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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Building Performance Association (BPA), CEO
Position: CEO
The CEO is the key management leader of the Building Performance Association (BPA). The CEO is responsible for overseeing the administration, finances, programs and strategic plan of
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Free Webinar, ‘Why Trees Matter for Green Development’, April 21, 7-8:30 pm
Towns and cities across the Commonwealth are working BOTH to encourage green development of housing and energy and ALSO to avert the climate emergency. Learn how to make development climate-friendly a
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With over 2 million LEED® for Homes™ registered spaces worldwide, the LEED international rating system is a key way to ensure better residential buildings. LEED requires third-part
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There are seven tried-and-true principles for changing behavior, yet it’s surprising how often we neglect them when promoting high-performance buildings. It’s a huge loss to move the const
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Free Webinar: The Solar – Energy Efficiency Nexus Update, March 14, 1 pm ET
Residential energy efficiency programs and partners discuss finding the balance between solar and energy efficiency. Solar panels offer a visible call-out of a homeowner’s commitment to renewabl
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Free Online Course Introduction to Heat Pumps (Parts 1 & 2), March 5 & March 7, 9 - 11:30 am PT
Heat pumps are the most efficient method to not only heat and cool spaces, but to provide domestic water heating in both multifamily and commercial applications. This course explores the composition,
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In this new 2-part series focused on building decarbonization, NYSERDA and BE-Ex have gathered industry experts that will feature projects deploying breakthrough heating & cooling recovery solutio
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Free Webinar: Intermediate Lighting – Upgrading Lighting in Commercial Spaces, January 31, 5:30-8pm
This seminar provides an overview of the lighting retrofit process structured around IES LP-9-20. The class opens with an introduction to lighting in existing buildings and the role energy and sustain
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Home Design (Online)
This course teaches students how to design a home and communicate that design through floor plans, sections, elevations, and a scale model. Through conversation, lectures, and
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Webinar: Signposting Green Careers to Your Students, December 11, 11am ET / 4 pm BT
Our students know that the world is changing around them. Many of them are anxious about it (see Teach the Future survey stats). A spark of hope for them could be the rapid expansion of green job oppo
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Euro-Global Climate Change Conference, September 18-19, 2020
We are glad to invite you to the Euro-Global Climate Change Conference 2020 which is going to commence from 18-19 September 2020 at Paris, France.
The Climate Change Conferences 2020 Paris demonstr
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Austin Green Awards Celebration Night 2019, October 30, Austin, TX
The Austin Green Awards is Austin’s first recognition program to specifically highlight the outstanding accomplishments in the broad arena of sustainable design and innovation. One of the Austin
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Growing Sustainable Communities Conference, October 24-25, Dubuque, Iowa
The Growing Sustainable Communities Conference will take place from 24-5th oct 2019 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque. The conference will be two days of education, inspiration and collaboration on
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Governor Cuomo signs "Under 2 MOU" to help prevent global temperature from increasing by 2 degrees
On October 8th at Columbia University in Albany New York Governor Cuomo joined by Vice President Gore announced the signing of the “Under 2 MOU”. This is an agreement that New York will join 42 ot…
Nurturing: Growing Green Schools III, September 24, Portland, OR
Join the Portland Green Schools Committee for the second panel of their 2019 discussion series: GROWING A GREEN SCHOOL.
Nurturing a Green School: Operating, Maintaining and Ensuring Green Scho
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LEED Project Management Workshop, September 14, 9:00am-4:30pm, San Francisco, CA
Successfully managing the LEED documentation process requires specific knowledge, tools and skills that are not covered in the LEED Reference Manual. This full day workshop is based off of the LEED Pr
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Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant Course: New York, NY, September 9-13, 9am to 5pm
This course is for all building professionals: architects, MEP and structural engineers, builders and construction managers working in the design and construction of new build and retrofit Passive Hou
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GPRO Operations and Maintenance Class, August 15, 16, and 22, North Haven, CT
This three-day course provides building professionals with the critical tools to transition from conventional to sustainable operations and maintenance of commercial building and multifamily buildings
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Net Zero Carbon, Water, and Energy + Decarbonizing at the District Level, August 13, St. Louis, MO
This session will start by reviewing the various definitions of net zero energy and carbon, and Zero Water and One Water, including those developed by the USGBC and ILFI. It will then provide some con
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How to Leverage a Sustainability Dashboard to Drive Action Thu, Jun 2, 2016 2-3pm EDT Local communities are investing more resources in sustainability and climate efforts, spending years and hundr…
New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE), 6th Annual Awards Gala - April 14
Sixth Annual NEWIEE Awards Gala New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) Thursday, April 14, 2016 from 6-9 PM The NEWIEE Awards recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of wom…
Living Product Expo - September 13-15, 2016, Pittsburgh, PA
The Living Product Expo re-imagines the design and construction of products to function as elegantly and efficiently as anything found in the natural world. The Living Product Expo is a groundbreaking…
Boston Area Sustainability Group Event: Feb. 2nd, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Buildings of the Future- How LEED and Living Buildings are Changing our Landscapes February 2nd, 6 PM to 8:30 PM The USGBC Mass Chapter and Living Building Challenge Boston Collaborative will be c…
Green Building of the Week - Class of 1966 Environmental Center at Williams College
"As a leading institution of higher learning, we believe it is our mission to demonstrate extraordinary commitment to higher principles and to show that high performance institutional buildings are po…
USGBC NJ is proud to be an Event Sponsor of the 10th annual MABFM show, scheduled for November 11 & 12 at the Garden State Exhibit Center! With over 200 exhibitors, a wide variety of breakout sess…
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