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Join NESEA for the first virtual Pro Tour of 2021, hosted by Kaplan Thompson Architects and featuring a recently completed non-profit campus built for Living Building Challenge certification. The proj
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Are you planning to earn your LEED AP Building Design & Construction professional credential? Join this training to kickstart or enhance your study process for the new LEED v5. With this LEED AP B
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Passivhaus Open Days 2026 - Winter Edition, November 13 - 15, United Kingdom
Every year, Passivhaus buildings across the UK generously open their doors to visitors. Whether you are a self-builder, a built environment professional or an individual interested in learning more ab
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Pro Tour: Electrified Town Garage, November 6, East Montpelier, Vermont
Join NESEA for a Pro Tour where you all will learn about East Montpelier Vermont's decision and process to electrify its new city garage, which could be a replicable solution for other towns
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Not all building energy audits deliver results, and the gap between those that do and those that don’t comes down to more than just technical expertise. In this practical, insight-driven session
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Behavior-based energy efficiency programs, including home energy reports, have long helped utilities deliver energy savings. But as priorities shift toward cutting climate pollution, reducing grid str
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This course reviews requirements for and how to process residential alterations, such as HVAC changeouts, window replacements, and water heater replacements, to ensure compliance with the Energy Code.
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Webinar: Green Technology and How we all Become Carbon Neutral, May 12, 8:00am, EDT / 1 pm BST
This 1 hour CPD session examines energy efficient design with a focus on low carbon.
Hosted by Simon Green, Managing Director of Green Building Design Consultants who are specialists in low carbon
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The Clean Energy Solutions Summit, Colorado Green Building Guild, April 21
The Clean Energy Solutions Summit is the Mountain West’s premier event for municipal, commercial and non-profit energy management and sustainability leaders and decision makers seeking
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BuildingEnergy Boston, Presented by NESEA, Online, May 5 - 7
BuildingEnergy Boston is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It brings more than 1,000 indust
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The buildings we create affect the communities and the environment they rest within. Join us on March 31st to discuss the affordable housing crisis in the golden state, the third event in our Intersec
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Blueprint: Quick Sustainability Wins in Existing Buildings, March 19, 12 pm EDT
Join this webinar to identify low-cost, high-value sustainability opportunities in existing buildings and across portfolios.
Building on the leading sustainability work that Greenprint me
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Decarbonizing buildings in Canada and beyond is essential to a low carbon future. Residential and commercial energy retrofits and carbon-proofing new builds has enormous potential to reduce emissions,
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India Ends Plans to Build Coal Power Stations Due to Low Solar Energy Prices
The recent plummet in solar prices has resulted in India cancelling plans to build almost fourteen gigawatts of coal-fired power station. According to Tim Buckley, Director of Energy Finance Studies …
Green Building Myth Busting: Natural Ventilation - Do Your Walls Need to "Breathe?"
Welcome to the launch of the Green Building Myth Busters Series with Matt Hoots. Matt’s and his coconspirators are about to bust some old misperceptions in the green building world w
Webinar: Moving Climate Action Forward - Will We Get the Job Done?, January 13, 1-2:15 PM
Join Harvard faculty, students, and fellow alumni for a cross-disciplinary conversation about climate change.
Join Harvard faculty, students, and fellow alumni for a cross-disciplinary conversation
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Webinar: What is the West Michigan Green Affordable Housing Program? December 16, 12 pm EST
For the 6th year in a row the GreenHome Institute is excited to continue their Green Affordable Housing program, this time assisting project all throughout West Michigan and Kalamazoo through 2023.
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The Urban Land Institute Foundation Gala October 23, 7-10 pm, Los Angeles. California
The Urban Land Institute Foundation celebratory gala will be marking the opening of the ULI 2017 Fall Meeting in Los Angeles. The dinner—to honor Roy Hilton March and his many contributions to ULI a…
Greenbuild India Expo Bombay Exhibition Center (NESCO) Mumbai, India, Nov. 2-5
Greenbuild India is presented by U.S. Green Building Council and ABEC Exhibitions & Conferences PVT. LTD, with support from its 2017 media partners and company sponsors. In addition to the pre-con…
Buildings 2.0 Conference, UI Labs, Chicago, September 19
A full-day inside look into "smart buildings" featuring keynotes from WeWork, Microsoft, SOM, DPR, Certain Measures and more. We're talking about how A.I., machine learning, IoT, and other emerging…
Lunch & Learn: Natural Gas for Sustainable Design, September 13 in Chattanooga TN
Free for Members to Attend / $15 Non-Members: RSVP HERE! Join green|spaces for our monthly lunch & learn. September is presented by Chattanooga Gas - Natural Gas for Sustainable Design. At the e…
Stonington Passive House Construction Site Visit Monday, July 31, 2017, 5 pm
Wyeth Architects llc will host a construction site visit of their single-family project slated for Passive House, LEED, and Energy Star certifications. This event is free, though a limited number o…
USGBC CO Roaring Fork Rocky Mountain Institute Presentation & Tour, July 21, Basalt
Join an event hosted by USGBC Colorado Roaring Fork Branch and AIA Colorado West. At this event, attendees will tour the new Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) building in Basalt, Colorado. Following t…
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and its Building Clean initiative are pleased to invite you to a free symposium, Pick Your Poison: How Toxic Exposure Could Increase Under Proposed EPA Changes. Th…
Free GBRC Seminar: Mobility and Green Buildings, July 26, Houston
People generally have to get themselves to and from buildings, green or otherwise. Most people are tired of traffic, and part of the population wants to bicycle, another part wants to take transit, an…
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