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Free Green Building Webinar: Architectural Vertical Opening Solutions Plus, June 23, 12-1 pm EDT
At this session, Mike Bewer will review vertical operating systems, their construction and operating mechanisms, and their architectural applications and contributions to sustainable initiatives.
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Housing’s Future is Affordable, Healthy and Sustainable, Online, November 13, 3-4 pm ET
This panel brings together housing developers who are rethinking and reimaging housing from the construction process to design, from materials to operations, so that more people can afford comfortable
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Design Your Own Tiny House, Online Course, October 7 - November 25, Tuesdays, 7-9 pm ET
Tiny House Design offers ideas and strategies to help you envision and design an enriching small home. Yestermorrow will tour tiny houses (virtually or in person, depending on the course format), spar
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Join California Housing Partnership this August for their Annual Electrification Training Series for rehab and new construction developments. This year they are offering two deep dive sessio
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Build Reuse: Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2025, August 4-6, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Build Reuse’s annual Deconstruction + Reuse Conference brings together hundreds of professionals committed to advancing reuse in the building industry. The conference is consistently lauded by o
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Given the increasing frequency and severity of natural hazards and the dire predictions of climate scientists, it is imperative to redouble efforts to mitigate climate change and adapt to reduce the c
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Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting encompasses a wide range of topics, and it can be challenging for teams to know where to start, what to prioritize, and how to justify the require
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Electrification is taking form in California - over 70 municipalities have policies phasing out gas appliances and the state aims to have six million heat pumps installed by 2030. The massive infrastr
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Passive Design/Build Boot Camp, May 19, Newton, Massachusetts
What is Emu Passive?
Emu Passive is an organization that focuses on empowering the construction industry to build for the future by simplifying and standardizing passive systems.
What will yo
What drives multifamily developers to make their projects zero energy?
Hear from 4 developers who attempted to take their projects to zero energy / low carbon and learn about their experience so yo
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Green Jobs Forum (8th Annual) & Career Fair with Resilient Virginia – August 26, 2021
Leaders in Energy will conduct its 8th Annual Green Jobs Forum & Career Fair on Thursday, August 26, 2021, from 1:30 – 6:30 pm EDT.
Our theme is “The Moment is Now for Green Jo
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During session 2 we will continue our dicussion on the 1st pillar of Green Building, Energy!
Topics include
- The energy effeciency pyrmaid for decision making on easiest, cheapest DIY energy i
COVID-19 Reentry with LEED, July 15, 10 am - 12 pm PDT
Downtown streets, which are normally bustling with people, are currently a ghost town. Given how much things have shifted in the pandemic, owners want to address occupant health and to get t
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Urban Green Conference, October 4, 8:30am-12:30pm, New York, NY
Three years ago, New York committed to reducing citywide carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. The framework included three components: 1. Cut building energy use in half, 2. Transition to a low-ca…
Online Event: Buildings and Carbon - Green Building Training Program, June 8, 1 pm EST
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-relat
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Free Green Building Webinar: Practically Perfect Plumbing, May 19, 12 pm EST
Once we build a very high-performance building from the perspective of heating, cooling and ventilation and install high efficiency lighting and plug loads, we are left with what to do about (hot) wat
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Webinar: Managing the Net Zero Challenge Within the Built Environment, April 22, 10 am EDT
How on Earth? – an Earth Day special event - will bring a virtual panel of industry leaders and academics from the built environment together with policy shapers, economists, behaviouralist
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EES India Exhibition & Conference (Electrical Energy Storage), Dec 5–7, Mumbai, India
EES India (Electrical Energy Storage) - The major platform for storage technologies reshaping India’s energy sector and enhancing grid reliability. EES is the industry hotspot for suppliers, …
Sustainable Job Opportunity: Full-Time President & CEO Kalamazoo Nature Center - Michigan
Kalamazoo Nature Center seeks an accomplished leader who demonstrates a keen understanding of and passion for the organization’s unique mission. The person must be ready to join with the Board to l…
SWANApalooza, Mar 5 - 7, Denver, CO
SWANApalooza is the collation of four of SWANA’s premiere industry events in one location. This allows attendees to learn about the technical aspect of municipal solid waste management. Howeve…
USGBC Arizona State Conference, Nov 16, Tempe
Join USGBC Arizona for its 6th Annual State Conference. This conference will bring together industry leaders, experts, and frontline professionals dedicated to sustainable building. Participants …
Introduction to Living Building Challenge by USGBC Massachusetts, Nov 16, Boston
The Living Building Challenge is the built environment's most rigorous performance standard. It calls for the creation of building projects that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as natu…
Midwest Regional Building Energy Codes Conference, November 15 - 16, Ann Arbor, MI
The Midwest Regional Building Energy Codes Conference brings together stakeholders from across the Midwest to discuss how best to promote the adoption and raise compliance with building energy codes a…
DEQ - Michigan Waste and Materials Management Conference, December 13 - December 14, Novi
Complying with waste regulations is important. Not only for the safety of our communities and employees, but also for the protection of our environment and natural resources, preserving them for enjoy…
Sustainable Silicon Valley's 4th Annual Winter Water Event, No Drop Left Behind: Smart & Sustainable Water Strategies, will provide 225 attendees exposure to innovative ideas and access to renowned wa…
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