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USGBC Webinar: Data Driven Sustainability, August 12, 11:45am-12:45pm
Attend this session to learn how to launch an effective digital sustainability strategy by leveraging technology and mining valuable data. Presenters with diverse backgrounds will illuminate where dat
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Building enclosures – the roof, walls, and floor – are the first line of defense between nature and people. Enclosure performance is optimized when air sealing and insulation – two u
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Upgrading the thermal and air leakage performance of existing homes exposes a variety of hazards that many professionals either do not know how to address or how to communicate the importance of the i
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Rachel Carson EcoVillage Lunch + Learn, December 19, 11 am - 1 pm, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Rachel Carson EcoVillage at Providence Heights will be a multi-generational co-housing community of 35 private units ranging from studios to four bedrooms, adjacent to LaRoche University. Th
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Free Online Training: Remote Monitoring for Irrigation Efficiency, December 5, 1:30-3:30 pm PT
Remote monitoring and control are key factors in assisting farmers with efficient irrigation and plant health maintenance. In fact, these systems are gaining traction and becoming more advanced and mo
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This session will explore how to revitalize and optimize ventilation systems in existing multi-family buildings in New York to bring older, inefficient, and poorly performing ventilation systems in co
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Greener Together: Speed Networking in Sustainability, November 7, 5:30-8:30 pm, Chicago, Illinois
Join the Illinois Green Alliance Auxiliary Board for an evening of speed networking with sustainability and green building professionals.
An inclusive green transition is taking root across the cou
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Free Webinar: A Builder’s Perspective on Zero Net Energy, October 15, 11:30am-1pm
For the contractors and trades involved in residential and small commercial projects, Zero Net Energy (ZNE), or near-ZNE, is on the rise, to meet the energy code as well as client expectations. Mike H
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GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials (O&M) has been completely revamped to provide building professionals with strategies to improve efficiency, comfort, and health. Participants leav
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Online Discussion: Building Operations & Planning for Repopulation, October 6, 1-2pm
Boston Properties (BXP) has always led from the front. Earlier this year, as the country shut-down in response to COVID-19, BXP was one of the first to convene a task force of internal and external ex
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The current global pandemic brings so much uncertainty into our day to day lives. This informative webinar explores how HVAC building analytics can be leveraged to detect faults that compromise occupa
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Renewable Energy Markets 2020, September 21-24, Online
Renewable Energy Markets™ 2020 will be taking place in a new virtual format. The new virtual agenda will include over 30 sessions including table topics, panel discussions with indust
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Webinar: Emerging Solar Market - Thailand - 30% Renewables by 2036, August 18, 1 pm IST
Thailand has been incentivizing investment in solar projects for many years and now reaps the benefits of this initiative. Thailand’s electricity generating sector is considered to be
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CSI Boston Universal Design Reception: February 8th, 5:15 - 7:30pm
Computer Systems Institute (CSI) Boston Universal Design: Starting From a New Place When: Wednesday February 8, 2017 from 5:15 PM to 7:30 PM EST Where: The University of Massachusetts Club, One…
USGBC's Healthy Economy Forum, August 4-5
Healthy people in healthy places equals a healthy economy. This is USGBC’s new strategy intended to leverage the USGBC community to support buildings and communities in a post-pandemic world.&nb
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In the months before COVID-19 struck, the climate crisis was at the top of many people’s minds—from teenagers protesting in the streets, to large corporations pledging to become carbon neu
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Welcome to the June session of our Community Connections Webinar Series. Join the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) in partnership with USGBC and the Midwest Buil
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USGBC Middle Atlantic - Women in Green - Online Panel Hosted by USGBC NJ, June 18, 3:30-5 pm
USGBC New Jersey is hosting this Women in Green virtual event for the Middle Atlantic Region (NY, NJ, PA + DE).
Our theme for 2020 is Sheroes Stand Up:
A shift is occurring in this season, our gr
The Mission of the Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ Virtual Summit 2017 is to inform, share, and create a global social media experience online for learning and networking via the power of the Inter…
High-Performance Buildings + Workplaces May 17-18, Arlington, Texas- FREE
Now in its third year, HPB+W has emerged as the industry’s leading educational resource for today’s smart, sustainable and healthy facilities. With sessions addressing big data, IOT, standards and…
Join the Building Energy Exchange once again for their four-part training series on lighting retrofits: Green Light. From energy code and regulation considerations and selection of LED and controls te…
LEED Platinum Green Building Tour - April 12, 6-8 pm, Chiaravalle Montessori, Evanston
LEED Platinum Green Building Tour Chiaravalle Montessori April 12, 6-8 pm Chiaravalle Montessori, 425 Dempster St, Evanston, IL 60201 Join USGBC-Illinois' on April 12 to visit and explore the…
The Wellness Aspects of Green Buildings - March 29, 5:30-7:30pm - Broward Branch USGBC, Florida
The Wellness Aspects of Green Buildings - Broward Branch USGBC, Florida March 29, 5:30-7:30pm Miramar Branch Library 2050 Civic Center Place Miramar, FL 33025 Join the Broward Branch of US…
Webinar: The Sustainable Lifestyle - Defined and Explained, Tuesday, February 21, 10am - 11am PST Sponsored by: The Earth Institute, Columbia University This webinar will define and explain the …
Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Complex (ISEC) Building Tour by USGBC Massachusetts Chapter (USGBC MA) Wednesday, March 1, 5:30 – 7:00 PM EST Location: ISEC Building 360 Huntington A…
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