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2019 Portland Green Building Slam, October 18, Portland, OR
The Portland Green Building Slam is a fun, educational event. It features ten fast-paced, mind-blowing talks about remarkable and innovative green building projects. Get ready to be inspired as ten or
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Free Online Training with USGBC California: Foundations of Green Building, April 15, 10 am - 2 pm PT
Buildings wield significant influence over our environment, neighboring communities, and the individuals who inhabit them. Recognizing and mitigating these impacts through building modernization is cr
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28th International Passive House Conference, April 24 - 25, Essen, Germany
The 28th International Passive House Conference will take place in the "Haus der Technik" in Essen, Germany, on 24 - 25 April 2026.&nbs
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The 2025 Living Future Materials Report, Design to the Nines: Using Regenerative Materials to Restore Earth’s Nine Planetary Boundaries, is a rallying call for the built environment to shift fro
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Electrifying domestic hot water (DHW) in multifamily buildings is a tough nut to crack—and one of the most critical challenges on the path to low- and zero-carbon buildings.
Join James Peters
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For as long as we’ve built homes, we’ve been using some kind combustion appliance system to heat them. As a result, our buildings are designed and constructed to safely manage the operatio
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BayREN C&S Training: 2025 Energy Code Changes – Nonresidential, Online, February 11, 9 - 10:30 am PT
This course will provide an overview of the 2025 Energy Code changes for nonresidential buildings, including changes to mandatory measures, new compliance forms, as well as updated performance and pre
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Climate Mobilization Act Series: Grades, Codes & Limits, Wednesday Jan 15, NYC
In 2020 New York City will witness the arrival of publicly posted building energy grades and a new, aggressive stretch code. How do these new reference points relate to the Local Law 97 car
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Passive House Massachusetts, January Meeting, January 14, 5:30pm
Join PassiveHouse Massachusetts for the first event of 2020 on January 14th, open to all.
5:30pm – Networking Hour
6:30pm – Presentation and Discussion
Passive House Massa
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Green Building United: 2019 Holiday Party, December 19, 6-8pm, Philadelphia, PA
We are bringing our members and friends together to celebrate the successes and impact of the local green building community over the past year!
Enjoy complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvr
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Please join New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) for our Annual Meeting of members and Fall Fête with special recognition of past presidents Beth Barton and Mary Ellen Parava
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Building Resistance 19, November 7-8, Cleveland, OH
BR19 is the first national gathering of building industry professionals focused exclusively on how to create more resilient buildings and communities. Conference attendees will have opportunities to p
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The Developer Live: Risk and Resilience, November 8, London, UK
The Risk & Resilience conference will bring together 200 development directors, architects, Local Authority planning and regeneration teams, scientists and sustainability experts to explore how to
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Building Code Update II - An Overview of Key Changes, Tuesday 12/8 12-1:30 pm
December Brown Bag: Building Code Update Part II - An Overview of Key Changes Tuesday, 12/8/2015 12-1:30 pm Boulder County Courthouse Annex (Caribou Room-2nd Floor) 2045 13th St. Boulder, C…
GBCSA - 12th Green Building Convention 2019, October 2-4, Cape Town, South Africa
Hosted by Green Building Council South Africa
BEYOND: SHAPING CITIES OF TOMORROW
- How will you contribute to shaping the cities of tomorrow?
- What kind of environment do we want our children
Attendees of this September event will have the opportunity to tour two very different projects: a newly constructed net-zero modular small house, designed to address housing needs in the wake of extr
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Green Drinks Fort Collins: Building Energy Challenge, August 28, 6:00-8:00pm, Fort Collins, CO
Green Drinks Fort Collins was created in January 2007 as a way to bring together green-minded locals and provide a venue to socialize, and make connections with others in the community who care a
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JULY 11th, New Hampshire: Free Workshop: Heat Pumps and Energy Audits
Now that summer is here, the New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association would like to help you explore ways to stay comfortable year-round. Join them in their NH showroom on Monday, July 11th at 5:3…
WHEN: June 30, 2016 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm WHERE: SBN Boardroom, 99 Bishop Allen Dr #100, Cambridge,MA 02139, USA COST: Free! CONTACT: Food Solutions New England: http://www.foodsolutionsne.or…
Break Free From Fossil Fuels, Albany, May 14th (Training Starts May 13)
Break Free From Fossil Fuels is a two-week global wave of escalated action to keep coal, oil + gas in the ground. "In Albany, on May 14th, 2016, thousands of people will stand in the way of the fos…
Screening & Panel Discussion of "The Burden" - March 29, 6;30 - 9:30 PM - E2 Rocky Mountains, Denver
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 (6:30 - 9:30 PM MDT) EcoSalon Screening & Panel Discussion of "The Burden" Sie Film Society, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO Please join E2 Rocky Mountains Chapter members,…
Affordable Multifamily Passive Buildings Support Project March 8 4:00 - 5:00 pm EST 1 CPHC CEU + 1 AIA HSW Presenter: Katrin Klingenberg, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Passive Hous…
Women In Solar Energy (WISE) convenes multi-city round table discussions, February 23, 2016
Women In Solar Energy (WISE) will be hosting their 2nd Annual Multi-City round table discussions to advance women in every local market. Date: February 23, 2016 Venues : Sweetwater Social in New Y…
To Reach the Global Lighting Goal we have to educate people about LEDs
The Global Lighting Challenge is a race to install 10 billion high-efficiency light bulbs and fixtures. The goal of the campaign is to reach a cumulative global sale of 10 billion high efficiency, hig…
How can we transition to a low carbon economy by 2030? Click on this link, and pen a blog post with YOUR ideas to win a trip to Abu Dhabi's Sustainability week in January, 2016! http://masdar.a…
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