Green Building Community
Discussions with tag 'Sustainable Infrastructure'
The Mississippi River: Is Sustainable Infrastructure a Watershed Solution?
Security and Sustainability Forum Wednesday, March 25 12 - 1:15 pm EDT Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/536553242851934210 Through the efforts of several national civil …
LG Electronics honored by USGBC New Jersey for best practices in Green Building and Sustainability
LG Electronics' new LEED Platinum Building Project in Englewood Cliffs has earned the company an award from USGBC New Jersey. The USGBC New Jersey further applauded LG Electronics for being a good cor…
Microscopic Bacteria Bring Concrete to Life
More and more often, engineers find themselves turning to the natural world for inspiration. By handpicking key properties from the planet’s biodiversity, scientists are able to create designs that …
June 22nd: RMI INNOVATION CENTER TOUR: BASALT, CO
Join the tour to learn about how the Innovation Center was contracted, designed, constructed, commissioned, and operated and what RMI learned in the process. Quick Fun Facts: · 15,610 sq. f…
June 22nd: Energy Connections: State Efficiency Standards And Their Business Impact
EVENT DETAILS Many states, including Colorado, have energy efficiency resource standards that set specific long-term targets for electric utility’s energy savings. We’ll hear from several multi…
World Green Infrastructure Congress, June 4 - 6, Bengaluru, India
"Biggest Academic Conference On Green Technology & Urban Infrastructure" The World Green Infrastructure Congress is a multi-day event conceptualized to address Urban Infrastructural developments, wit…
Rural Resiliency Forum, October 23- Staunton, Virginia
The most recent extreme weather event — Hurricane Michael — has tallied deaths and destruction in Virginia and even more massive consequences in our neighboring states. The Rural Resilienc
…
NCSE 2019 Annual Conference: Sustainable Infrastructure and Resilience, Jan 7-10, Washington DC
The National Council for Science and the Environment works with scientists, educators, policymakers, business leaders, and officials at all levels of government to inform environmental policy and deci
…
Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo, April 1-4, Denver, CO
Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo offers the most comprehensive conference, exposition and accelerator of smart city innovation in North America. We deliver premium networking and edu
…
Ecocity World Summit 2019, October 7-11, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Can cities be both ecologically healthy and socially just? There are no easy answers, not even in Vancouver, one of the world’s greenest cities. Yet multiple solutions are emerging with new lead
…
(New Dates!) EGLE - Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference, December 1-3, Novi MI
INFRASTRUCTURE – the pipes, pumps, wires, and technology – is the unseen backbone supporting our modern lives, but investment has lagged nationwide and much of it is aging. The commu
…
FREE Greenbuilding Webinar: Don't Wait: A Canopy Prep Timeline, July 8, 12pm EDT
Canopy systems are important additions to the building envelope, as well as providing a beautiful, unique aesthetic. Additionally, canopy systems require proper planning, knowledge, and a well-kept ti
…
Webinar: Electric Vehicles, Charging and their Status in Sustainable Infrastructure, July 7, 12-1pm
The accelerating pace of Minnesota utilities’ decarbonization efforts provides an opportunity to improve health and resilience by drastically reducing our transportation energy consumption, air
…
Webinar: Risk Reducing Strategies for Schools - Post COVID19, January 13, 1-2:30 PM EDT
These speakers are going to share “lessons learning” from how we are dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in our academic institutions. The presentation will go over a short backgrou
…
Webinar: USGBC-LA and ISI: Virtual Envision Sustainability Professional Training, January 15, 8 am PT
The Envision Rating System is a global standard recognized as a highly credible approach to sustainable infrastructure, and therefore, the ENV SP designation is becoming an increasingly important cred
…
FREE Webinar: Transforming Built Infrastructure to Support Net Zero, March 11, 9 am EST / 1pm BST
As part of the N8 Research Partnership’s ambitious Net Zero North agenda, we invite you to join experts from the N8 universities, House by Urban Splash, Northern Housing Consortium and
…
Webinar: The Highland Bridge Development, April 12, 1 pm EDT
Over roughly a ten-year period, the City of St. Paul worked with Ford Motor Company and area stakeholders to establish the Ford Site Zoning and Public Realm Master Plan for the former manufacturing pl
…
Webinar: Moving Toward Net Zero – Mass Transit Electrification, March 30, 9 am EST
This EBC Infrastructure webinar will explore the electrification of mass transit fleets as a key element in the transition to a sustainable, green transportation economy. Transit agencies have frequen
…
Free Webinar: Reconfiguring Future Urban Infrastructures, April 29, 9 - 10:30 pm BST (and multiple additional dates)
The COVID-19 crisis has put urban infrastructure under the spotlight. New questions on the ways we build (and build back) infrastructure in cities are now front and centre globally. Faced with a combi
…
Webinar: Principles for Delivering Urban Nature-based Solutions, April 29, 12 pm BST
The principles are primarily intended to be used by developers, owners, operators and occupiers of buildings within an urban context. The aim is to provide a concise overview of practical methods and
…
Virtual Event: VERGE Climate Tech, October 25-28
The urgency of the climate crisis is accelerating — and so, too, is the opportunity to build a clean economy. We have a once-in-a-lifetime moment to transform society and create sustainable, jus
…
EmPowered by AI: Should We Engineer a More Sustainable City? June 26, Museum of Science (Boston)
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning technologies are paving the way for our future cities. AI can perform some tasks better than humans, like going through large sets of data and complet
…
Jumpstarting The EV Transition
This year might just be pivotal in the growth of electric vehicle adoption, a key shift necessary to lower vehicle energy consumption and emissions, as a part of the larger fight to mitigate the effec
…
Greenbuild Summits: The Sustainable Infrastructure Summit, October 13, 8 am PT
The Sustainable Infrastructure Summit will discuss best practices in developing and maintaining infrastructure systems that can absorb disturbances in consideration of environmental, economic, and soc
…
Free Green Building Webinar: Don't Wait: A Canopy Prep Timeline, November 23, 12 pm ET
Canopy systems are important additions to the building envelope, as well as providing a beautiful, unique aesthetic. Additionally, canopy systems require proper planning, knowledge, and a well-kept ti
…