convene 22 expert building professionals to investigate how building automation can improve ener
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Green Building (and Vertical Forest) of the Week: Bosco Verticale in Milan
Bosco Verticale, appropriately translated to "Vertical Forest," is a development of two vertical residential towers in Milan, Italy, which represent the cutting edge of green building and urban forest…
Climate Marches are planned November 29 everywhere - Join a March in Massachusetts:
Starting the weekend of November 28th, people everywhere are coming together for two weeks of action calling for climate justice and an end to carbon pollution. There are going to be thousands of even…
Election 2016: Who believes in Climate Change?
For many environmentalists, it's almost unimaginable that anyone doesn't believe in climate change, or at least isn't willing to hedge their bets. Indeed, popular opinions are shifting, and now 75% o…
Climate change approaching point of no return
Prime examples of how climate change is affecting people and the environment are popping up everywhere. Olympic National Park's rainforest in Washington state caught fire. California is suffering its …
Mass Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is Hiring!
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is a publicly-funded agency dedicated to accelerating the success of clean energy technologies, companies and projects in the Commonwealth—while creat…
Cleantech Energy Storage Finance Forum, September 23, Boston, 5:30-7 pm
The Cleantech Energy Storage Financing Forum will feature short “pitches” from several startup companies in this market space and a panel presentation. Take advantage of this opportunity to networ…
Drilling in the Arctic simply does not make sense. Please stand with the NRDC.
We need to STOP ARCTIC DRILLING. From the NRDC: "Shell Oil is racing to sink its drills into the Arctic's Chukchi Sea — and the Obama Administration has given them the green light. This comes…
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