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2022 MassRecycle Virtual Conference & Trade Show, March 31-April 1

by samanthaklein // Intern

MassRecycle will host this conference virtually over the course of two days on Thursday, March 31st (afternoon) and Friday, April 1st (morning). There will be a large audience of people from the

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Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: MassRecycle,Waste Management

0 replies | 1392 views | Posted on: 03/21/2022 | Last updated: 03/21/2022

Road to Zero: Summit, Green Building Tour of Ryerson Conservation Area, Riverwoods, Illinois, November 8, 10-11 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Join Illinois Green Alliance for the last 2024 Road to Zero: Summit Tour series at the beautiful Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods, IL, to explore the new Phius ZERO-certified education center.

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Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 841 views | Posted on: 10/21/2024 | Last updated: 10/21/2024

Free Webinar: Basics of Lighting Controls, October 22, 9-11 am

by Hani // Social media manager

This introductory course on lighting controls provides attendees a practical guide to common lighting control components found in commercial lighting systems. The class will introduce how to use contr

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California Green Building

0 replies | 967 views | Posted on: 09/25/2024 | Last updated: 09/25/2024

Free Webinar: Clean Energy Workforce Diversity: Access, Inclusion and Belonging, October 2, 10-11am PT

by Hani // Social media manager

Market evolution, technological innovation, and policies focused on climate action have strengthened economic opportunities in the U.S. energy sector and driven workforce development. However, the cle

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1149 views | Posted on: 09/03/2024 | Last updated: 09/03/2024

Free Webinar, Fall 2024 Resiliency Academy Session 1 — The Latest on Climate in the Mid-Atlantic, September 5, 1-2:30 pm EDT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

As our climate is changing, we are experiencing more extreme events, such as heat waves and storms, which are impacting the way our communities need to plan. The first session of the Fall Resiliency A

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0 replies | 1009 views | Posted on: 08/13/2024 | Last updated: 08/14/2024

Webinar: Health In the Built Environment: Transit, Mobility & Public Health, August 6, 9-10:30 am ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Access to reliable transportation is critical to economic mobility and to public health and wellbeing. In Pittsburgh, a quarter of households do not have access to a car, and according to a recent stu

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Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

0 replies | 826 views | Posted on: 07/24/2024 | Last updated: 07/24/2024

Heat Pumps: A Guide To Keeping Clients Happy, July 11, 5:30-7:30 pm MT, Free Hybrid Event Online and in Lafayette, Colorado

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Don't Get Tripped Up By Heat Pumps: A Guide To Keeping Your Clients Happy.  Join Colorado Green Building Guild (CGBG) for a presentation and Q+A session featuring four heat pump experts

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Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 1680 views | Posted on: 06/26/2024 | Last updated: 06/26/2024

Building Electrification Fundamentals Part 3 of a 4 Part Series: - Intro to BE Technologies, July 25, 10 am - 12 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

The clean energy economy is upon us but what does that mean to you? Learn about the technologies utilized to turn your building into an efficient, clean and healthy space to live and work. This period

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California Green Building

0 replies | 1246 views | Posted on: 06/07/2024 | Last updated: 06/07/2024

Advancing Sustainable Data Centers, June 13, 9 am - 3 pm, Leesburg, Virginia

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

GBI's Advancing Sustainable Data Centers Seminar will bring together data center designers, owners, and operators to share innovative strategies to improve the sustainability and resilience of dat

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0 replies | 1302 views | Posted on: 05/23/2024 | Last updated: 05/23/2024

2024 ULI Asia Pacific Summit, May 27-30, Tokyo, Japan

by Hani // Social media manager

Where ULI Members come together to shape the built environment

ULI Asia Pacific Summit is a signature real estate event that yearly attracts over 700 decision makers from across Asia Pacific and be

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Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 1082 views | Posted on: 05/03/2024 | Last updated: 05/03/2024

BEAM Carbon Accounting Estimator, Online Training, June 20, 21, 24

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This live, online course is delivered over three 1-1/2hr sessions and will help you get up to speed with BEAM. You will finish this course with a solid foundation in embodied carbon acc

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0 replies | 1722 views | Posted on: 05/24/2022 | Last updated: 06/01/2022

2022 Energy Efficiency Finance Forum, May 23-25

by samanthaklein // Intern

How do we finance a rapid scaling of deep building retrofits and other energy-saving initiatives? The 14th Energy Efficiency Finance Forum will tackle this question, acknowledging the vital role that

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New York Green Building Group

Keywords: finance,Energy Efficiency,Renewable Energy,Retrofit,reducing waste

0 replies | 2108 views | Posted on: 04/30/2022 | Last updated: 05/03/2022

Passive House & Resilient Design in the Face of Fire, Webinar, April 12 9 am PT / 10 am MT / Noon ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Fire has always been a normal part of the west but with climate change and ever-expanding built environments our homes and cities are increasingly vulnerable. Firewise design strategies have been base

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Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 857 views | Posted on: 04/11/2022 | Last updated: 04/11/2022

"Offshore Wind Power Update – When Will We Benefit from this Green Resource?" - Sustainability Forum Luncheon, NSTC, Beverly, MA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

On August 8, 2016, Governor Baker made history by signing into law the nation’s largest commitment to offshore wind power. With America’s first five offshore wind turbines up and running in Rhode …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1189 views | Posted on: 02/05/2018 | Last updated: 02/05/2018

Bridge to 2030: Embodied Carbon and Existing Buildings, March 15, 8:30 am

by samanthaklein // Intern

Embodied carbon consists of all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building construction, including those that arise from extracting, transporting, manufacturing, and installing bu

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Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

Keywords: Energy,Retrofit,Embodied Carbon

0 replies | 1466 views | Posted on: 03/01/2022 | Last updated: 03/01/2022

GreenCE Webinar: Protect, Enhance and Maintain Glass, February 23, 12 pm EST

by samanthaklein // Intern

This webinar will evaluate protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a low maintenance

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Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Windows,Performance Glass,Maintaining Glass,Glass

0 replies | 1732 views | Posted on: 01/20/2022 | Last updated: 01/22/2022

Online Course: Buildings and Carbon, February 8, 1 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

This course will focus on climate impacts associated with carbon emissions from the built environment. It will emphasize the importance of goal setting and taking actions to manage building-related ca

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Filed under: Online Courses

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Carbon Neutrality,Embodied Carbon,Operational Carbon

0 replies | 2566 views | Posted on: 12/29/2021 | Last updated: 12/29/2021

Webinar: Community Heat Pump Systems: Piping, Pumping and System Controls, January 5, 2 pm ET

by samanthaklein // Intern

Heating buildings by burning fossil fuels causes significant emissions of greenhouse gases. Many states already recognize the need to move away from this and have established climate action goals to h

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Filed under: Heat Pumps

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Energy,NYSERDA,Heat Pumps,Community Development,ASHRAE

0 replies | 3069 views | Posted on: 12/05/2021 | Last updated: 12/06/2021

Greenbuild Mexico 2018, June 19 - 21, Mexico City, Mexico

by YijunW

Greenbuild Mexico is the flagship event for sustainability professionals. Greenbuild Mexico offers a forum for the green building community to unite, change lives, revolutionize business and addres…

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

0 replies | 1111 views | Posted on: 05/17/2018 | Last updated: 05/23/2018

Movie Night: “A Chemical Reaction: The Story of True Green Revolution,” Wednesday, May 16, 7pm, Wellesley, MA

by YijunW

Movie Night: “A Chemical Reaction: The Story of True Green Revolution” Wednesday, May 16, 7pm, Wakelin Room – Wellesley Free Library. A screening and discussion of this 2009 film about a Cana…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1114 views | Posted on: 05/10/2018 | Last updated: 05/10/2018

USGBC Massachusetts, Air Barriers, May 8, Boston, MA

by YijunW

Continuous air barriers are required by code and paramount to the energy efficiency of a building. There are numerous ways to provide a code-compliant air barrier system, including building wraps, sea…

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Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 993 views | Posted on: 05/02/2018 | Last updated: 05/02/2018

USGBC’s seventh annual IMPACT 2018 conference and expo, April 30–May 1, St Paul, Minnesota

by YijunW

IMPACT is the premier green building event in the Midwest. The conference unites hundreds of regional builders, developers and business leaders across America’s heartland to discuss today’s sustai…

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1002 views | Posted on: 04/24/2018 | Last updated: 04/24/2018

AEC Next Technology Expo & Conference, June 5-7, Anaheim, CA

by YijunW

AEC Next Technology Expo + Conference is all about a vendor-neutral expo floor and a diverse conference program featuring solutions that seek to improve the built world. You’ll have the opportuni…

Filed under: California

California Green Building

0 replies | 2048 views | Posted on: 04/12/2018 | Last updated: 04/12/2018

CleanTech-Age Expo & Conference , April 16-17, NY Hall of Science

by AbbieKnight

The CleanTechAge Expo & Conference is a destination and marketplace for the new paradigm of sales and marketing, business development methods and financing opportunities for cleantech products and ser…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Building

0 replies | 1681 views | Posted on: 03/15/2018 | Last updated: 03/16/2018

Using Green Infrastructure to Manage Urban Stormwater - Webinar Series - March 20-21 and 27-28

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Green Infrastructure (GI) uses vegetation and soil to manage urban stormwater. Gray Infrastructure uses only pipes and ponds to manage stormwater. Smart cities use them both, and optimize each. Gre…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Green Infrastructure,Stormwater Management

0 replies | 1936 views | Posted on: 02/28/2018 | Last updated: 02/28/2018

 

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