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VIRTUAL Visible Green Home® Burh Becc Earth Day Celebration Tour 2021, April 24, 10-11:30 am EDT
In this very special virtual, multimedia, live event you will learn about all the aspects of this groundbreaking home including its genesis, design, systems, and features that helped it to become a fu
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This introductory course focuses on the electrification of existing residences, including a discussion of building science and the value of efficiency improvements, together with electrification. The
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Heat pumps are an increasingly popular technology that are a highly efficient means of providing heating and cooling in residential and commercial buildings. This course will describe Heat Pump HVAC,
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Free Webinar: 2025 Energy Code in Practice: Multifamily Residential, May 13, 9:30 - 11 am PT
Sorting through tables and reading the fine print in the energy code may get you the specific language of the code, but what does that really mean in practice? In this series, we’ll walk through
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Designing with Impact in Mind, Online, April 28, 2 - 4 pm
With hundreds of green product certifications on the market and persistent greenwashing, it can be difficult for designers to know what kind of impacts the materials they select for a project are havi
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Fireside Chat: From Idea to Impact. Building Credibility in Climate Tech, March 27, 11 am - 12 pm PT
Join Women in Cleantech and Sustainability for a Fireside Chat with Karen Baert, Co-Founder and CEO of Ammobia and former WCS Pitch Competition winner, as she shares as she shares her journey from bre
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Join the Building Energy Hub for a virtual education session to learn how Innovation DuPage supports clean energy entrepreneurs and small business owners across the Chicagoland area and beyond. The&nb
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Free Webinar: Building-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling, February 11, 1 - 2 pm ET
The existing building stock in the United States was not designed to cope with current extreme temperatures. Much needs to be done to fix ageing housing, from upgrading poor insulation to fixing ineff
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LEAD on a Clean Economy 2026 with Ceres, March 17-19, Washington, D.C.
Launched in 2019, Lawmakers Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) brings together leading U.S. companies and investors to call on congressional lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as
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Indoor air quality (IAQ) has emerged as a critical public health and building performance issue, especially in the wake of rising temperatures, pandemics, and increasing urban density. This virtual se
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Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Energy as a Service, Free Webinar, December 2, 2 pm ET
Energy as a Service (EaaS) is an innovative business model where organizations outsource their energy needs to a third-party provider, similar to Software as a Service. Customers avoid upfront equipme
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Free Webinar Options for Advanced Walls Thursday, June 10, 2 pm Central
What comes to mind when we say Advanced Walls? Is it 3D printed assemblies? Is this just another term for advanced framing?
In this session, Dan Wildenhaus – Technical Advisor and Industry Li
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Go "Behind the Walls" (or in this case outside of them!) with Chris of LG Squared (Architect), Matt of Sawhorse, Inc. (Builder), and Dan of ROCKWOOL.
Join the #1920sMakeoverATL team as they pre
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Summer Greenbuild Mixer with USGBC MA Boston Properties
Greenbuild 2017 here in Boston is just a few months away! Catch up with old friends, exchange new business cards, and get the exclusive inside scoop for Greenbuild updates. As a special for t…
The panel will also discuss why building electrification is needed to mitigate the climate crisis, and the effects that burning natural gas in buildings has on our health and the health of our fa
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Free CE Webinar: Homeowner Round Table - Net Zero Renovations, March 31, 12 pm EST
What drives homeowners to take their homes to net-zero energy?
Hear from 5 homeowners who attempted to take their homes to net-zero and learn about their experience so you can help others do it or
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USGBC Georgia Presents: Leadership Panel - Residential Developments, March 17, 10 am EDT
Explosive population growth in Atlanta has created a local affordable housing shortage. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has made a commitment to a housing affordability plan for our fast-growing City. With
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Green School Summit for Facilities & Sustainability Leaders
With like-minded school staff, share best practices for creating and maintaining learning environments that are healthier for student
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Every year new buildings are constructed that use more energy than expected. We want to break that trend and recently piloted an initiative in Minnesota known as Accelerate Performance. Accelerate …
URI Landscape Architecture Lecture, November 9th, 7pm, Kingston, RI
Eric Kramer, principal at Reed Hilderbrand in Watertown, Mass., will present a talk titled "Innovation and Tradition in an increasingly complex world." Lectures begin at 7:00 P.M. This serie…
Join GBA’s Leslie Montgomery for this in-depth prep course, which prepares you for the LEED v4 Green Associate exam! This one-day workshop teaches participants the core concepts within the US Gre…
Greening the Golden State Summit, April 9-10, Sacramento, California
California’s green leadership is more important than ever, nationally and internationally. No other market has a similar potential to seed and promotes the growth of sustainable products and service…
2017 Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit Nov 28- 29, Pasadena
The 2017 Summit will mark the eleventh anniversary of the nation’s first statewide green schools event. As progress has been made in building efficiency, more attention has gone into other aspects o…
Sustainable Cities Summit, Pensacola FL - Sept 28, 9:30a-4:30p
The Gulf Coast Energy Network has teamed up with the city of Pensacola, the U.S. Green Building Council and other local organizations to host the first Sustainable Cities Summit in Pensacola later thi…
Passive + Renewables, October 4-8 in Oakland, CA
The goal of NAPHN17 ‘Passive + Renewables’ is to promote and accelerate the adoption of Passive House building strategies in North America, and to work with others who share our vision for a POST …
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