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Webinar: Options for Balanced Ventilation & Tighter Envelopes, May 11, 2 pm CST
We’ve all heard that we need to “Build Tight and Ventilate Right,” but do we have the approaches that we need that are cost competitive, bring sales opportunities, and are beneficial to resiliency, comfort, and IEQ? In thi… more...
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Heating, Venting and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)
0 replies | 1511 views | Posted on: 05/03/2021 | Last updated: 05/04/2021
Webinar: Toxins in Our Construction Waste, June 2, 12 pm PST
Industry tends to promote diversion as the most important aspect in construction and demolition residuals management. But a small component (less than 5%) is composed of toxic substances such as electronics, asbestos-containing materials, c… more...
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Waste Management and Collection/Recycling
0 replies | 1258 views | Posted on: 05/03/2021 | Last updated: 05/04/2021
Free Webinar: Building A Circular Economy, May 25, 12 pm EDT
This talk will be led by Evy Hambro, a Managing Director, and the Global Head of Thematic and Sector based investing and team leader for the Natural Resources team within the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity Grou… more...
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Financial Services
0 replies | 4885 views | Posted on: 04/30/2021 | Last updated: 04/30/2021
Free Green Building Webinar: Designing Touchless Solutions for Proper Hand Hygiene, May 25, 12 pm EDT
How can commercial restroom design reduce touchpoints, promote proper hand hygiene, and reduce the spread of infection? This course explores this timely question. Attendees will first hear an overview of hygienic restroom design, learning a… more...
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Plastering
0 replies | 1392 views | Posted on: 04/27/2021 | Last updated: 04/29/2021
Free Webinar: Heat Pump Clothes Dryers — Minnesota Field and Consumer Research Findings, May 6, 11 am CST
Clothes dryers are a significant component of residential electricity use. Spurred by the emerging availability of heat pump clothes dryers in U.S. markets and their common use in Europe, we examined the potential for adding these high-effi… more...
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Heating, Venting and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)
0 replies | 1529 views | Posted on: 04/27/2021 | Last updated: 04/27/2021
Healthy Materials Advanced, Online Training, May 19, 9 am - 4 pm
In this course, participants will learn which Materials & Resources (MR) credits in LEED v4 your project can easily achieve, and what you need to know to get them. TheMR credits in LEED v4 move us away from single-attribute product sele… more...
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Materials Recovery
0 replies | 1107 views | Posted on: 04/27/2021 | Last updated: 04/27/2021
Free Online Green Building Speaker Series: Natural Building & a Changing Climate, May 19, 6 pm PST
We will take a look at how we can bridge ancient and modern building practices to address our changing hazards in our built environment. We will look at the efforts and challenges of testing these materials in a paradigm that is not created… more...
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Architects
0 replies | 1083 views | Posted on: 04/27/2021 | Last updated: 04/27/2021
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) water. Hot water is a system: heater, distr… more...
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Plumbing
0 replies | 959 views | Posted on: 04/25/2021 | Last updated: 04/25/2021
Radio BE-Ex: Building Retrofits as Climate Action with Carl Elefante, May 20, 1 pm EDT
Join this podcast for the next episode of Radio BE-Ex, where Architect Carl Elefante, FAIA, FAPT, LEED AP, highlights AIA’s commitment to climate action and the central importance of retrofitting existing buildings… more...
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0 replies | 2513 views | Posted on: 04/25/2021 | Last updated: 04/25/2021
Free Virtual Workshop Series: Building Retrofit Series, Session 5, Smart Homes, May 11, 8 am ET, 1 pm BST
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 foreseeable way for Greater Manchester and the… more...
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0 replies | 555 views | Posted on: 03/21/2021 | Last updated: 04/24/2021
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