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Understanding Circular Economy: A Global GreenTag International Conversation, March 30th, 3 pm AEDT

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

The next Global GreenTag International Conversations' segment on Wednesday, March 30th is featuring Meryl Sukumar, a Sustainability Consultant and Mentor who will engage in an interesting conversa

0 replies | 694 views | Posted on: 03/25/2022 | Last updated: 03/25/2022

Free Webinar: Residential Lighting for Beauty, Comfort and Efficiency, October 13, 9 am PT

by samanthaklein // Intern

This class shows designers, specifiers, contractors, and homeowners how to create beautiful residential lighting while saving energy and meeting code. Lighting designer David Wilds Patton and aut

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

Keywords: Design,Energy Efficiency,Lighting,Daylighting

0 replies | 794 views | Posted on: 09/29/2023 | Last updated: 09/29/2023

Free PG&E Webinar: How to Design and Build High-Performance Walls, October 4, 9-11 am

by Hani // Social media manager

California’s 2022 Title 24 Residential Energy Code all but requires high-performance walls with exterior insulation while higher-performance home designs, like Passive House, requires continuous

California Green Building

0 replies | 692 views | Posted on: 09/14/2023 | Last updated: 09/14/2023

Free Webinar: Sustainable Places: Partnerships for Green Design, September 20, 1-2 pm BT

by Hani // Social media manager

In this Sustainable Places: Partnerships for Green Design event, expert panelists will explore how architecture and construction companies have used innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnerships to

UK Green Building

0 replies | 1420 views | Posted on: 08/25/2023 | Last updated: 08/25/2023

Achieving Super Tight Air Sealing Targets for New Construction, Retrofits, and Passive House, Free and Online, August 29, 9-12 pm

by Hani // Social media manager

Air sealing has emerged as the number one technique to help make our buildings more energy efficient, achieve unprecedented indoor thermal comfort, and produce clean and fresh indoor air control. This

California Green Building

0 replies | 842 views | Posted on: 08/02/2023 | Last updated: 08/03/2023

Free Webinar: Capacity Building for Improvement in Global Supply Chains, July 25, 8:30-9:30 am CDT

by Hani // Social media manager

This complementary UL Solutions webinar offers an overview of the methods and benefits of a capacity building approach in fostering supply chain sustainability and driving continuous improvement in gl

0 replies | 549 views | Posted on: 07/13/2023 | Last updated: 07/13/2023

NetZero Builder Training, Denver, Colorado, July 25-26, 8am - 3:30pm

by himj // Student Of Green Building

Join EEBA for a two-day course on building Zero Energy Ready Homes. Presented by Construction Instruction and the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance, this comprehensive program equips particip

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 617 views | Posted on: 06/22/2023 | Last updated: 06/23/2023

Free Webinar, What's happening with the 2024 IECC residential provisions? June 28, 9-10am PST

by himj // Student Of Green Building

This course will cover the requirements for designing and constructing the 2024 IECC and the consensus process. New construction codes and policies, when aligned with climate goals, are some of the mo

0 replies | 860 views | Posted on: 06/06/2023 | Last updated: 06/07/2023

Building Lasting Change 2023, Canada Green Building Council, June 1-2, A Hybrid Event Online and in Vancouver, Canada

by Hani // Social media manager

Presented by Mitsubishi Electric Heating and Cooling

June 1-2 | JW Marriott Parq | Vancouver BC

Welcome to Canada Green Building Council's annual conference, Building Lasting Change.

From

0 replies | 1079 views | Posted on: 05/20/2023 | Last updated: 05/20/2023

Webinar: Navigating Your Green Building Career, August 11, 5:30 PM

by gracemorrison

This USGBC event will be about developing your own green building career path as a young leader by leveraging LEED and USGBC. Hear from professionals about how they navigate their career, from da

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Emerging Green Professionals

Keywords: Green Jobs,Sustainable Careers

0 replies | 1963 views | Posted on: 06/15/2022 | Last updated: 08/10/2022

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability, Pitch Competition, Online, June 23, 6PM

by gracemorrison

Women from six companies will be selected out of all applications to pitch their innovative cleantech or sustainable-focused business idea to a panel of industry leaders. Startups will have 5 min

Emerging Green Professionals

Keywords: Sustainability,Women in Cleantech,Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

0 replies | 1276 views | Posted on: 06/06/2022 | Last updated: 06/07/2022

NYC Event: Electri-Fiction to Electrification: Overcoming Barriers, June 15, 1 pm

by Urban Green Council

Urban Green has long been a leading voice for electrification in New York City, most recently as an advocate for Local Law 154, NYC’s groundbreaking legislation that phases out fossil

Filed under: Events

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Construction,Retrofit,Energy Codes,Heat Pumps,Decarbonization,Electrification

0 replies | 1433 views | Posted on: 05/23/2022 | Last updated: 05/25/2022

Indoor airPLUS & Green Built Homes: Green Built Alliance Spring 2022 Series (Online), May 17, 2 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

This course covers the indoor air quality requirements of two popular green building certification programs: EPA's Indoor airPLUS and Green Built Homes.

Indoor airPLUS is an add-on certificatio

Filed under: Online Courses

Keywords: Green Home,Indoor Air Quality,Online Courses

0 replies | 1095 views | Posted on: 04/21/2022 | Last updated: 04/21/2022

Western Massachusetts Green Consortium: Living Building Challenge - Influencing the Future of Building, February 21, 5-7 pm, Northampton

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

WMGC Green Night: Living Building Challenge - Influencing the Future of Building Wednesday February 21st - 5-7 pm **Third Wednesday this Month Only** Platform Sports Bar Meeting Room Join WM…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 706 views | Posted on: 02/19/2018 | Last updated: 02/20/2018

Colorado Passive House Happy Hour & Mini Expo - Winter/Spring 2022, March 18, 3-6 pm, Arvada, CO

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

What started as a casual get together of friends and colleagues in a relatively small niche of the construction industry, has turned into one of the premier events for Passive House and building scien

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 731 views | Posted on: 03/08/2022 | Last updated: 03/08/2022

Free Webinar: Desert-Friendly Landscapes for Beginners, February 16, 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Are you new to the Valley or have a newfound interest in desert plants?

Discover common misconceptions associated with desert gardening and the fundamentals for watering, fertilizing, and pruning.

Filed under: Landscaping

California Green Building

0 replies | 1108 views | Posted on: 02/07/2022 | Last updated: 02/09/2022

Improving Indoor Air Quality with Product Testing - Allergy Standards Ltd.

by samanthaklein // Intern

 

Indoor air quality and allergy awareness were already growing as critical health and environmental concerns before the COVID-19 pandemic made these topics even more prevalent. 

Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Linked to: Product Certications HVAC - Protecting Healthy Buildings with Pure Air Optimization

Keywords: Certification,Indoor Air Quality,Covid-19,VOCs,Health,Air Quality,IAQ,Allergies

0 replies | 8205 views | Posted on: 01/08/2022 | Last updated: 03/29/2022

Women in Green 2021: What’s your Superpower? Online, Presented by BuiltEnvironmentPlus, December 15, 8-10 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

 Women are driving the sustainability of the built environment. We are tasked with the most important mission of all: healing the earth. The Women in Green Roundtable creates opportunities for wo

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Women in Green

0 replies | 928 views | Posted on: 12/10/2021 | Last updated: 12/10/2021

ISH Shanghai & CIHE, September 3 - 5, Shanghai, China

by YijunW

Under the umbrella of Messe Frankfurt’s ISH brand, ISH Shanghai & CIHE is the most influential HVAC exhibition in East and Central China. The show is co-located with four other fairs, collectively k…

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 795 views | Posted on: 05/18/2018 | Last updated: 05/19/2018

2019 National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, October 15 - 17, 2019, Minneapolis, MN

by YijunW

In October 2019 in Minneapolis, ACEEE will host our tenth National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, the premier US convening conference on efficiency as a utility system resource. Held e…

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 639 views | Posted on: 05/12/2018 | Last updated: 05/12/2018

BSR Conference 2018, November 6, New York, NY

by YijunW

The BSR Conference is one of the most important annual gatherings dedicated to finding solutions to our most pressing global challenges. Industry leaders and decision makers from Fortune 500 companies…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1792 views | Posted on: 05/05/2018 | Last updated: 05/05/2018

26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, May 14 - 18, Copenhagen, Denmark

by YijunW

The EUBCE combines one of the largest biomass science and technology conferences with a high quality industry exhibition, attracting biomass professionals from around the globe.

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 747 views | Posted on: 04/26/2018 | Last updated: 04/28/2018

The State of Clean Energy Innovation and Opportunities for Growth on the North Shore, April 25, Peabody, MA

by YijunW

In celebration of Earth Day, the North Shore Technology Council and its Sustainability Forum subgroup is hosting a special Earth Day-themed program for the April Business Breakfast. Steve Pike, CEO of…

Filed under: Environment

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 885 views | Posted on: 04/13/2018 | Last updated: 04/13/2018

BuildingsNY, May 8-9, NYC

by AbbieKnight

BuildingsNY announced its official collaboration with the International Facility Management Association, New York City Chapter (IFMA NYC) to provide education and professional development for facility…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,Emerging Green Professionals

0 replies | 1194 views | Posted on: 04/03/2018 | Last updated: 04/03/2018

Passive House: Barriers And Pathways to Scale on March 29, 6-8 pm, NY, NY

by AbbieKnight

From a design perspective, it is feasible to implement Passive House in NYC's high rise buildings. So what is stopping developers from taking the plunge and pursuing such projects? How much risk (real…

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,Passive House

0 replies | 1174 views | Posted on: 03/06/2018 | Last updated: 03/15/2018

 

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