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Become a LEED Green Associate! Free LEED Exam Prep Course
Once you get back from Greenbuild, you'll probably want to become a LEED Green Associate. We've got you covered with our free LEED Prep Exam course designed to help you pass the LEED exam
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USGBC NJ Annual Holiday party and Member Reception, December 11, 6-8:30pm, Elizabeth
USGBC New Jersey Chapter
Holiday Party and Member Reception
Embassy Suites Newark Airport
Holiday Bonus:
USGBC NJ Memberships available at a 20% discount if sign up/pay that night.
An overview of Building Life Cycle Assessment for the construction industry
What is LCA?
LCA answers the simple question: how sustainable is my product or process? We know products are not equal in terms of their environmental impact and putting a number on
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An Evergreen Conversation: WELL & Fitwel, April 24, Boston, MA
With LEED certification trending towards the industry standard, the new construction and fit-out market is also starting to focus on occupant and environmental health. The WELL and Fitwel certificatio
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The World’s First LEED Zero Building
The USGBC has now certified the first LEED Zero building for net-zero energy to the engineering and green building Consulting firm Petinelli for its Curitiba headquarter in Brazil.
The LEED Zero pr
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NESEA Pro Green Building Tour: Large-Scale Institutional Deep Energy Retrofit of Historic NYC Building, June 21, Brooklyn, NY
This Pro Tour features a deep-energy retrofit of a historic New York City Building – the former headquarters of the NYC Board of Transportation which has been re-imagined as New York University&
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Presinar: Reimagining Building Codes: How to Green All Buildings, July 17, 4:30-6:00pm, Boston, MA
This session discusses how codes and LEED work in concert together with one another to enable a future where green building benefits are available to everyone in every building.
Course Objectives:
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Central BUILDINGSinACTION Tour: Mayor Michael Coleman Government Building, July 25, Columbus, OH
The 2nd Quarter BUILDINGSinACTION Tour will provide an opportunity for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mayor Michael B. Coleman Government Building. After a brief presentation by the building owners a
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Webinar: June LEED v4 Online Discussion Forum: Materials and Indoor Environmental Quality in LEED v4.1, June 20, 12pm
Registration is now open for LEED v4.1 Building Design and Construction (BD+C), Interior Design and Construction (ID+C) and Operations and Maintenance (O+M) projects!
This month, listen to a record
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LEED Fellow Education Series: "LEEDfulness" feat. Erik Ring, June 27, Irvine, CA
In the spirit of the recent best seller Factfulness by Hans Rosling, LEED Fellow Erik Ring, Director of Engineering at LPA, will reflect back on twenty years of LEED buildings, discuss the state of gr
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LEED Zero and 4.1: The LEED We’ve Been Waiting For, August 14, 8:00-10:00am, St. Louis, MO
With the release of the LEED Zero suite of certifications (Zero Energy, Carbon, Water, and Waste), and with the evolution of LEED v4.1, we may have a series of rating systems that provide market-drivi
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USGBC NJ Annual Summer Social & Member Reception August 14, 5:30pm, Point Pleasant Beach
Join US Green Building Council New Jersey’s (USGBC NJ) for a great ocean-front networking BBQ with fellow green building & environmental professionals. Non-members welcome.
Designing with Nature: Biophilic Design in LEED, WELL & Living Building Challenge, September 11, St. Louis, MO
This interactive workshop with natural elements will provide a personal inspiration to biophilic design. The presenter will then lead a discussion on the impact of biophilia on three rating stan
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Tour of the Saint-Gobain HQ (LEED Platinum), October 23, Malvern, PA
Join USGBC New Jersey for this guided tour of the Saint-Gobain HQ (LEED Platinum)
in Malvern, PA. Complete with CEUs on the bus ride there. Ride the chartered bus with us, or drive yourself. Pa
FREE WEBINAR: Getting to Zero, November 6, 11:30am-12:30pm EST
Free Webinar on LEED Zero for member companies based in Texas. USGBC's Emma Hughes will present LEED Zero, providing an overview of the program criteria, process for pursing certification, and pro
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WEBINAR: Getting LEED Specific: Buildings are for People - Design Strategies for Human Engagement, December 10, 12:00PM CST
In this one-hour course, the participant will explore design strategies that encourage beneficial occupant behavior. Consider the impacts occupant behavior changes can have on a building over its life
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WEBINAR, USGBC December LEED v4 Online Discussion Forum: What's New? Updates from Greenbuild 2019, 12/19, 12 - 1pm
These monthly virtual meetings focus on those aspects of LEED v4 that have changed the most to help project teams achieve certification under the new rating system. Led by LEED subject matter experts,
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Jumping in to the JUST Certification, February 26, St. Louis, MO
JUST is a voluntary disclosure tool developed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) intended to help organizations optimize policies that improve social equity and enhance employee engag
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Webinar: USGBC North Carolina: Health & Wellness in Buildings, April 17, 11 am
Join USGBC Carolinas and Joel McKellar of Whole Building Systems for a discussion on Health and Wellness in the Built Environment.
For decades, discussions about high-performance buildings have foc
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LEED for Homes v4 Green Rater 3-Day Online Training, May 11-13, Hosted by GreenHomeInstitute - Discount for Rate It Green Members!
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 v
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USGBC Virtual Town Hall Executive Meeting: Hosted by USGBC Florida, Monday, May 11 9-11 am
A lot has changed over the past few weeks that is impacting our daily lives, but one thing has not: sustainability and resiliency are still at the core of building healthy, efficient and equitable bui
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Webinar USGBC Carolinas LEED Virtual Visit: Barings Headquarters, June 11, 11:30 AM EDT
Join USGBC Carolinas Community for a virtual LEED Tour for highlights from high performance LEED buildings recognized at the 2019 Sustainable Business Awards.
The Sustainable Business Awards f
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Webinar Road to a Resilient Heartland Series: Sustainable Product Manufacturing, June 17, 1:00 PM EDT
Sustainable Product Manufacturing - Tools for Measuring Environmental Impacts
There are good reasons for a manufacturer to conduct a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Product Declarat
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FREE Webinar hosted by USGBC LA: LEED Green Associates Exam Virtual Training, June 24, 12 PM
Join USGBC LA for a fast-paced & engaging LEED Green Associate Exam Prep Webinar, designed to give you the guidance, tools and direction needed to successfully pass the exam. This
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USGBC Colorado Webinar: Financing Resilience with C-PACE Loans, June 24, 11:45 AM MDT
On September 20, 2019, school children in the Solomon Islands arrived by canoe to their demonstration site to join the 4 million others around the world in the School Strike for Climate. In 2019, 906
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