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2022 Symposium on Safe and Secure Schools, Cypress, Texas, October 28
Protecting the physical security and supporting the emotional well being of students in schools has become a national imperative. Successfully addressing these issues requires an interdisciplinary and
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Appalachian Energy Summit 2025, June 4, Boone, North Carolina (NC)
The Appalachian Energy Summit is designed primarily for faculty, staff, and students at institutions of higher learning, as well as local and state government staff and employees of non-profit organiz
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Keep Cooking During Power Outages | Impulse Labs Induction Cooktop
The demand for induction cooktops continues to rise as more people discover the health, precision, and safety benefits of cooking with energy efficient induction cooktops over fossil
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Introduction to the Passive House Standard, a Free 3CREN Webinar, April 17, 12 - 2pm PT
Passive House goals and methodology change how architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This 2-hour course dives
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The need for high-voltage transmission in the U.S. has never been more acute. In a time of historic load growth, new transmission will be needed to lower consumer energy bills, bring more clean energy
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Presented by Electrify My Home, Electrify Efficiently webinar series will highlight the tremendous business opportunities, vital role of efficiency, and lessons learned from the field, through practic
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To achieve California’s ambitious goals of addressing the housing crisis, improving the transportation system, enhancing people’s lives, and mitigating climate change, governments and agen
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Effective work scopes help contractors and customers achieve specific performance goals in a home’s attic efficiency upgrade. Developing a comprehensive, goal-oriented work scope can help contra
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Join The Environmental Center (TEC) for a hands-on session on improving comfort and reducing energy costs for your home! TECs mission is to weave sustainability into the everyday lives of Central Oreg
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Free Webinar, An Introduction to Electric Construction Equipment (Webinar), December 4, 1-3 pm PT
This class is an introduction to electric construction equipment. The goal is to inform contractors and policy makers about the wide range of available electric bulldozers, backhoes, bobcats, cranes,
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Window installation defects are one of the leading causes of water and moisture-related problems in residential construction. Recent energy codes and even Passive House require continuous insulation.
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Comparing and Selecting a Lighting Controls System, Free Webinar, November 15, 9 am - 12 pm PT
This intermediate-level class will guide designers, engineers, and other specifiers in selecting a lighting control system during the early design process and keeping that design on track as the proje
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Smart Buildings Education Session, Online, November 15, 12 pm CST
Smart buildings can support sustainability, health, equity, and resilience. Join us to discuss the optimization of the design and operation of integrated, high-performance buildings. In addition, to e
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2018 GreenBuilt Home Tour, July 28 and 29, Illinois
The GreenBuilt Home Tour features exceptional, award-winning, and nationally-recognized homes throughout Illinois, which highlight attractive, affordable, and sustainable building practices. During t…
Free Webinar: Solar for Affordable Housing: New Policy Implications, September 8, 11 am ET
here have been some big policy changes in the solar landscape, with especially significant implications for affordable housing developers!
Join Resonant Energy, LISC Boston and the Massachusetts As
Greenbuild Summits: The Sustainable Infrastructure Summit, October 13, 8 am PT
The Sustainable Infrastructure Summit will discuss best practices in developing and maintaining infrastructure systems that can absorb disturbances in consideration of environmental, economic, and soc
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CRES Conference - Renewables Powering Forward, Golden, Colorado, August 6
This conference will show how key elements in this evolving energy landscape fit together and why we stand a real chance to solve climate when we solve energy.
The sessions focus on selected pillar
Free Hybrid Event, Beyond Zero Series: Welcome to Carbon Neutrality, July 21, 9am
As commercial businesses seek to welcome visitors back to their spaces, they have an opportunity to support their surrounding community and lower carbon emissions. For winners of New York State’
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Accessible Design, Universal Design, and Social Equity--are we hitting the mark? (Part 2)
In part 1 of this topic, I discussed the lack of accessible housing in America and explained the difference between accessible design, universal design, and equitable design. As a reminder, accessible
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Domes for North Lombok - Rebuilding after a Devastating Earthquake
On August 5th, a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck in North Lombok Indonesia, destroying over 50,00 homes and displacing over 350,000 people. Rate It Green Members DOME Lombok - Eco Village
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Energy Foundations Seminar, September 18, 2018, Chicago, Illinois
Want to know more about how you can use the very foundations supporting a building to also deliver a low carbon heating and cooling solution. Illinois Green is happy to share the Deep Foundations I…
Encode Artificial Intelligence into Sustainability
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already more real than people realize. A whopping 70 percent of the companies surveyed this year by Forrester Research plan to use some form of AI by the end of 2018 (F
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Green roof system research is a high priority for assured performance in urban low impact development. The MGRST symposium is dedicated to disseminating results of scientific research and technologica…
Webinar: USGBC New Volunteer Orientation, October 16, 2018
We are all in to get everyone in a green building in this generation and volunteers are a key part of accomplishing this big goal. Volunteers were at the core of USGBC’s foundation in 1993, and cont…
Webinar: Intelligent Buildings: Design & Implementation Research, June 28, 11am-12noon EDT
CABA and twenty-seven (27) CABA members funded and Frost & Sullivan recently completed a landmark research project titled, "Intelligent Buildings: Design & Implementation." CABA will be hosting a one …
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