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Online: Challenge Spotlight: Carbon & Circularity, March 22, 3pm EDT

by SarahA

Join as we showcase how innovation challenges can be a great tool to advance the use of a circular approaches to transition towards energy efficiency – both in the built environment and in other

Free Webinar: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About EV’s * (*But Were Afraid to Ask), May 8, 9:30 - 11 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Taught by Robert Fortunato and Nick Brown EV early adopters who have owned 9 EV’s in the last 14 years. They test drove most others on the market, installed solar panels and chargers on their NZ

California Green Building

0 replies | 637 views | Posted on: 03/27/2025 | Last updated: 03/27/2025

Free Webinar hosted by Green Energy Consumers Alliance: The Many Benefits of Electric Vehicles, April 2, 12 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and there are more electric vehicle (EV) models than ever before. Join this webinar to learn why EVs

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 582 views | Posted on: 03/15/2025 | Last updated: 03/15/2025

Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Rater Online Training, March 10-26, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

With Southface, you can become a Certified Home Energy Rater, one of the highest residential energy credentials that can be earned by an individual. Southface offer a live online versio

Georgia on My Mind - Green Building, Sustainable Products and Building Practices

0 replies | 571 views | Posted on: 02/20/2025 | Last updated: 02/21/2025

Carbon Literacy: Growing Greener SMEs, Online Training, March 14 and March 21, 9:15 am - 12:30 pm BST

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Carbon Literacy is defined as ‘An awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organi

UK Green Building

0 replies | 492 views | Posted on: 01/28/2025 | Last updated: 02/06/2025

23rd Annual New York State Green Building Conference, March 27-28, Syracuse, New York, NY

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

The mission of the New York State Green Building Conference is to promote, educate, and support green building design, construction, and processes.

Conference participants represent many industries

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 915 views | Posted on: 01/08/2025 | Last updated: 01/10/2025

6th Annual HVAC/R Training Symposium, Presented by The HVAC School, February 6-7, Hybrid Event Online and in Ocoee, Florida

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The HVACR Training Symposium is an annual trade event which brings together industry leaders to lead educational sessions about a wide range of applicable HVAC/R topics, from fundamentals to advanced

Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 878 views | Posted on: 12/17/2024 | Last updated: 12/17/2024

Free Webinar: Inspecting Photovoltaic (PV) & Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for Code Compliance, December 18, 9am-12:30pm PT

by Hani // Social media manager

In this advanced class, the instructors will cover in detail all the issues pertaining to inspecting and permitting of photovoltaic grid-tied systems (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS) in all secto

California Green Building

0 replies | 1011 views | Posted on: 11/23/2024 | Last updated: 11/24/2024

Free Webinar: HRV and ERV Basics, November 21, 9-10:30 am PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

HRV and ERV Basics will provide introductory level information about HRVs and ERVs and how they are installed in today’s homes. Information will be provided to enable learners to achieve the fol

California Green Building

0 replies | 592 views | Posted on: 11/04/2024 | Last updated: 11/04/2024

Southern California Edison: Tour of the Energy Education Center, November 6, Tulare, California

by Hani // Social media manager

Are you curious about energy efficiency and how it is generated, stored, and distributed? Are you interested in learning more about the latest innovations and technologies in renewable energy? If so,

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 597 views | Posted on: 10/14/2024 | Last updated: 10/16/2024

Free Webinar: Building A Circular Economy, May 25, 12 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

This talk will be led by Evy Hambro, a Managing Director, and the Global Head of Thematic and Sector based investing and team leader for the Natural Resources team within the Fundamental Equity divisi

Filed under: Financial Services

UK Green Building

Keywords: Circular Economy,Sustainable Investing,Green Building Finance,Green Economy

0 replies | 5216 views | Posted on: 04/30/2021 | Last updated: 04/30/2021

Free Webinar: Getting Buildings off Gas - Berkeley Electrification Community Meeting, May 4, 7 pm PST

by samanthaklein // Intern

Switching from polluting natural gas to clean electricity in our homes, offices, schools, business, and places of worship makes our community safer, healthier, and more resilient while reducing our ca

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

California Green Building

Keywords: Renewable Energy,Greenhouse Gases,Community Resilience,Electrification

0 replies | 1054 views | Posted on: 04/17/2021 | Last updated: 04/17/2021

Global GreenTag Awards Mainland China Sales Agency to CBME to Provide Green Building Product Certifications to Chinese Manufacturers for Export

by Global GreenTag International Pty Ltd & Global GreenTag LLC (USA)

The National Building Materials Exhibition and Trade Centre (CBME), the largest agency representing more than 30,000 building materials manufacturers in Mainland China, has signed an exclusive Agency

Filed under: Global GreenTag

Keywords: Green Building,China,Global GreenTag,National Building Materials Exhibition and Trade Centre (CBME)

0 replies | 1585 views | Posted on: 04/02/2021 | Last updated: 04/02/2021

2017 Energy Storage & Microgrid Conference on September 11 in Newton

by AbbieKnight

Innovation Northeast in collaboration with the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster and the Hydrogen Energy Center is pleased to host the 2017 Energy Storage and Microgrid Conference, taki…

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Energy Efficiency

0 replies | 891 views | Posted on: 07/19/2017 | Last updated: 07/19/2017

GPRO Fundamentals of Green Building Virtual Training, March 26, 9 am PT

by samanthaklein // Intern

The construction industry is moving quickly towards greener, high-performing buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills.

This course teaches the basics

Filed under: Builders/Contractors

Keywords: Green Building,Construction,Training event,GPRO Certification

0 replies | 1376 views | Posted on: 02/28/2021 | Last updated: 03/01/2021

USGBC Central PA 2021 Kick-Off and Trivia, Online, February 24, 4-6 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Meet current Market Leadership Advisory Board (MLAB) Members, preview upcoming events, play trivia for prizes, and 1 hour of networking!

Join the USGBC Central PA to kick-off 2021!

Meet current

Filed under: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: USGBC Central Pennsylvania

0 replies | 1044 views | Posted on: 02/15/2021 | Last updated: 02/15/2021

Webinar: Building Better with Renewable Energy, Presented by M&C Hybrid Energy, February 24, 2-3 pm EST

by SarahA

This webinar focuses on how your new build or retrofit project will benefit from constructing with renewable energy sources.

About this Event

Building Better with Renewable Energy Sources is a w

Filed under: Energy

UK Green Building

Keywords: Climate Change,Solar,Renewable Energy,LED,Retrofit,Green Mortgages

0 replies | 1317 views | Posted on: 01/29/2021 | Last updated: 01/30/2021

Perspectives on Resilience: Insurance and Credit Underwriting, February 9, 3pm - 4pm EDT

by SarahA

This webinar will examine how climate and resilience risk are impacting organizations through insurance, credit underwriting, and credit ratings. Attendees will get insights from industry practitioner

Filed under: Other Green Building - Other

Keywords: Green Building,Climate Change,Resilience,insurance,Credit Underwriting,Credit Rating

0 replies | 1181 views | Posted on: 01/11/2021 | Last updated: 01/11/2021

Annual Holiday Party, New Jersey Chapter, Sierra Club, Tuesday, December 12th, NJ

by Oyin

Join us for our annual holiday party. Enjoy finger food, desserts, drinks and great conversation!

Filed under: Events

New Jersey Greenbuilding Group

0 replies | 1339 views | Posted on: 10/12/2017 | Last updated: 12/04/2017

phME Fall Forum 2017: Evening Panel Discussion: Innovation in Sustainable Construction + District Retrofits, Nov 2, Maine

by Oyin

EVENING Panel Discussion Innovation in Passive House, Net Zero and Near Net Zero Construction phME is proud to present two events as part of the Fall Forum. The goal is to reconsider possibilities…

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 619 views | Posted on: 10/07/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017

Co-Liv! A Conference Lab on an Affordable Living Eco-system, San Francisco, December 7-9

by Oyin

This event is a global gathering for the co-living sector, with special attention placed on the intersection of the sector with affordability, as well as on the emergence of a new investment, enterpri…

Filed under: Events

California Green Building

0 replies | 874 views | Posted on: 09/30/2017 | Last updated: 10/02/2017

AHF Live: The 2017 Affordable Housing Developers Summit 11/14/17 - 11/16/17, Chicago

by Oyin

AHF Live is the leading conference and exposition serving the affordable housing community nationwide. This groundbreaking event was specifically designed to meet the professional needs of owners and …

Filed under: Events

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 1852 views | Posted on: 09/25/2017 | Last updated: 09/26/2017

Greening The Sphere is having a pizza night at Flatbread Pizza! - September 26, Providence

by Oyin

Greening The Sphere is having a pizza night at Flatbread Pizza! Join us for delicious food, fun and raffles! Flatbread will generously make a donation for every large and small pizza, dine-out or eat-…

Filed under: Fundraising

Rhode Island Green Building

0 replies | 649 views | Posted on: 09/20/2017 | Last updated: 09/20/2017

Hitchcock Living Building Tour

by Jessica Schultz // Living Building Coordinator

Come meet our newest educator – our environmental education center! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been made with r…

Filed under: Living Building Challenge

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 960 views | Posted on: 08/24/2017 | Last updated: 08/24/2017

Thermal Bridge Modeling For Advanced Users, August 22 in NYC

by AbbieKnight

Ready to step up your technical skills game? Join NYPH member, Ed May and John Mitchell of bldgtyp for a two hour course on Thermal Bridge Modelling for Advanced Users!

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Thermal Bridges

0 replies | 832 views | Posted on: 07/31/2017 | Last updated: 07/31/2017

 

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