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Free Webinar: Material Disclosure Miniseries, Part 1: Understanding C2C Certified®, April 6, 11 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This 3-part series will introduce several of the leading material ingredient disclosure programs (C2CHPDDeclare) helping AECOs and MFRs make better decisions about materials used in

Filed under: Certifications/Labels and Transparency

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1137 views | Posted on: 03/28/2022 | Last updated: 03/28/2022

Greenbuild 2025, November 4-7, Los Angeles, California

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Greenbuild delivers gimpressive green building education and networking opportunities every year, and 2025 is no exception with 100+ sessions and 300+ industry speakers. Every industry segment an

California Green Building

0 replies | 1934 views | Posted on: 08/16/2025 | Last updated: 08/18/2025

LEED GA Exam Prep Course with Green Building Alliance, , Online, September 11, 9 am - 12:30 pm

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) created the LEED Green Associate credential to denote basic knowledge and understanding of green building design and construction. The LEED Green Asso

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

0 replies | 1069 views | Posted on: 07/30/2025 | Last updated: 08/02/2025

TEDI Modeling, August 7, 3 - 5 pm ET

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

TEDI, or Thermal Energy Demand Intensity, is a metric used to assess the heating load of a building. It represents the amount of heating energy required per unit of modeled floor area to mai

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 761 views | Posted on: 07/02/2025 | Last updated: 07/02/2025

Accredited Green Appraiser Training, Free for California Bay Area Appraisers, July 16-17, San Rafael, CA

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

This training will provide real estate professionals with 14 continuing education hours and the Accredited Green Appraiser Certification.

This training will teach real estate professionals about th

California Green Building

0 replies | 592 views | Posted on: 06/16/2025 | Last updated: 06/17/2025

Free Online Training: Wildfire Defense Certificate Training for Construction Professionals, June 12, 5 pm PT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

The USGBC-CA Wildfire Defense Certificate Training Program was developed to educate construction professionals and landscapers on how to best harden homes and landscapes to fires through the

California Green Building

0 replies | 853 views | Posted on: 05/19/2025 | Last updated: 05/19/2025

Free Webinar: Intro to Residential HVAC Systems, May 29, 3 - 5 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

This class is for folks who need to “speak HVAC” but may not have much background with HVAC. This could be homeowners who are shopping for a new system, utility employees dealing with HVAC

California Green Building

0 replies | 856 views | Posted on: 05/03/2025 | Last updated: 05/03/2025

Webinar: Navigating Environmental Product Data: A Guide for Landscape Architects, Specifiers, and Industry Partners, May 15, 2-3 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The materials and products landscape architects specify significantly impact a project’s global warming potential, biodiversity, and air and water quality. This webinar will show you how to inte

0 replies | 871 views | Posted on: 04/22/2025 | Last updated: 04/22/2025

Free Webinar: Energy Benchmarking Tips and Tricks, April 23, 12 pm CT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

This webinar will provide tips and tricks on how to use the free building benchmarking tool, ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, and help you understand how to create accurate building profiles, how to bes

0 replies | 818 views | Posted on: 03/27/2025 | Last updated: 03/27/2025

Free Webinar: Can We Have Compliant, Carbon Negative Cement? - Free CE Webinar, July 20, 12 PM

by gracemorrison

This session will explore how we are decarbonizing portland cement and possibly making it carbon negative. Is it possible?

Lessons Learned:

  1. Show people where CO2 is produced in cement
  2. Revie

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1215 views | Posted on: 06/14/2022 | Last updated: 06/29/2022

Webinar: Building Resilience -- Resilient Water Systems, July 13, 11:30 am PDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

Access to clean drinking water is a fundamental human right. California’s water system faces a variety of challenges, from drought to an aging water infrastructure, to changes in precipitation.

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

Keywords: Drought,Water,California,Resilience,Resilient water systems

0 replies | 1205 views | Posted on: 06/06/2022 | Last updated: 06/06/2022

2022 Affordable Housing Summit, Virtual, June 14-15

by samanthaklein // Intern

Housing plays a critical role in the health and equity of neighborhoods and in their resiliency to the effects of climate change. Building affordable housing right now means accounting for these simul

Filed under: Events

Keywords: Affordable Housing,Healthy Building,Community Development,Equity

0 replies | 1729 views | Posted on: 05/19/2022 | Last updated: 05/25/2022

Free Webinar: The Science of Climate Change: Food, May 6, 12 pm PDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

The Department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona hosts monthly webinars on climate change. This month's webinar is on heat and the environment and how it pertains to the science of

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

Keywords: Sustainable Architecture,Sustainible Food

0 replies | 1834 views | Posted on: 04/18/2022 | Last updated: 04/18/2022

Energy from Waste Conference 2018, February 28- March 1, London

by AbbieKnight

Now in its 14th year, Energy from Waste is the premier conference in the UK and Europe driving new technology discussion, operational efficiency, best practice and compliance in the global energy from…

UK Green Building

Keywords: Energy,Waste,Waste Management

0 replies | 1363 views | Posted on: 02/22/2018 | Last updated: 02/22/2018

Free Webinar: Empowering Businesses to Tackle Climate Change, March 17, 3 pm CET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, businesses and suppliers of all sizes need to measure and reduce their carbon footprint, resulting in a halving of their emissions by 2030 and achieving n

0 replies | 1148 views | Posted on: 03/11/2022 | Last updated: 03/11/2022

Averting a Solar and Storage Waste Crisis, February 24, 9 am PST / 12 noon EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

To lower emissions, humanity is in a race to deploy as much solar, wind, and storage as fast as possible. However, this equipment has a useful life of 20 – 35 years. By 2050, it is projected tha

California Green Building

0 replies | 1899 views | Posted on: 02/10/2022 | Last updated: 02/10/2022

Free Webinar: EcoRise: Building a Green Texas Program, Educator Workshop, February 5, 9 am CST

by samanthaklein // Intern

This workshop of the 2021–22 school year will train in EcoRise's Green Building Lessons for a Sustainable Future and the Sustainable Intelligence K-12 environmental education resources.

Filed under: Green Schools

Texas Green Building

Keywords: Green Schools,Indoor Air Quality,Texas

0 replies | 1568 views | Posted on: 01/15/2022 | Last updated: 01/15/2022

World Cities Summit 2018: Liveable & Sustainable Cities: Embracing the Future through Innovation & Collaboration, July 8-12, Singapore

by Eileen Flynn // Student

The biennial World Cities Summit is an exclusive platform for government leaders and industry experts to address livable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge new…

Filed under: Events

Developing Technologies

Keywords: Sustainable Living,Green Living

0 replies | 1574 views | Posted on: 05/31/2018 | Last updated: 06/03/2018

2018 3rd International Conference on Green Composite Materials, June 28 - 30, Sarawak, Malaysia

by YijunW

ICGCM 2018 focuses on all technical and practical aspects of green composite materials. The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to foc…

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 890 views | Posted on: 05/18/2018 | Last updated: 05/18/2018

Home Building Crossroads: 2015 Energy Code & High Performance, May 22, 7:30am - 2pm, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

by YijunW

Home Building Crossroads: 2015 Energy Code & High Performance Join the event in Portsmouth, NH, for a lively discussion about the changes in the 2015 IECC as they relate to the building enclosure. …

Filed under: New Hampshire

New Hampshire Green Building

0 replies | 1080 views | Posted on: 05/11/2018 | Last updated: 05/11/2018

13th Annual North American Passive House Conference, September 19 - 23, Boston, MA

by YijunW

Path to Zero Comfort, Health, Resilience, Carbon Action NAPHC is the leading passive building conference for climate-specific zero energy design, construction, and building science expertise. Pre-…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 2031 views | Posted on: 05/03/2018 | Last updated: 05/03/2018

International Exhibition of Equipment, Technology and Environmental Services, The 10th Pollutec Maroc, October 2 - 5, Casablanca, Morocco

by YijunW

Pollutec Morocco, held under the auspices of the Secretary of State responsible for Water and Environment and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and New Technologies, has confirmed its position as the Ki…

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 760 views | Posted on: 04/28/2018 | Last updated: 04/28/2018

NESEA BuildingEnergy NYC, Oct 4, New York

by YijunW

The BuildingEnergy NYC Conference + Trade Show is NYC’s premier event for professionals and practitioners in the fields of high-performance building, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It brin…

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1272 views | Posted on: 04/13/2018 | Last updated: 04/13/2018

Celebrate Earth Day in Boston, April 21st

by Oyin

We are inviting you to our party! Please join the Boston Affordable Energy Coalition for a special outdoor event to celebrate the Earth and the work we are doing together to take care of it and its in…

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1322 views | Posted on: 04/05/2018 | Last updated: 04/06/2018

Free webinar including updates on the EV market and Drive Green with Mass Energy on March 20

by AbbieKnight

The electric vehicle market has been growing and changing rapidly since Mass Energy launched our EV discount program, Drive Green with Mass Energy. Join for a 1 hour webinar to cover: What we need …

Filed under: Webinars

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Sustainable Transportation

0 replies | 1802 views | Posted on: 03/08/2018 | Last updated: 03/08/2018

 

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