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AbbieKnight
Medford MA United States Member Since: 05/08/2017
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eWaste - A Growing Local and Global Problem
“E-waste” is the disposal of electronic products or components that are broken or obsolete, for example, computers, televisions, VCRs, etc. Electronics have always produced waste, however, in recent years, the amount being discarded has increased immensely. A huge part has to do with the advances in technology and consumer demand. Devices used to be kept for many years until they were replaced. Now, people only hold on to de...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 03/14/2023 + Show |
The Green New Deal - An Introduction
Years ago, a New Deal was developed during the Roosevelt administration. The deal was made up of social and economic reforms as well as public works projects. The deal provided economic recovery and relief in response to the Great Depression. In 2007, Thomas Friedman suggested a Green New Deal, expanding on Roosevelt’s economic approach to include new ideas such as renewable energy and resource efficiency. Barack Obama supported the ...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 03/14/2023 + Show |
Study Finds Green Homes in Texas Show Increase in Value by $25,000
The University of Texas at Austin and the United States Green Building Council conducted a new study that suggests new homes in Texas that are built to meet green building standards such as LEED (Leadership in energy and Environmental Design), are valued higher in resale by an average of $25,000 compared to conventional homes. The study, “The Value of LEED Homes in the Texas real Estate market: A Statistical Analysis of resale Prem...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 03/23/2023 + Show |
Healthy Soil - One Solution to Climate Change?
It is known that healthy soil can create productive farmlands; however, Kate Scow believes soil can also be used to store carbon. When you think of a defense against climate change, soil is not the first thing to come to mind, however, soil’s ability to sequester carbon should be made more aware because it can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that corrupts our atmosphere. Scow, a microbial ecologist and director of an experiment...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 03/23/2023 + Show |
Green Building Community Affirms Commitment in Reaction to Paris Accord Withdrawal
On Thursday, June 1, President Donald Trump announced that America would withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, an agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) between 196 countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Many state and local administrations, organizations, leaders, and other individuals have expressed their utter disagreement with this decision. Within the green building industry, orga...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 03/23/2023 + Show |
Harvard University, Snøhetta, and Skanska Technology have collaborated to retrofit an 80-year old timber-framed former house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a project they call HouseZero. Purchased by the University in 2011, the building serves as the headquarters for the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities, created in 2014 as a part of Harvard’s Graduate Center of Design. After years of resea...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 03/24/2023 + Show |
Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), recently released the “2020 Green Single Family and MultiFamily Homes SmartMarket Brief.” The study was conducted in order to better understand green building activity in the residential market. The findings are calculated from four...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 06/23/2020 + Show |
The National Stewardship Action Council - Board Member Position Available
The National Stewarship Action Council (NSAC) is looking for new board members to serve two-year terms to help this small but very impactful NGO. NSAC is proactively looking for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who care about the environment, recycling, and driving a circular economy. This is a chance...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 06/23/2020 + Show |
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) - Board of Directors Position Available
Each year, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) Membership elects individuals to serve on their Board of Directors. This year, they are adding an open application period to the process. The hope is that this makes serving on the Board of Directors more accessible and allows them to better represent the professional,...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 06/23/2020 + Show |
Clean Energy-Powered Affordable Housing Startup in Chicago: 548 Capital LLC
Robert "A.J." Patton and Erica Johnson, childhood friends who grew up in low-income communities, recently launched 548 Capital LLC, a company that aims to provide better quality and more sustainable housing to lower-income residents in Chicago and beyond. The team plans to take advantage of energy efficiency and renewable...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 09/08/2019 + Show |
Summer Electricity Demand – “Shave the Peak” to Save Money and Help the Environment!
Reducing Electricity Usage from 5pm to 8pm can Make a Big Difference - Sign Up for Alerts! Due to high summer temperatures in Massachusetts, there is a high demand for electricity especially within the hours 5pm and 8pm. On days where the demand for electricity spikes (around 10% of the time), the electrical grid operator must use additional...
By AbbieKnight 1 reply Last updated: 07/23/2019 + Show |
The Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Collection Program (HHW) gives Los Angeles County residents a legal and cost-free way to dispose of unwanted household chemicals that cannot be disposed of in the regular trash. Los Angeles residents can come to the collections. Some examples of what you can bring to a HHW collection: Motor...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 06/03/2019 + Show |
Former Massachusetts Coal-Fired Power Plant Now Solar Farm
The Mount Tom Station coal-fired power plant was run in Holyoke, MA for more than 50 years. The plant generated energy for the city, but was also held accountable for resident’s health problems. In 2009, the plant was no longer profitable leading to its closure in 2014. However, the Power Plant now has a new purpose as it has been...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 02/21/2019 + Show |
Job Postings for Rate It Green Member, Power n Sun
About the Company: Power n Sun is an Engineering, Procurement & Solar Project Management Company operating throughout Middle East, South Asia, Burkina Faso, Camaroon, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethopia, Malawi, Zambia and South Africa. As a B2B and B2C e-commerce platform, they are also one of the vital distributor of all kinds of...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 02/20/2019 + Show |
Top Recommendations - How Can We Improve Single Stream Recycling?
Top Recommendations - How Can We Improve Single Stream Recycling? At the recent WasteWise Forum held at E.L. Harvey’s materials recovery facility (MRF) in Westborough Massachusetts, 6 experts presented their efforts to improve the quality of single stream recycling, as well as, successfully diverting source separated...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 01/31/2019 + Show |
Sustainable Job Posting: Associate Sales Ops Analyst at Sunrun in CA
ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION "Sunrun is the nation's #1 home solar company. We believe that everyone should control their own power. We believe that instead of paying more and more each year for dirty power people should have a choice. Our vision is to create a planet powered by the sun by giving homeowners a cheaper, cleaner choice of power. And...
By AbbieKnight Last updated: 08/09/2018 + Show |
June First Friday Webinar: LEED v4 Whole Project Water Use Reduction Pilot ACP, June 7
Join USGBC for a deep-dive on LEED v4 pilot alternative compliance path (ACP) for Whole Project Water Use Reduction, a performance-based pathway for teams to demonstrate reductions in water consumption using whole-building water balance modeling. Depending on the building type and use, LEED may not previously have addressed all water use within...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 06/07/2019 + Show |
AIA Conference on Architecture 2019, June 6-8, Las Vegas, NV
A'19: Blueprint for a Better Future Designing a better future means taking on the critical challenges facing cities—and our world—today. A’19 programming includes sessions on artificial intelligence, data visualization, 3D concrete printing, Amazon Spheres, tall wood, nano-grid condos, immigrant architects, overcoming...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 06/06/2019 + Show |
Women in Green Networking Mixer, June 6, Los Angeles, CA
Join for a Wine Tasting with Women In Green, featuring Organic Wines from Female Winemakers
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 06/06/2019 |
Inspire Speakers Series: Women+ in Green, June 6, Pittsburgh, PA
Green Building Alliance is working to elevate Pittsburgh’s network of united, powerful, Women+ in Green Day 1 – June 6: Inspire Speakers Series Presents: Women+ in Green GBA’s Inspire Speakers Series starts the conversation with inspirational stories from women in sustainable manufacturing. For our opening night of this...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 06/06/2019 + Show |
CalGreen & Energy Code Workshops, June 5, San Francisco, CA
In 2008, California became the first state in the nation to include mandatory green building requirements in its building code. This groundbreaking step meant that every structure built in the state – whether a home, school, commercial building or other structure – would have to meet guidelines for energy and water efficiency, low...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 06/05/2019 + Show |
Prefab & Passive House: A Builder's Response to Climate Change, May 30, Branford, CT
Chris Corson, founder and Technical Director of Ecocor High Performance Building of Maine, will discuss the benefits of pre-fabricated, panelized construction in Passive House buildings and how we can use our knowledge and technical skills to address the most important imperative of our industry: building to reduce the effects of climate change.
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 05/30/2019 |
Portland: Manufacturers for Transparency, May 30, Portland, OR
Manufacturers for Transparency (MfT) is co-hosting this event with the Portland Material Transparency Collaborative (PMTC) to kick-off the new manufacturers group and better understand the various ‘pain points’ that exist between building material suppliers and building material utilizers regarding the transparency of product...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 05/30/2019 + Show |
Zero Carbon: Refreshing Refrigerants, May 30, Seattle, WA
Join the Cascadia Seattle Collaborative for a presentation on a mysterious topic in the AEC industry, refrigerants. The first event in their Zero Carbon series, they explore how refrigerants impact our lives, buildings and environment. Presented by David Mead and Allan Montpellier of PAE, two of the foremost experts in the AEC industry. Food...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 05/30/2019 + Show |
3-Day GRIHA V Training Programme at Bengaluru, India, May 29-31
A three-day intensive training programme is being organized by GRIHA Council on 29th to 31st May, 2019 in Bangalore to give a detailed understanding of the GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) rating system, to various stakeholders. The aim of the training programme is to enable participants understand the intent of the...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 05/29/2019 + Show |
PHWPA: Passive House 101, May 29, Pittsburgh, PA
Want to learn about Passive House? Not sure where to start or who to ask? Join PHWPA and local Passive House trainers for an informal and informational evening. ( also … drinks & snacks ) LEARN Passive House Basics ASK Passive House Questions MEET ...
By AbbieKnight Event Date: 05/29/2019 + Show |
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