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Free Virtual Workshop Series: Building Retrofit, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11
The energy performance of the existing UK housing stock is generally very poor and an extensive retrofit programme that utilises the most energy efficient technologies and practices is the only forese
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Green Building Walking Tour: Women+ In Green Urban Hike, June 8, 2-4 pm, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The GBA’s Women+ in Green network for an urban hike in Downtown Pittsburgh as they explore their city’s many high-performing buildings! Following along GBA’s Green Building
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Passive House 201: Technical Aspects of Design & Construction, May 18, 3 pm ET
This session will take a deeper look into common design & construction strategies for achieving the Passive House standard.
Concepts will include building envelope & insulation, a
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Free CE Webinar: Multifamily Electrification: Change is Coming Fast, May 3, 12-1 pm
As the planet warms—with ever-worsening heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires—there is growing awareness of the need to curb climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions. This is why, in a fe
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CxEnergy 2023 is the premier event in commissioning, building technology, and energy management. The 30+ educational sessions, state-of-the-art expo hall, and professional net
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Better Building by Design, April 5-6, Burlington, Vermont
Better Building by Design (BBD) is a regional design and construction conference, which features interactive learning about building durability, efficiency, and value for both residential and com
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Free Webinar: Commercial Building Electrification Pathways, March 21, 2-3:30 pm ET
Commercial buildings have the potential to lead the way to a decarbonized, electrified future. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will accelerate these efforts in states and cities acros
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In partnership with AIA New York, this multi-day course provides 14 CES LU|HSWs and training to make significant energy and carbon reductions in your clients’ buildings.
New York has gotten s
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Free PG&E Webinar, Introduction to the Passive House Standard. February 15, 9am-1pm PST
The Introduction to the Passive House Standard guides participants through the principles and economics of the Passive House Standard with an in-depth look at enclosure insulation & thermal bridgi
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Home Building Crossroads Webinar: Strategy to Process - Roofs, June 15, 12 pm EDT
Home Building Crossroads provides residential home construction professionals a chance to discuss challenges and hear solutions from today’s leading experts, as well as network with other profes
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Free Green Building Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, May 26, 12 pm EDT
This one-hour course will discuss vertical opening systems, how they’re built, differences in operation & typical usages for interior & exterior applications. Also, this webinar wil
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Sustainable Facilities Forum 2021, a Virtual Event, May 20
The program for this virtual event includes access to education sessions, live webinar keynote, and to the sustainable products webinars. This also includes unlimited rewatching access for the educati
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Webinar: Home Composting for Zero Waste, April 20, 7 pm EDT
Home composting is easier than people might think. Most of the work is done by nature’s composting work force (decomposers). All we have to do is feed them our food scraps and yard waste, give t
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Electric utilities today must contain costs at a time when many need to modernize aging systems and all face major changes in technologies, customer preferences and competitive pressures. Most U.S…
Free CE Webinar: All About Ducted Mini Splits, April 7, 12 pm EDT
This session is a follow up to "Introduction to Fully Ducted Heat Pumps for All Electric Heating & Cooling." It reviews different types of ducted indoor units, the special design conside
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CxEnergy Virtual, April 6 - April 29
(Washington, DC, February 16, 2021) CxEnergy, the premier industry event in commissioning, energy management and building diagnostics, was originally set for April in Fort Worth, TX, but had to be can
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Webinar: Low-Tech Farm Hacks and DIY Infrastructure, March 1, 7 pm EST
Starting a vegetable farm can be very expensive but some easy DIY projects can cut your costs significantly. Lisa Helm will share practical tricks she’s picked up from her experience founding th
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Florida Energy Summit Oct 18- 20, Fort Lauderdale
This year the summit will be held October 18-20, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and will highlight how the State and South Florida are preparing for the future through energy innovation. The su…
Statewide Climate Resiliency Strategy Roundtable, Oct 18, 1-3pm, Hope Valley, Rhode Island
RI is gathering input from community leaders from across the state on climate change impacts now and in the future. The input will help inform Rhode Island's first climate resiliency strategy. We hope…
TRUE - A New Rating System Administered by GBCI
Green Business Certification Inc. (GCBI) recently introduced its new brand identity for its zero waste rating system known as TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency). The TRUE Zero Waste certificatio
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Resilient Architecture And Urbanism, April 10-12, Groningen, Netherlands
Our attitudes, business models, products, services and actions related to the design, build, maintenance and transformation of our Built Environments have to change fundamentally. New build, renovatio…
4th Annual WCS Talks, Women in Cleantech & Sustainability, Saturday, November 4, Mountain View
WCS Talks is a TED Style event featuring the brightest minds and most inspiring stories of the clean economy metamorphosis occurring all over the world. The annual event features both women and men fr…
The 17th annual SyracuseCoE Symposium, Water + Energy + Design: Innovations for Healthy, Vibrant Communities will feature presentations by keynote speakers, Faculty Fellows, and collaborating research…
USGBC-LA's new blog post: The Eclipse
"Where were you on Monday? Did you block time on your calendar between 9:45 and 10:30am to make sure you could take a peak at the solar eclipse? If you’re like me, I was checking the weather and ask…
Tesla built three battery storage plants and they accounted for 15 percent of the battery storage installed planet-wide last year. It's fair to say that just one of these plants would be the largest s…
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