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Discussions with tag 'Resiliency'
Urban Resilience Case Studies – Social, Ecological, Technological System Pairs May 21, 2015 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM EDT This is the second webinar in the “Along the Urban Path” four-part webinar …
Energy efficiency is said to be an important component of any resilient strategy. Energy efficient buildings have the ability to withstand emergencies such as power outage or heating disruption. A rec…
Stevens Institute of Technology Wins Solar Decathlon 2015- Congratulations!
Stevens Institute of Technology's SURE HOUSE won top honors overall at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, took second pla…
2016 Delaware Valley DVGBC Tri-State Sustainability Symposium, Fri, 03/04/2016 - 8:00am - 4:00pm
Fri, 03/04/2016 - 8:00am - 4:00pm Temple University Howard Gittis Student Center 1755 N 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 The DVGBC Tri-State Sustainability Symposium brings together industry, univ…
Keeping History Above Water - April 10 - 13, Newport, RI
Keeping History Above Water - April 10 - 13, Newport, RI Newport Restoration Foundation Keeping History Above Water will be one of the first national conversations to focus on the increasing and v…
Webinar: Sustainability and Resiliency in the City of Pittsburgh, Thursday April 28, 1-2 pm
The Sustainable City Network presents: Webinar: Sustainability and Resiliency in the City of Pittsburgh Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 1- 2:00 PM EDT Grant Ervin, Chief Resilience Officer for the City …
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) is expected to rule on the US Department of Energy’s proposed rulemaking on grid resiliency (focused on whether steps need to be taken to suppo…
Grey to Green Conference, May 15-17, Toronto
Grey to Green is taking place in downtown Toronto from May 15-16 and will highlight new policy, design practices, and innovative products in the green infrastructure sector. Across Ontario the sector …
NESEA Pro Green Building Tour - Resilient Retrofit and ZNE Office Building - May 18, New Paltz, NY
Site 1 Details Units: 8 units in office building Square Footage: 5,400 gross plus fully conditioned basement Type of construction: New LEED Platinum certified, zero-net-energy verified 24KW integ…
Net Positive for Higher Education Symposium - Amherst, MA June 25-26
Join the International Living Future Institute at Hampshire College for the Net Positive for Higher Education Symposium—focused on inspiring, educating, and igniting action that creates a Living Fut…
The Emergence of Mass Timber for Urban Building Projects
During the wood-age of building, nearly every metropolitan city had a giant fire, some more than once: Boston in 1872; London in 1666 (and 1212…and 1130…1135…and so on…Lond
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Webinar: USGBC Virginia 2020 Legislative Recap, June 1, 11 AM EDT
Join USGBC’s Senior Policy Council, Liz Beardsley, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Energy Efficiency Council, Chelsea Harnish!
The 2020 session of the Virginia General Assembly was
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Webinar: Exploring Climate Solutions (CT focused), June 30, 12pm EDT
In this webinar, Ross Spiegel, Architect and Specifications Coordinator at The S/L/A/M Collaborative, will provide an overview of green building rating systems and their impact on sustainability, ener
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