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Lighting Retrofits: Making the Best Choices Now to Ensure Future Performance, June 13, WI
LED technologies will last a decade or more, so how can you make the right decisions today that will ensure great performance years into the future? Learn to balance today’s options and costs with long-term benefits. Most contractors a… more...
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0 replies | 979 views | Posted on: 06/07/2018 | Last updated: 06/07/2018
Green Gab Podcast - ECOBAGS and The Magic of Tiny Business, with Sharon Rowe, Aired May 26
Sharon Rowe, founder and CEO of ECOBAGS Products and author of The Magic of Tiny Business: You Don’t Have to Go Big to Make a Great Living, gabs with Marla and Tony about the origin and impact of her trademark lightweight, expandable, cot… more...
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0 replies | 1550 views | Posted on: 06/07/2018 | Last updated: 06/07/2018
Getting to Zero - A Review of the National Forum, June 8, 8:30-10am, USGBCMA, Boston
Were you unable to make it to the Getting to Zero conference this April? No worries, join Henrietta Davis (former mayor of Cambridge) and Kate Bubriski (Director of Sustainability at Arrowstreet) for their key takeaways on where the nationa… more...
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0 replies | 883 views | Posted on: 06/07/2018 | Last updated: 06/07/2018
40 Largest U.S. Cities Get a Health Rating - CityHealth's 2018 Report
CityHealth, which is an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, supports cities thrive through a set of policies that improve people’s day-to-day quality of life, well-being, and health. In 2017, CityHealth release… more...
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0 replies | 1860 views | Posted on: 05/28/2018 | Last updated: 06/06/2018
4th Annual Allegheny SolarFest, June 24, Pittsburgh, PA
Free admission to the Children’s Museum from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. During this time, check out the 4th annual Allegheny SolarFest, which runs from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm in Buhl Community Park: A 100% solar-powered event to celebrate t… more...
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0 replies | 1715 views | Posted on: 06/05/2018 | Last updated: 06/05/2018
LEED Must Address Climate Change by Updating - Team Submits "LEEDing on Climate Change" Proposal for Upgrading LEED 4.1
Development of LEED started in 1993 by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Over the past 20 years, LEED has become the dominant green building design standard in the US and arguably the the world, adding over 2 million s… more...
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0 replies | 1967 views | Posted on: 05/25/2018 | Last updated: 06/05/2018
Sustainability Management Conference, Providence, RI, July 30 - August 1
Learn benchmark leading practices, discover new solutions and hear hard-won accomplishments from your peers. Discover new innovative strategies companies are using to meet sustainability goals and how companies address sustainability trends… more...
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0 replies | 1138 views | Posted on: 05/31/2018 | Last updated: 06/05/2018
U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index: California in the First Place, Followed by Massachusetts
Clean Edge’s 2017 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index ranks the clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the United States’ 50 largest metropolitan areas from electric vehicles, renewables initiatives, policy to investments. The 2017 … more...
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0 replies | 978 views | Posted on: 06/04/2018 | Last updated: 06/05/2018
CIB World Building Congress: "Constructing Smart Cities", June 17-21, 2019, Hong Kong, China
The following topics will be discussed: Smart Utilities and Facilities Management, Smart Governance, Smart Policy and Economy, Smart Environment, Smart Service, Smart Buildings and Infrastructure, Smart Transportation and Mobility, Smart Pe… more...
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0 replies | 1403 views | Posted on: 05/29/2018 | Last updated: 06/04/2018
2018 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting, 5–10 August, New Orleans, Louisiana
ESA meetings, open to ESA members and those interested in ecology, are among the most respected meetings of ecologists in the scientific community. ESA values the diversity of views, expertise, opinions, backgrounds, and experiences reflect… more...
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0 replies | 1349 views | Posted on: 06/04/2018 | Last updated: 06/04/2018
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