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What are developers doing to create sustainable buildings – and what is driving their decisions? What is the current state of real estate-related sustainability, such as building energy use, air
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Building enclosures – the roof, walls, and floor – are the first line of defense between nature and people. Enclosure performance is optimized when air sealing and insulation – two u
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Upgrading the thermal and air leakage performance of existing homes exposes a variety of hazards that many professionals either do not know how to address or how to communicate the importance of the i
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Rachel Carson EcoVillage Lunch + Learn, December 19, 11 am - 1 pm, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Rachel Carson EcoVillage at Providence Heights will be a multi-generational co-housing community of 35 private units ranging from studios to four bedrooms, adjacent to LaRoche University. Th
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Free Online Training: Remote Monitoring for Irrigation Efficiency, December 5, 1:30-3:30 pm PT
Remote monitoring and control are key factors in assisting farmers with efficient irrigation and plant health maintenance. In fact, these systems are gaining traction and becoming more advanced and mo
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This session will explore how to revitalize and optimize ventilation systems in existing multi-family buildings in New York to bring older, inefficient, and poorly performing ventilation systems in co
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Greener Together: Speed Networking in Sustainability, November 7, 5:30-8:30 pm, Chicago, Illinois
Join the Illinois Green Alliance Auxiliary Board for an evening of speed networking with sustainability and green building professionals.
An inclusive green transition is taking root across the cou
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Free Webinar: A Builder’s Perspective on Zero Net Energy, October 15, 11:30am-1pm
For the contractors and trades involved in residential and small commercial projects, Zero Net Energy (ZNE), or near-ZNE, is on the rise, to meet the energy code as well as client expectations. Mike H
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GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials (O&M) has been completely revamped to provide building professionals with strategies to improve efficiency, comfort, and health. Participants leav
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Free Webinar: Future of Your Home's Breaker Box for Electrification, August 14, 12-1 pm ET
Between new regulatory requirements for all-electric homes, the desire to have at-home EV charging, and/or more efficient appliances, pressure is placed on builders to accommodate higher loads, result
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Passive House Policy Summit, a Passive House Accelerator Event, April 26, 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST
It’s often said in Passive House circles that we already have the solutions at our fingertips to make buildings part of the climate solution rather than the climate problem. We just need to use
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Online: Multifamily Retrofits Playbooks Launch, March 24, 9 am EDT
To meet future stringent efficiency and carbon regulations, upgrades to buildings should be approached proactively and not in response to system failures or unexpected tenant turnover. Building owners
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Helvex Waterless Urinals: Increasing Water Efficiency while Saving Money, Maintenance, and Energy
Green Builder Matt Hoots was fortunate to engage in a great and informative conversation focused on waterless urinals with Stefana Naicu, and Gerardo Roa of Helvex, a leading Americas manufactur
Pollinators serve a very important role in agriculture. Grasses such as wheat and corn are pollinated by the wind, but most other native crops require pollination by bees or other pollinating animals.…
Webinar: Warm Homes for Less, Presented by South East London Community Energy, February 11, 11am BST
Are you worried about the cost of electricity and gas this winter? Discover how you can keep your Homes Warmer for Less.
Join our Warm homes for less webinar!
Take your first step to healthy hom
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Shifting From Crisis Management to Innovation: Teaching for a Sustainable Future
Learn from and connect with other classroom educators to explore the lessons we have learned from this year of virtu
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Webinar: State of the Voluntary Green Power Market, January 28, 1 pm EST
This annual webinar will focus primarily on the voluntary market, through which consumers and institutions voluntarily procure renewable energy for all or part of their electricity needs. The webinar
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Healthy Buildings Summit 2017, November 2-4, Seven Springs, PA
The IAQ, Disaster Restoration and Home Performance industries are all going through major changes and only those that adapt will survive. The Healthy Building Summit brings together indoor environm…
ASHRAE Winter Conference & AHR Expo, January 20-24, Chicago
The 2018 ASHRAE Winter Conference technical program includes tracks on what ASHRAE is most known for – standards, fundamentals and applications, systems and equipment – tracks on industry trends i…
LEED v4: Paints and Coatings, GreenCE Webinar, Wednesday November 15, 12:00-1:00pm EST
Get a comprehensive overview of LEED v4 BD+C New Construction credits – and how paints and coatings can contribute directly and indirectly to LEED credits. We’ll review credit intents, explain cre…
Introduction to the Living Community Challenge, Sept 28 5:30 – 7:30 PM - Wickford, RI
This presentation touches on the methodology of the Living Community Challenge (LCC) program and its components. This workshop will look at the similarities and differences between the LCC and the Liv…
Hitchcock Living Building Tour
Come meet our newest educator – our environmental education center! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been made with r…
Energy costs typically take up a large portion of a school's budget. But what if there was a way for you to cut the costs of energy and increase the revenue and ROI for your school? The summer is …
Understanding the environmental, social and economic benefits of sustainable landscapes is essential for designers, developers, investors, and policymakers who influence land development and want bett…
Organic waste, which makes up approximately thirty five percent of the total waste stream in Massachusetts, can be broken down to recover useful elements through natural and mechanical processes. In o…
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