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Webinar: Intro to "Living" Affordable Housing - ILFI Education Series, November 19, 7:45 am EDT
Join your local Living Future Collaborative for a live-viewing of the International Living Future Institute’s online course, Intro to “Living” Affordable Housing.Our future is s
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Free Online Training: Residential Lighting for Beauty, Comfort and Efficiency, April 5, 9am-12pm PT
This class shows designers, specifiers, contractors, and homeowners how to create beautiful residential lighting while saving energy and meeting code. Award-winning lighting designer David Wilds Patto
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With fewer building department staff, longer distances to travel between job sites, and less opportunity for workforce education and training, energy code enforcement can present unique challenges in
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Shipping Container Design, Online, Presented by Yestermorrow, 8 2-hour Sessions. March 12 - April 30
In this class, students will design their own shipping container home - for an actual site! - responding to weather, topography, codes, budget and schedule. Designing the foundations, HVAC, plumbing,
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Join PG&E as Electrify My Home (EMH) in this lunch time introductory level webinar series focused on home electrification. The Electrify Efficiently webinar series will highlight the tremendous bu
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Free Webinar: The New Cool: The Transition to Low-GWP and Natural Refrigerants, February 6, 11am EST
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) released into the atmosphere pose a significant global warming impact, prompting regulatory measures from the EPA to phase down the production and consumption of HFCs by 85%
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Free Webinar: Save Money On An Electric Car: Rebates & Incentives, January 15, 7pm
Federal and state incentives for electric vehicles (EVs) have all changed recently, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the 2022 climate bill in Massachusetts, and new program announcements f
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Free GreenHome Institute Webinar: Heat Pumps Can Be the Next AC: A Study, December 13, 12-1 pm ET
Heat pumps can do everything an air conditioner (AC) can and more. So why replace old ACs with the same old AC technology when heat pumps can do better? This idea is quickly moving from concept to rea
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School facility and custodial staff members are unsung heroes in the quest for healthy and high-performing school buildings that contribute to thriving environments for students. GPRO training fo
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Built Environment Plus: Energy Codes and Trends, Online, November 28, 3-5 pm
This course will cover many rapidly evolving elements of sustainable design with particular attention to energy codes and trends applicable in Massachusetts. Topics will include the new Stretch Energy
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Webinar: Applying Regenerative Principles in Your Work, January 7, 7-8 PM EST
This interactive session invites participants to further develop and apply regenerative thinking at home, in work, and across other dimensions of daily life.
Build It Green, in partnership with Bil
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Caleb Peck from Husqvarna recently spoke with Green Builder Matt Hoots about Husqvarna’s residential and commercial electric mowers and other lawn and maintenance equipment, some of which
Webinar: Selecting Healthy Insulation and Air Sealants
Insulation and air sealing are two cost-effective ways to increase the energy efficiency of a home. However, the chemicals that are found in some of these products or used during their production can
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WasteWise Spring Forum at Gillette Stadium! Tuesday, May 9, 8:30am-12:00pm
Register today for the WasteWise Spring Forum at Gillette Stadium! The forum will include an optional tour of Gillette Stadium's waste diversion infrastructure. The full agenda will be shared soon.…
BOOST 2020: The Midwest’s Emerging Entrepreneurs in Sustainability, November 10, 6 - 8pm
BOOST is a platform for early-stage entrepreneurs with innovative products and services to provide sustainable change in the Midwest. BOOST 2020 will be a virtual showcase, welcoming hundreds of suppo
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Plan Your Home’s Climate-Friendly Makeover with “Clean Energy Lives Here”
Heating systems have a big impact on your home’s greenhouse gas emissions and utility bills. In Massachusetts, on-site fossil fuel use in buildings accounts for 27% of greenhouse gas emissions,
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Webinar: USGBC Arc Performance Pro Level 1: Technical Virtual Workshop, October 29, 1-2pm
2.5 GBCI LEED-specific CEs
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Operational performance is the future of green building. Quantifying performance is key to understanding how sustainable your building is - whether it'
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Webinar: LEED Gold & Solar Best Practices: A Case Study, September 17, 12:30pm Central
Join Illinois Green Alliance for a presentation which will detail how, Norix, a major Chicagoland business designed, and is currently constructing, its headquarters to achieve LEED Gold
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Interested in learning more about clean, low-maintenance electric vehicles? Don't miss the next Green Night on July 12th! Massachusetts has been overseeing the installation of electric vehicle (EV) c…
Getting Started With Energy Savings Plus Health Webinar, July 11
Interested in taking a proactive approach to protecting indoor air quality (IAQ) while boosting energy efficiency in your school district? This webinar will take you through the steps for getting star…
This EBC Climate Change Series of five programs will examine the latest adaptation and resiliency programs at the city, state, and federal level as well as at institutions and in the private sector. …
Webinar: Teaching Systems Thinking to Fill the Climate Literacy Gap, June 1, 1:15 to 2:45 PM EST
Teaching Systems Thinking to Fill the Climate Literacy Gap What will it take to produce a workforce that understands the relationships between environmental, social, and business factors so we can…
Webinar: Ending Energy Poverty May 30th 11:30-1:00pm
Global electrification reached 85.3% in 2014, however, over 1 billion people still do not have electricity and more than 2.7 billion people are without clean cooking facilities. What has worked in…
Net-Positive Living in a Multifamily Urban Setting, Friday, May 5, 1-5 pm, Roxbury, MA
Join the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association for a tour of two energy-efficient duplex homes designed to look like a traditional Georgian Colonial and companion carriage house. These homes are pa…
Event: Rooftop units: strategies to reduce utility costs, 4/20, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Middleton, WI
Packaged rooftop units are used in more than 50 percent of all commercial buildings. With a focus on small- to medium-sized businesses, we’ll investigate how much they cost to operate. For example, …
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