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Webinar: Passivhaus for Educational Buildings: Universities 16 September 16:00 GMT
This is the third in a four-part mini-series of interactive online events for local authorities, educational institutions, and others involved with delivering educational buildings to the Passivhaus s
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The historical Innovation credit category has evolved in LEED v5 to become the Project Priorities and Innovation credit category. These strategies serve as a mechanism for ongoing development and incl
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The Passive House Standard encourages all-electric building design and construction in homes and buildings, which can help achieve the widescale decarbonization required for reducing greenhouse gas em
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Passive House Network Conference 2026: Profit by Experience, June 4 - 5, New Haven, Connecticut
The Passive House Network national conference will be held on June 4-5 in New Haven, Connecticut, at Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist masterpiece, the Armstrong Rubber Headquarters, reborn as the
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High Performance Heat Pumps, Free 4-Part Webinar Series, May 5 - 13, 9 am - 12 pm
This intermediate-level webinar series provides HVACR technicians with in-depth training on modern heat pump systems delivered in four webinar sessions over 4 days: Key topics include inverter technol
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GPRO Construction Management - 2 Day Virtual Training + Exam, April 8-9, 8 am - 12 pm PT
This 2-day course provides practitioners with sustainability best practices and actionable strategies for every phase of construction.
Low-carbon, energy-efficient construction will play a critical
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Foundations of Green Building Training, March 26, San Diego, California
Join USGBC-CA to learn about the foundations of green building design, materials, and jobs.
Buildings wield significant influence over our environment, neighboring communities, and the individuals
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Building Better Thermal Comfort for More Body Types and Lower Energy Bills, March 13, 11 am - 12 pm
Explore how rethinking thermal comfort beyond the “standard” human can transform building design. In this webinar, Arup introduces a new public tool—comfort.arup.com—that model
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Free Webinar: Building-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling, February 11, 1 - 2 pm ET
The existing building stock in the United States was not designed to cope with current extreme temperatures. Much needs to be done to fix aging housing, from upgrading poor insulation to fixing ineffe
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This conference will be focused on intentional actions and ideas that we can use to mitigate the negative effects of climate change worldwide. The speakers will discuss the interactions between humans
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In this one hour course, we will evaluate low maintenance protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of building. Some of the easily recognized benefi
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Cities Alive Virtual, October 20 - 23
In response to the COVID 19 Pandemic, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the Green Infrastructure Foundation have teamed up tocombine the best of CitiesAlive and Grey to Green.
CitiesAl
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One of the sessions for Greenprints 2020 (an annual event that The Southface Energy Institute hosts) was about Drawdown GA.
Drawdown GA is a plan to help GA reduce CO2 looking at 21 Hi
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Webinar: Climate Justice - Local, Tribal, Global and Generational, 2/27, 1:00 - 2:45pm EST
Climate Justice: Local, Tribal, Global and Generational Monday, February 27, 1:00 pm to 2:45 pm EST This year, 2017, is the American Public Health Association's "Year of Climate Change". Please h…
Zero Carbon Conference (Online), Presented by International Living Future Institute, October 7 - 8
We are living in an unprecedented, critical moment to take intentional and equitable action on the climate crisis. With less than a decade to achieve sustainable development goals, collaboration is im
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Webinar: How Monitoring-Based Commissioning Changes the Cx Business Model, September 10, 2 pm EDT
In the context of deploying automated fault detection on a university campus to deliver Monitoring-Based Commissioning services, this presentation discusses how MBCx changes the business model for Cx
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Free EMA Webinar: Utilizing Digital Twins of Operational Data, Thursday, July 23, 11:00 am Eastern
The goal of the digital data twin is to provide managers and operators with access to any and all operational data at any time. It provides a unified, seamless replicated data environment enabling div
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This Session will cover:
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Challenges of moving a zero waste vision upstream
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Create Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP) policy
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Identify EPP items in purchasing cata
Cleantech Women: Breaking the Green Glass Ceiling, May 23, 8:30-10 am, Boston
Hear from a panel of women breaking through in the clean energy industry and how they're achieving their career goals. Talk with industry movers and shakers, make professional contacts, share exper…
USGBC MA Residential Committee April Meeting - ZeroEnergy Design Presenting, May 8, 5:45-8 pm
GUEST SPEAKER: Stephanie, Horowitz, AIA CPHC, ZeroEnergy Design (ZED) Stephanie is Managing Director of ZeroEnergy Design (ZED), a green architecture and energy consulting firm. The firm’s commi
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Free Event: CHIEF CHAT: Austin Blackmon, 4/18, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Boston, MA
Rising tides. The Emerald Necklace. Flood maps. Zoning code. The Greenovate Awards. Chief of Environment and Open Space Austin Blackmon is hard at work every day to ensure that the Boston we love toda…
It's a Bolt! SO excited about our EV!
We got our Bolt today! One day, I hope it won't be big news to get an EV, because well that's what all of our cars will be! For now, we're so excited to get thew new Chevy Bolt! Who else in o…
Webinar: Smart Building Analytics - Running at the Peak of Efficiency, March 23, 12:30-2 pm EST
Webinar: Smart Building Analytics - Running at the Peak of Efficiency Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:30am - 11:00am PST 12:30 - 2:00 pm EST Hosted by Realcomm Organizations go to great lengt…
Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show: March 12-15
Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show (SERC): March 12-15 Dates: Conference: March 12-15 Trade Show: March 12-14 Location: Hilton San Destin Golf Resort & Spa, Destin, FL Attend the …
Feasibility of Implementing Passivhaus Standard for Tall Residential Buildings
Highly energy-efficient and resilient buildings are crucial to the success of cities. As populations grow and cities become larger and denser, problems related to energy inefficiency are magnified and…
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