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Join the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) for a conversation about the impacts of COVID-19 on essential workers and learn actionable strategies for finding your inner sanctuary d
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Strategies for Encouraging Continued Green Building Materials Demand and Supply Growth
I recently had a sober conversation with a colleague where we agreed we should be further along in quite a few ways than we are in terms of green building. I imagine many people in our wider cir
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Tour a Passive House Historic Renovation in New Haven, CT, September 6, 1-5 pm
Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a recently renovated historic building in New Haven, CT! During this event, attendees will learn how the project team transformed this building, originally a hotel fr
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USGBC Online Summit: Workforce Development in Green Building, September 3-5
How can we recruit, train and connect with a skilled green workforce? The U.S. has seen a 50% increase in green jobs since 2019, and the Inflation Reduction Act is anticipated to create an a
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In GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green, you will learn how to see buildings differently and discover strategies to make them efficient, healthy and resilient.
What you’ll learn
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Free Green Builder Media Webinar: Zero Energy Workforce Housing, July 17, 2-3 pm ET
Howard Building Science is building beautiful Zero Energy Ready Homes in Granite Falls, North Carolina for around $200,000. And these are not bare-bones homes. They are constructed with structural ins
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Have you ever wondered how electric technologies may impact you, your home, or your workplace? Or wondered what impacts they may have on your energy consumption, costs, or even the environment? If so,
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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, with Co-Host Blacks in Green, will be hosting Grey To Green Chicago: Exploring Green Infrastructure & Economic and Environmental Justice on June 7, 2024.
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Building electrification is rapidly accelerating in California and beyond. In 2022, for the first time, more electric heat pumps were sold than gas furnaces. It is important for homeowners,
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Free Webinar: Design Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change, May 20, 12-1pm PST
We face complex problems such as climate change, ecosystem destruction, and social and humanitarian crises. As these issues intensify, so does their disconnection from the world and from each oth
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Webinar: Material Bank: What are ‘Good’ Materials? January 20, 12:30 EST
The claim is that all materials are bad. But, some are worse than others. Designers need to weigh up which material is appropriate for each element of the design. It is helpful to look at things
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The NCSE Drawdown 2021 Conference will feature everything our community values from past NCSE Annual Conferences with the addition of an exciting new collaboration with Project Drawdown. Giv
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Community Connections Webinar: Midwest Energy Strategies, USGBC Ohio, December 10, 1 pm EST
This webinar will highlight Midwest-specific energy strategies.
This webinar will explore what is interesting in buildings now and how energy has been affected by under-occupancy. It will then dive
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Job opportunities with PHIUS, Chicago, Illinois
It’s an exciting time at PHIUS! We’re seeing a rapid uptake of the PHIUS+ 2015 Passive Building standard, and growing participation in our professional and product certification programs as well. …
One of the key components to achieving a Zero Net Energy building is the tightness of its envelope to air infiltration.
Learning objectives include:
- Summarize where and how buildings leak air
The Community Resilience Planning Guide not only provides direction on how to plan for and implement measures to improve community resilience, it also introduces science-based tools to measure resilie
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Instead of multiple presentations this month, USGBC - Missouri Gateway Chapter is excited to welcome Jenny Carney as our speaker to discuss the BIT Building System. BIT is a building perform
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Low Profile, All Fiberglass Essential Windows by Marvin (Video)
At the International Builders Show and Kitchen and Bathroom Show, Matt Hoots had the opportunity to talk with Kevin Kline of Marvin Windows about their Essential Collection. Where th
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NZ20, Net Zero Building Conference & Expo, September 15 - 16
As we focus on solving the climate crisis, our human family is focused on equality and the Black Lives Matter movement. Equality is a basic human right — to be free from fear, to be safe. To be
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Austin Sustainable Building materials Forum, June 30
Building materials are a big deal. Building booms create competition not only for labor and equipment, but also for construction materials—affecting supply lines, timelines and bottom lines. Design…
Boston's Future Buildings - How Do We Get to NetZero? June 15,7:30 pm, Jamaica Plain
Are your curious about Net Zero? Want to learn more?? Join MCAN board members Henrietta Davis and Tammy Peterson at an event this Thursday! BCEC is hosting a forum on Thursday to discuss Net Zero, …
Women in Cleanweb Boston June 21st 5:30pm-7:30pm
MassCEC + GA are pairing up for the Third Annual Women in Cleanweb event, an evening panel discussion focused on bringing together the developer and cleantech communities while highlighting challenges…
Snapshot on Sustainability - We stand on the shoulders of giants
USGBC-LA's blog "Snapshot on Sustainability", continues this week with reflections about the past built environment- and looking ahead. This week's new post is entitled, "I see further by standing on…
Passive House Massachusetts: LEEDv4 & PHIUS Passive House Standards, May 9, 6:30-8 pm
LEEDv4 & PHIUS Passive House Standards PH Mass May 9, 2017 6:30 to 8 PM @ BSA Boston Nick Falkoff, Principal of Auburndale Builders Inc This presentation will look at requirements and threshold…
Event: Grey to Green Conference, 5/8 - 5/10, Toronto, Canada
Make Better Infrastructure Decisions Senior levels of government continue to overlook the many benefits of investing in living green infrastructure such as urban forests, green roofs, and walls whe…
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