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Women in Green Networking Mixer, June 6, Los Angeles, CA
Join for a Wine Tasting with Women In Green, featuring Organic Wines from Female Winemakers
Online Course: 4 Part Course: Building Science Fundamentals, June 13-22, 1- 5 pm
Building Science Fundamentals is a seminar that teaches the basic knowledge needed to design and build durable, energy-efficient, affordable, and healthy buildings. This is an interactive sessions wit
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50% of the "perfect wall" control layers with one product
The only way to mainstream advanced building science concepts is to make them simple to install. As we designed and are building the #1920sMakeoverATL, we have to work with readily available mat
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Living Future 2023, May 3 - 5, Washington, DC
The Living Future Conference is a global gathering of stakeholders from the built environment who are addressing climate, health, and justice issues.
They Living Future 2023 in Washington, D.C
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Facilities & Campus Energy - North America Summit, May 3-4, National Harbor, Maryland
"Improving Energy Efficiencies and Environmental Sustainability in the Built Environment"
The 3rd Annual Facilities & Campus Energy Summit is designed to provide an interchange of in
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2023 RE+ Texas, April 5-6, Austin, Texas
Since its debut in San Antonio, Texas in 2016, the event has garnered the attention of industry leaders and professionals from all cross-sections of the clean energy industry. Each year, the event has
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Online Course: Passive House Retrofits: Part 1, March 21, 1-5 pm
The Passive House standard is not just for new construction. Breathe sustainable life into old buildings using the Passive House Institute EnerPHit standards in your retrofit projects. Learn how exist
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An opportunity to celebrate the kickoff of ACCE (Advancing Climatech and Cleantech Leaders), an accelerator program developed in partnership between Greentown Labs and Browning the
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The Electrify Efficiently series, presented by Electrify My Home, highlights the significant business opportunities, vital role of efficiency, and lessons learned from the field.
Free Green Building Webinar: Mastering Daylight, January 25, 12 pm EST
This course discusses the benefits of a thoughtfully-designed light control system and how to make it work for your project’s daylighting and design needs. The discussion emphasizes implementing
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LEED Zero and 4.1: The LEED We’ve Been Waiting For, August 14, 8:00-10:00am, St. Louis, MO
With the release of the LEED Zero suite of certifications (Zero Energy, Carbon, Water, and Waste), and with the evolution of LEED v4.1, we may have a series of rating systems that provide market-drivi
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Home Energy Score 2-Day Boot Camp, July 17-18, San Diego, CA
Join Build It Green for a two-day boot camp to complete the online DOE Sim Training & Testing and score your first home with a mentor to become a qualified Home Energy Score Assessor.
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Job Posting - Mindful Materials - Market Development Coordinator
Mindful MATERIALS (mM) is growing. We are looking for a Market Development Coordinator to help broaden the reach and awareness of mM across the building industry to accelerate growth of the mM Library
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Environmental League of Massachusetts Seeks Development Director
Reporting to and in partnership with the President and Executive Director, the Development Director will spearhead development efforts as ELM continues to grow. The Development Director will manage an…
AIA Conference on Architecture 2019, June 6-8, Las Vegas, NV
A'19: Blueprint for a Better Future
Designing a better future means taking on the critical challenges facing cities—and our world—today.
A’19 programming includes sessions
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Join us for a night of inspiration and celebration at the return of Vancouver’s largest Earth Day event!
This year, we are excited to partner with ZEBx - Zero Emissions Building Exchange, a c
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Hitchcock Center Living Building Tour, March 20, 12-1 pm, Amherst, MA
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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In this one-hour course, we’ll discuss the evolution of electric hand dryers and how today’s high-speed, energy efficient dryers minimize impacts on the environment while providing a speed
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In this one hour course, we will evaluate hydrophobic coating as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a protec
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Shell Abandons Arctic Drilling - Sign to Keep Other Oil Companies out of the Arctic
Great news today - Shell Oil has abandoned plans for further Arctic exploration. At a cost of approximately $7 billion, perhaps this will scare other fossil fuel companies away as well. But maybe no…
Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans - 10 Years Later, Why aren't We Doing Better?
Recently, we posted an opinion in our Green Building Industry News area on New Orleans ten years after Hurricane Katrina struck. http://www.rateitgreen.com/green-building-resources/sustainable-bu…
The EPA's Clean Power Plan Needs your Support! (Environment Mass)
Add your signature to support the EPA and the Obama Administrations Clean Power Plan! Sign to help the EPA implement affordable energy solutions as a part of the Clean Energy Incentive Program. …
Greentopia EcoDistrict Coordinator - Rochester, NY. Apply by July 1st
The EcoDistrict Coordinator will be Greentopia’s primary staff person dedicated to developing New York State’s first EcoDistrict in Rochester, New York. In collaboration with the organization’s …
On May 19, at 12 p.m. EDT, the MIT Climate CoLab will host an online conversation with George P. Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State; Phil Sharp, former U.S. representative (D-IN) and current Presi…
We'd love to see some of you attend our Capital District events in and around Albany, NY. Education events are at SUNY Albany on the 2nd Tuesday all of 2015, and Green Drinks Albany is rotating venues…
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