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Gulf Coast: LEED Platinum Evening 2019, July 24, 5:00-8:00pm, Houston, TX
Join USGBC Texas' Gulf Coast Region for a celebration of Houston’s latest LEED Platinum Projects!
Local Owners, Developers, and Architects will discuss their insights from pursuing t
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The newly revised IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) Fundamentals of Lighting series is a great technical introduction for those entering lighting and related fields, including designers, salespeo
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Join Shelby Breger, co-founder of Conduit Tech, for an in-depth webinar on load calculations. This course will dive into how calculations work and how they can help drive customer engagement. This cou
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Testing your work is imperative to meet or exceed performance targets and to ensure a feedback loop is in place for continual process improvements. Instructor Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Perform
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Electric Vehicle Car Show & Workshop, June 29, 10 am - 3 pm, Plymouth, MA
Poke around fellow community members’ EVs as well as cutting edge models from local dealerships and new EVs from the Town of Plymouth’s Fleet. At a 1pm EV workshop in the Fehlow Room, lear
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Jacob Brown wiill present step-by-step construction photos of his two houses. Saltwoods is in the woods near Mount Snow, vermont, Salwdoods is a high efficuency, passive design inspired, n
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Take your business to the next level by discovering strategies to enhance the energy efficiency of your facility. Attend what primises to be an engaging morning of technical sessions offered for
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The National Solar Conference is America’s leading conference on the emerging trends, technology, and opportunities shaping the new energy economy. The American Solar Energy Society’s cutt
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Boston Passive House Tradesperson Training and Bootcamp, May 6-9, Boston, Massachusetts
4 days of in-person, hands-on, building science deep dive + optional Exam to become a PHI Certified Passive House Tradesperson (CPHT).
At the future site of none other than the Northland Newt
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In the clean energy future, every community is a host community for energy generation. Former mine lands and brownfields in our communities present an opportunity to host low-impact renewable energy d
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Passive House 101: An Introduction to Passive House Buildings & Design | September 5, Worcester, MA
Passive House 101: An Introduction to Passive House Buildings & Design
Passive House is an building performance standard that delivers a high level of energy savings and carbon reduction
Living Building Challenge (LBC) 4.0 Panel and Happy Hour, September 10, 1:00-7:30pm, Seattle, WA
The LBC 4.0
The Living Building Challenge (LBC) calls for the creation of building projects that operate as cleanly, beautifully, and efficiently as nature’s architecture. The LBC is the b
Join USGBC for their monthly Best of Greenbuild Webcast series. They will be rebroadcasting Greenbuild 2018 sessions throughout the year until Greenbuild 2019 takes place November
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HanleyWood Webinar: How have LEDs changed the way we work with light?
Free HanleyWood Webinar: How have LEDs changed the way we work with light? "Today, LEDs can be used for almost all architectural lighting. This course will explore what makes LEDs unlike traditi…
PACDC 2019 Forward Equitable Development Conference, June 26-27, Philadelphia, PA
Join 300 community developers, small business entrepreneurs, health practitioners, researchers, artists, educators, and activists committed to working toward a more equitable Philadelphia. Liz Og
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The Connecticut Green Bank and Operation Fuel are hosting a series of lunch & learns to promote energy efficiency resources available to low to moderate income households throughout our state.
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Sprouting: Growing Green Schools II, June 18, 5-7 pm, Portland, Oregon
Join the Portland Green Schools Committee for the second panel of our 2019 discussion series: GROWING A GREEN SCHOOL.
Green and high performance school buildings offer students and teachers he
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Cooper Recycling Tour and Talk, May 15, 9:30-11 am, Brooklyn, NY
Did you know that over 90 percent of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is recyclable?
Join Urban Green for a tour of Cooper Recycling’s state-of-the-art and expanded facility in Bro
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Massachusetts CAN Lead on Solar Energy - Learn about The Solutions Project
Achieving a world without the use of fossil fuels is possible with existing technologies. Contrary to what some people believe we are not waiting on some incredible breakthrough in technology, we have…
USGBC NJ South Branch Presents GREENING GARDEN STATE SCHOOLS & COLLEGES: BUILDING & OPERATIONS
Come and join the USGBC NJ South Branch as they present Greening Garden State School and Colleges: Building and Operations. The event will take place on December 9, 2015 at the Waterfront Technology C…
We have always been proud that we use solid lumber in our home kits. This isn't always easy in modern construction. Solid wood tends to bend, crack, or warp and it can contains knots where you don't w…
Passive House Massachusetts Symposium- Sat, October 17, 2015 9 AM to 5 PM
Passive House Massachusetts Symposium Sat, October 17, 2015 9 AM to 5 PM A Symposium connecting Architects, Builders, Engineers, Home/Building Owners, Policymakers, Real Estate Professionals, Stu…
Boston Area Solar Energy Association: "Mass Power Forward": Thursday, Sept. 10th
Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum: Thursday, Sept. 10th, Mass Power Forward is a multi-organization campaign to "advance Massachusetts toward a safer and healthier economy powered by loc…
Biomimicry means using nature to mimic things in our everyday life. By mimicking nature in how products and buildings are designed, we can make smarter, more cost effective decisions that we already k…
Indoor Air Quality Challenges in Space Vehicles... and On Earth
If you think keeping the air quality "Good" in your home or office is hard, imagine having to do it in space! Join the Syracuse Center of Excellence for their Research and Technology Forum: Indoor Air…
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