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May 26: Protecting Open Spaces Through Well Planned Cities, May 26, 6 pm PST
This webinar will discuss how Bend, Oregon's open space advocates lead the successful move away from sprawl to a more dense, walkable, and vibrant cityscape.
Bend had spent the last few decades
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Presented by Nick Brown and Gary Klein, this webinar will look at the best practices for installing a heat pump water in residential homes. This course will help plumbers, builders, architects, homeow
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Climatetech Intern Fair, February 27, Somerville, Massachusetts
Calling all students and soon-to-be graduates! Please join Greentown Labs for their annual Intern Fair, which focuses on connecting rockstar interns directly with Greentown Labs’ network
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Testing your work is imperative to meet or exceed performance targets and to ensure a feedback loop is in place for continual process improvements. Instructor Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Perform
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Free Webinar: Electrifying Schools, January 16, 10am - 12pm PT
This webinar is an introduction to electric options for common uses of gas in schools, including HVAC and Hot Water, electric school buses, chemistry lab equipment, the cafeteria kitchen equipmen
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More buildings are being constructed with high-performance building envelopes. For these buildings, a well-designed and installed air quality system is a must. In this class we will look at performanc
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Free Online Course: Multifamily Passive House Design, November 13, 9 - 11:30 am PT
Passive House delivers healthy, quiet, and comfortable homes in durable buildings. Passive House also provides a baseline on which teams can craft resilient buildings capable of sheltering residents f
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16 Best Practices for Sustainable Operations & Maintenance, Online, October 31, 9am-12:30pm EST
Heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, water heating, and irrigation are among the many types of building operating systems necessary to help ensure occupant comfort, safety, and well-being.
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Free Webinar: All-Electric Retrofits with Electrical Panel Constraints, October 9, 2- 3:30 pm
The building industry will need to electrify buildings at a fast pace if cities and counties are to meet their goals for reducing Carbon emissions. One of the obstacles commonly cited for keeping stat
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This interactive course demonstrates how early design decisions can achieve energy efficiency goals within budget and time constraints, using live polling and energy modeling simulations.
Identifyi
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Webinar: Reasons for Switching to All-Electric, July 26, 12 PM
Residential electrification is a crucial step in the pathway towards widespread decarbonization, and with the recent advancement and increased availability of electric appliances now may be the best t
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Women in Green Advancing Sustainable Development Goals in Florida, Online, June 28, 12 pm
In this year's Women in Green, with the theme of "Rising Collective," the USGBC FL WIG Host Committee will host three events in 2022 focusing on 17 women in Florida who have made a posit
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See Corbett Lunsford geek out during the #GreenInfluencerATL Mitsubishi tour, and you might be jealous.
His first stop? The 3D i-SEE sensor, an 8-element infrared-ray sensor “ca
Urban Green Council Spring Member Reception on March 27 in New York
Catch up with friends in the green building community, meet new colleagues, and hear what Urban Green Council has planned for 2018. And, join UA Local Union 1 for a tour of the building, including the…
It's no secret that building construction and demolition produce lots of waste that ends up in landfills across the globe. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that 600 m
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Euro-Global Climate Change Conference, Paris, France (with Virtual Option), September 19-20
Magnus Group is pleased to welcome you to its prestigious event “Euro-Global Climate Change Conference (EGCCC 2022)” slated during September 19-20, 2022 and will be conducted as a hybrid e
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As the stock of existing HVAC and building automation systems continues to age, building owners and managers are tasked with identifying inefficiencies and pursuing projects to address operational iss
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This course discusses the impact of buildings on the natural environment and offers insight on designing to minimize those impacts through sun control and mastery of the elements. The discussion empha
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Building Operator Certification Program, February 22
Operations & maintenance best practices can save 5-20% annually on energy bills but buildings can only be operated efficiently if the building operator is properly trained. The BOC program fo
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Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo, October 23 - 25, Tampa, FL
City leaders and innovators, this is for you. Join us for the Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference and Expo, co-located with the Defense TechConnect Fall Conference and SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit. T…
The 3rd US Offshore Wind 2018 Conference and Exhibition, June 7 - 8, Boston, MA
The USOW18 event is THE #1 networking hub for businesses that are looking to invest, find partners or secure contracts for upcoming US offshore wind projects. USOW18 unites 1000+ executives and covers…
High Performance Ventilation Workshop presented by Ventacity Systems, June 28, Burlington, MA
Ventilation for High Performance Commerical Buildings Presented by Ventacity Systems Participants will learn: • What are high performance buildings and high performance ventilation • Why eff…
The Wind industry has momentum in the push to expand our lead as the largest renewable energy source in the US. WINDPOWER is the place to turn that momentum into action - make the connections, get th…
Governor Baker Files Bill H 4371 - to Provide Homeowners and Home Buyers with Energy Transparency
On April 4, Massachusetts Governor Baker filed H. 4371,"An Act Relative to Consumer Access to Residential Energy Information," The bill would require that a home energy score card and energy rating be…
Grey to Green Conference, May 15-17, Toronto
Grey to Green is taking place in downtown Toronto from May 15-16 and will highlight new policy, design practices, and innovative products in the green infrastructure sector. Across Ontario the sector …
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