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Green Building Trend Watch, January 28, Pittsburgh, PA
Join GBA staff for an overview of notable trends in the green building industry. Speakers Kara Magoolaghan and Leslie Montgomery will discuss topics such as but not
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Boston Climatetech Summit, October 29, Online and In Somerville, Massachusetts
The annual Greentown Climatetech Summit is the premier gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, policymakers, and philanthropists accelerating the climate, energy, and industrial t
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Redefining Success for Building Performance Standards (BPS), Online, July 23, 2 - 4 pm ET
Setting clear targets can help guide progress—but when those targets are too rigid, they can limit long-term success.
The session explores the tension between compliance-driven targets and th
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Solar & Storage Industry Retrospective, Online, August 24, 12 - 1 PM CT
So much has happened across the solar and clean energy landscape over the past year since HR 1 and quite frankly, many of us haven't had the time or bandwidth to fully process it all. This August,
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Downtown All Electric: Salesforce Tower Chicago Building Tour, June 25, Chicago, Illinois
Salesforce Tower Chicago, a 60-story landmark at the meeting point of the Chicago River’s three branches, is designed with energy efficiency and sustainability at its core. Completed in 2023, th
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"Welcome Home" Norwell Passive House Project Tour, June 26, 9-11am, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Want to see for yourself how Passive House offsite construction meets the city’s affordable and infill housing goals? The team behind the Norwell Street infill project in Dorchester—d
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Free Webinar: Reducing Carbon Emissions from MEP Systems, June 9, 9:30 - 11 am PT
As we move to reduce carbon emissions from our buildings and align with California carbon-reduction goals, we often overlook the impacts and opportunities in mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP)
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Duct Diagnostics: Evaluation & Troubleshooting for Real-World Systems is a building scientist–focused webinar that walks professionals through how to identify, evaluate, and troubleshoot com
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Earth Week Networking Evening - Commercial Retrofits & Energy Efficiency, April 21, New York, NY
This Earth Week, join Building Energy Exchange and Energy by 5 for an engaging discussion exploring innovative, high-impact retrofits in commercial real estate!
Featuring case studies and rea
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Free Webinar Hosted by Emu Passive: Passive House Construction Details, April 9, 12 pm ET
This presentation offers an in-depth exploration of developing Passive House-level construction details applicable to commercial, residential, and retrofit projects. It is fundamentally stru
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ADUs: A Green Infill Housing Solution in Your Backyard - Free CE Webinar, March 11, 12pm EDT
This webinar will provide an overview of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). ADUs are becoming a rapidly popular housing form in expensive housing markets in the US.
This webinar will provide context
Jumping in to the JUST Certification, February 26, St. Louis, MO
JUST is a voluntary disclosure tool developed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) intended to help organizations optimize policies that improve social equity and enhance employee engag
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Google's Henderson, Nevada Data Center to be Powered by a $1 Billion Solar Farm
Google’s new data center in Henderson, Nevada will be powered largely by a $1 billion solar farm. The project is one of the largest corporate solar deals signed in the US, and maybe t
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A bionic leaf? It may sound like something out of a Star Trek movie, but on June 2nd scientists at Harvard University announced that they have created an artificial leaf that is able to perform photos…
Webinar: NEXTGEN SMART BUILDING SHOWCASE - IoT, AI, Experience and Beyond, January 14
The idea of Smart Buildings has been around for decades. Initially focused on basic building automation of siloed building systems with little to no interoperability, the concept of a smart building h
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The design principles associated with passive house construction are well documented. Core aspects such as continuous air barriers, heat recovery/fresh air ventilation, and minimizing thermal barriers
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USGBC LA: Interior Removal Services Demolition Facility Tour, December 3, Los Angeles, CA
Tour the offices and donation warehouse of Interior Removal Specialist, Inc., and the adjacent recycling facility of Construction and Demolition Recycling Inc. Learn what can happen when re-use is a p
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Passivhaus Trust Seminars at London Build Expo 2019, November 27, London, UK
The Trust will be hosting some Passivhaus seminars at the ever popular London Build Expo.
About London Build Expo:
London Build 2019 (November 27th & 28th, Olympia London) is the leadin
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MIT Climate CoLab Crowds and Climate Conference Thursday, September 29, Cambridge
Crowds & Climate Climate CoLab Wednesday, September 28 8:30 AM - Thursday, 29 September 12:30 PM (EDT) Cambridge, MA The MIT Climate CoLab is an online community of over 75,000 people, where exp…
Cleantech Energy Storage Finance Forum Thursday, September 15, 5- 8 PM, Boston
Cleantech Energy Storage Finance Forum Thursday, September 15, 5- 8 PM Massachusetts Clean Energy Center 63 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02110 Please join a broad range of energy s…
Get LEED Certified with courses at Nassau Community College!
Nassau Community College located in Garden City, NY will be offering Green Building oriented classes starting this fall! Classes include: LEED Green Associate Certification, LEED AP BD+C Exam Prep, an…
JULY 20th: Future Tech Women Seacoast Chapter Hangout
Come join the next Future Tech Women Seacoast Chapter Hangout! Light refreshments and drinks will be available. Future Tech Women (FTW) exists today to serve women and girls in New Hampshire with t…
"Dear President Obama" Film Screening - Friday AUGUST 5, 2016 - 1:00 PM
Save the Date! "Dear President Obama" Film Screening - Friday AUGUST 5, 2016 - 1:00 PM Arise Music Festival 100 Sunrise Ranch Rd Loveland, CO The film takes a cross-country look at drill…
10 Cities That Are Sustainable Food Vanguards
With the world population expected to rise from 7.4 billion to a whopping 11.2 billion by 2011, a serious and significant question has been percolating through the international community: how are we …
COP21: What Does the Paris Agreement Do - And Not Do?
Thanks to expansive and comprehensive media coverage, millions of people have heard or seen the words “COP21” or the “Paris Agreement” at some point in the past year, and millions more people …
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