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Webinar: Construction, Demolition, and Building Material Reuse, December 16, 10 am EST

by samanthaklein // Intern

Join this webinar for a workshop to learn more about reusing building materials from construction and demolition.

 

Minnesota GreenStep Cities is a voluntary challenge, assistance and recog

Filed under: Builders/Contractors

Keywords: Green Building,Healthy Building Materials,Demolition,Construction,Sustainable Demolition

0 replies | 934 views | Posted on: 12/05/2020 | Last updated: 12/06/2020

Webinar: Conversations on Construction - If You Build it, They will come, December 16, 11-12 PM

by Richard Minasian // Student

Energy efficiency and affordable housing are topics du jour, especially in Los Angeles.  Seemingly unrelated at first glance, can progress be made in these two spaces together?

Join Hunt Ortma

Webinar: Construction Workshop: QA/QC Techniques for Ensuring Success, December 18, 9-12 PM

by Richard Minasian // Student

This innovative virtual “hands-on” training series features presentations and discussion on all aspects of constructing high-performing Passive House buildings. Ge

Clement Waters - Intentional Building Cohort, December 20 (every third Sunday), 1-2:30pm

by samanthaklein // Intern

Clement Waters is putting together the concept of eco-communities and agri-hoods that could lead the way to a world that uses green solutions in every street, nook and cranny of a town. Join in c

Filed under: Green Living

Keywords: Green Building,Climate Solutions,Sustainable Communities

0 replies | 542 views | Posted on: 12/12/2020 | Last updated: 12/13/2020

Webinar Presented by Viridiant: Building Professional Training, January 12-13

by Richard Minasian // Student

Viridiant’s Building Professional Training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design and explores green building programs, including EarthCraft

Renewable Energy Summit - Building the Clean Energy Mosaic, Online, January 12-14

by Richard Minasian // Student

RENEW Wisconsin’s tenth annual Renewable Energy Summit, presented by Arch Electric and Invenergy, will be hosted virtually over three days from Tuesday, January 12th through Thursday, Janua

Filed under: Energy

Wisconsin Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,clean energy,Renewable Energy,technology solutions

0 replies | 1627 views | Posted on: 12/14/2020 | Last updated: 12/16/2020

LEED for Homes Virtual Green Rater Training, Starts January 1 (14 hours over 2 weeks)

by Richard Minasian // Student

With over 2 million LEED® for Homes™ registered spaces worldwide, LEED is the international rating system to ensure residential buildings are better. LEED requires third-party on-site verifi

FREE Webinar: Innovative Green Stronger Steel Frame- Fire & Earthquake Resistant Homes, January 9, 2 pm EST

by Power Community Development Systems Inc.

Calling all landowners, home contractors, home developers, architects, engineers, financial advisors, realtors, investors, home-owners and anyome who wants to build their own green affordable homes

Filed under: Green Living

Keywords: Green Building,Fire Safety,Technology,Earthquake

0 replies | 938 views | Posted on: 12/17/2020 | Last updated: 12/18/2020

Free Webinar: Blueprint: Building the Foundation of a Sustainability Program, January 22, 12pm EDT

by SarahA

Join this webinar to learn how to develop an initial vision for a sustainability program, obtain buy-in, and define successes at a specific organization.

Building on the leading sustainability work

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Keywords: Green Building,Real Estate,Sustainability,Green Development

0 replies | 640 views | Posted on: 12/22/2020 | Last updated: 12/23/2020

Learning about Subject2Change with Jodi Smits Anderson - Sustainable Information is What We Make of It!

by Rate It Green Team


One can learn a lot from Jodi Smits Anderson in about 6 minutes! Allison Friedman and Matt Hoots recently had the privilege of talking with Jodi about her Subject2Change project, as well as

Filed under: Podcasts

Keywords: Green Building,Sustainability,Resilience,Community,Equity,Green Building Conversations,Information Sharing,Subject2Change,2bgreener

0 replies | 1549 views | Posted on: 12/23/2020 | Last updated: 01/17/2023

Green Building Myth Busting: Natural Ventilation - Do Your Walls Need to "Breathe?" (Video)

by Rate It Green Team


Welcome to the launch of the Green Building Myth Busters Series with Matt Hoots.  Matt’s and his coconspirators are about to bust some old misperceptions in the green building world w

Green Building Myth Busting: Nope, You're Not Allergic to Wool (Video)

by Rate It Green Team


Matt Hoots is always ready to bust a myth.  Recently, he was talking with Daman Dillon and Kristine Hart of Caragreen Healthy Building Materials about Havelock loose fill wool insulation (1

Filed under: Insulation

Keywords: Green Building,Sustainability,Insulation,Green Myth Busting,Green Building Myth Busting,Wool,Wool Insulation,Allergies,Caragreen,Myth Busting

4 replies | 7092 views | Posted on: 12/24/2020 | Last updated: 01/13/2023

Webinar: Risk Assessments: Evaluating Buildings Sites for Portfolio Resilience, February 2, 3 pm EST

by samanthaklein // Intern

This Better Buildings webinar will explore a variety of strategies commercial building owners can use to address climate-related risks and identify cost-effective strategies and improvements to protec

Filed under: Resilience

Keywords: Green Building,Urban Resilience,Building Portfolio

0 replies | 1164 views | Posted on: 01/05/2021 | Last updated: 01/05/2021

CaraGreen Webinar: Fitwel - Get to Know the Latest Healthy Building Standard, January 12, 12 - 1 pm EST (Free!)

by CaraGreen

Design trends are constantly changing... especially as health comes to the forefront. While the consideration of human health in our built environment isn’t entirely new, it is just now that the bui

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

Keywords: Green Building,Healthy Building,Materials,Health,Fitwel,Caragreen

1 replies | 1232 views | Posted on: 01/06/2021 | Last updated: 01/10/2021

Cambria’s Coordinates Collection - 14 Quartz Surfaces Designed in Collaboration with Gensler

by Rate It Green Team


Green Builder Matt Hoots recently collaborated with Cambria’s Field Marketing Director Ellie Knips to bring Rate It Green Members and audience this video introduction to Cambria’s ne

Filed under: Quartz Countertops

Related to: Quartz Countertops,Countertops

Keywords: Green Building,Materials,Sustainability,Countertops,Cambria,Quartz Surfaces,Coordinates Collection

0 replies | 6316 views | Posted on: 01/08/2021 | Last updated: 03/03/2022

Perspectives on Resilience: Insurance and Credit Underwriting, February 9, 3pm - 4pm EDT

by SarahA

This webinar will examine how climate and resilience risk are impacting organizations through insurance, credit underwriting, and credit ratings. Attendees will get insights from industry practitioner

Filed under: Other Green Building - Other

Keywords: Green Building,Climate Change,Resilience,insurance,Credit Underwriting,Credit Rating

0 replies | 993 views | Posted on: 01/11/2021 | Last updated: 01/11/2021

Celebrating our ENC Sheroes, USGBC East North Central Region, January 27, 12 pm -1:15 pm EST

by SarahA

Celebrate the ENC Region's Sheroes

Please join USGBC ENC on January 27th, to celebrate our recognized Sheroes in the Midwest!

USGBC’s Women in Green theme for 2020 was Sheroes Sta

Filed under: Advocacy

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Green Building,Community Events,Equality,Women in Green,Sheroes

0 replies | 923 views | Posted on: 01/20/2021 | Last updated: 01/21/2021

Build A Better House Series: Building Shell, Presented by Maine Indoor Air Quality Control Council, February 9 - 10

by SarahA

About the Program:  Simply put, a new home’s building shell is comprised of the structural elements that separate the inside from the outside: walls, roof, windows, doors, including things

Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Keywords: Green Building,Energy Efficiency,Insulation,Building Shell,Energy Consumption

0 replies | 1043 views | Posted on: 01/20/2021 | Last updated: 01/20/2021

RESNET 2021, Virtual Building Performance Conference, February 22 - 24

by SarahA

The annual RESNET Building Performance Conference is a “can’t afford to miss” event for the rating, building performance and home building industry.  Due to the pandemic, t

Filed under: Trade Shows and Events

Keywords: Green Building,Sustainability,building performance,RESNET 2021,Residential Energy Services

0 replies | 1274 views | Posted on: 01/22/2021 | Last updated: 02/16/2021

What Makes Great (Green Building) Content?

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

I have had some super conversations recently with people who want to write real, meaningful content to represent their green building company, product or service.  One thing to note is that we&rs

Filed under: Other - Information and Resources

Keywords: Green Building,Content Guidelines,Content Advice

0 replies | 713 views | Posted on: 01/23/2021 | Last updated: 01/25/2021

CalGreen vs Build It Green – What does it mean for our neighborhoods, February 18, 3:00pm EST

by SarahA

What does green building mean for an average homeowner? How does it translate into healthy living environment? CalGreen in plain terms.

Last year gave us a new Building Code, that brought green bui

Filed under: Government Policies

California Green Building

Keywords: Green Building,Sustainability,Residential Buildings,Building Code

0 replies | 1129 views | Posted on: 01/28/2021 | Last updated: 01/29/2021

Webinar: Electric Home New Construction 101: Envelope, Mechanicals, Solar, Incentive, February 25, 1 pm EST

by SarahA

Join Illinois Green and the ComEd Energy Efficiency Program for an overview of the all-electric homes pilot program and incentives for 2021!

Discover how other Illinois builders are delivering high

Filed under: Green Living

Illinois Green Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,Solar,Green Homes,Residential Real Estate,Smart Home

0 replies | 890 views | Posted on: 01/29/2021 | Last updated: 01/30/2021

Living Future 2021, Online: Inclusion + Unity, April 20 - 23

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Now in its 15th year, the Living Future "Unconference" continues as a mission-driven nonprofit event and has grown into the International Living Future Institute's flagship event and a&n

Keywords: Green Building,International Living Future Institute,Living Future,built environment,ILFI,Unconference

0 replies | 3897 views | Posted on: 02/05/2021 | Last updated: 02/10/2021

Blueprint: Quick Sustainability Wins in Existing Buildings, March 19, 12 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

Join this webinar to identify low-cost, high-value sustainability opportunities in existing buildings and across portfolios.

 

Building on the leading sustainability work that Greenprint me

Filed under: Builders/Contractors - Commercial

Keywords: Green Building,Webinar,Commercial Buildings

0 replies | 1086 views | Posted on: 02/27/2021 | Last updated: 03/01/2021

GPRO Fundamentals of Green Building Virtual Training, March 26, 9 am PT

by samanthaklein // Intern

The construction industry is moving quickly towards greener, high-performing buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills.

This course teaches the basics

Filed under: Builders/Contractors

Keywords: Green Building,Construction,Training event,GPRO Certification

0 replies | 1149 views | Posted on: 02/28/2021 | Last updated: 03/01/2021