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Zero Carbon: Refreshing Refrigerants, May 30, Seattle, WA
Join the Cascadia Seattle Collaborative for a presentation on a mysterious topic in the AEC industry, refrigerants.
The first event in their Zero Carbon series, they explore how refrigerants impact
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The USGBC-LA Wildfire Defense Professional Certificate was developed to educate contractors and landscapers on how to best harden homes and landscapes to fires through the use of materials, maintenanc
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Free Webinar: Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Tools Overview, June 13, 9-10:30 am
This Tools Overview session will review the wide breadth of available tools and how to select an appropriate tool for your project. Background data will be covered, and 3 or 4 tools will be explo
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Green Building Walking Tour: Women+ In Green Urban Hike, June 8, 2-4 pm, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The GBA’s Women+ in Green network for an urban hike in Downtown Pittsburgh as they explore their city’s many high-performing buildings! Following along GBA’s Green Building
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Passive House 201: Technical Aspects of Design & Construction, May 18, 3 pm ET
This session will take a deeper look into common design & construction strategies for achieving the Passive House standard.
Concepts will include building envelope & insulation, a
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Free CE Webinar: Multifamily Electrification: Change is Coming Fast, May 3, 12-1 pm
As the planet warms—with ever-worsening heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires—there is growing awareness of the need to curb climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions. This is why, in a fe
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CxEnergy 2023 is the premier event in commissioning, building technology, and energy management. The 30+ educational sessions, state-of-the-art expo hall, and professional net
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Better Building by Design, April 5-6, Burlington, Vermont
Better Building by Design (BBD) is a regional design and construction conference, which features interactive learning about building durability, efficiency, and value for both residential and com
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Free Webinar: Commercial Building Electrification Pathways, March 21, 2-3:30 pm ET
Commercial buildings have the potential to lead the way to a decarbonized, electrified future. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will accelerate these efforts in states and cities acros
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In partnership with AIA New York, this multi-day course provides 14 CES LU|HSWs and training to make significant energy and carbon reductions in your clients’ buildings.
New York has gotten s
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Partners for Green Places Informational Workshop, July 10, 9:30-11:00am, Sarasota, FL
Interested in saving your nonprofit money by investing in energy efficiency upgrades? The County and City of Sarasota have secured grant funding to create financial savings for area human services or
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Rain Barrel Workshop, July 20, Englewood, FL 10:00am - 11:00pm
Learn how the use of rain barrels can conserve water, save money by reducing the use of potable water in landscapes (lower utility bills), and reduce stormwater runoff by storing and diverting runoff
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This month, listen to a 1-hour recording of a May 21st "Ask the Experts" session about Materials and Indoor Environmental Quality in LEED v4.1, where attendees connected directly with USGBC
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Free Energy Saving Event March 7 (4pm), with Renew Boston, Next Step Living, Boston Green Realty
You are invited to join Renew Boston, Next Step Living and Boston Green Realty for a FREE Energy Saving Event! Learn how to Access up to 90% off insulation costs and free air sealing using the May…
GREENBUILDING WEEK 2019, Green Building Council Brasil, April 23-26 (Free Online Event!)
Between April 23 and 26, Green Building Council Brasil brings the new edition of Greenbuilding Week, the 100% free online event that provides highly qualified content on several areas related to susta
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Join this workshop focused on the Healthy Affordable Building Materials Project and hosted by the Building Energy Exchange (BEEx).
Robust evidence demonstrates that weath
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Hitchcock Center Living Building Tour, March 1, 4pm, Amherst, Massachusetts
Did you know the Hitchcock Center is a Living Building? It is designed to model systems in nature, it’s net zero energy and water, has composting toilets, and has been made with responsibly sour
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Top Recommendations - How Can We Improve Single Stream Recycling?
Top Recommendations - How Can We Improve Single Stream Recycling?
At the recent WasteWise Forum held at E.L. Harvey’s materials recovery facility (MRF) in Westborough Massachusett
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Canopy systems are sometimes one of those building elements that gets taken for granted or overlooked, despite the important role they play in providing coverage, shading and reduced heat gain to a bu
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We Need to Ban Fracking on Public Lands - Sign now (Petition)
Sign Credo's Petition to Ban Fracking on Public Land! The scale of drilling and fracking on public lands is enormous. By the end of 2014, oil and gas companies had leases on over 34 million acres o…
The One World Observatory Recently Achieved LEED Gold Certification
The observatory on the top of New York’s Freedom Tower, known as The One World Observatory, recently achieved LEED Gold Certification. The observatory opened earlier this year on May 29. The new bui…
NYSERDA Proposes $5 Billion Clean Energy Fund
White House Fact Sheet: Actions to Bring Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Households across the Country New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is announcing it…
State of the Art: Lighting Design & Controls
Join the NYC chapter of the US Green Building Council, Urban Green, for a presentation and panel discussion about how lighting can be used to both create the mood for a space while also saving energy.…
Solarize Central New York Project Coordinator - Apply by June 19th!
The CNY RPDB is seeking to hire a mature and poised Project Coordinator to lead the agency’s Solarize Central New York campaign. Solarize Central New York aims to increase the adoption of small-scal…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s recently released human health risk assessment shows that farmworkers who apply the chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide, or work in the field may be …
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