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Webinar: Managing the Net Zero Challenge Within the Built Environment, April 22, 10 am EDT
How on Earth? – an Earth Day special event - will bring a virtual panel of industry leaders and academics from the built environment together with policy shapers, economists, behaviouralist
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Free Webinar: Electrification Course for Homeowners, July 31, 4-6 pm PT
What are the benefits of an all-electric home? And how would you approach it?
In The Electrification Course for Homeowners, we debunk many of the myths that people believe regarding superiority of
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Buildings are at the center of our energy systems and account for over 70% of US electricity consumption. To succeed in decarbonizing our grid, buildings and the systems within buildings can be part o
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Free Webinar: The Five Pillars of Lighting Controls, May 28, 9-11 am PT
Want to know more about what it means to achieve “decarbonization” for your building project? Understand the definition of decarbonization, zero net energy (ZNE), and zero net carbon (ZNC)
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Circularity, 2024: Accelerating the Circular Economy, May 22-24, Chicago, Illinois
Circularity 24 offers thought-provoking keynotes, actionable breakouts, a solutions-oriented expo and networking opportunities for leaders implementing circular solutions.
Join the growing com
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Today, Vermont’s home production is principally producing large, expensive single-family homes on large and mid-size lots, and large-scale multi-family apartments. Vermonters looking for housing
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Free Webinar: Energy Storage Systems for Backup Power, April 5, 12-2pm
While there are economic incentives for grid-interactive customers who combine PV generation with energy storage, customers when polled, said that their primary motivation for using PV and batteries s
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Free Webinar: Detailing for High Performance Roofs and Walls, March 21, 10-11 am
We know the concepts behind providing a great building envelope – air tight and well-insulated– but how, exactly, do we do that? In this course, 3C-REN will provide ‘sketch-level&rsq
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GPRO Operations and Maintenance Essentials, Presented by Southface, March 4 - 5, Atlanta, Georgia
GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials provides building professionals with strategies to reduce energy use while improving tenant comfort and health. This course is ideal for property managers
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COVID-19 Reentry with LEED, July 15, 10 am - 12 pm PDT
Downtown streets, which are normally bustling with people, are currently a ghost town. Given how much things have shifted in the pandemic, owners want to address occupant health and to get t
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Free Green Building Webinar: Architectural Vertical Opening Solutions Plus, June 23, 12-1 pm EDT
At this session, Mike Bewer will review vertical operating systems, their construction and operating mechanisms, and their architectural applications and contributions to sustainable initiatives.
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Online Event: Buildings and Carbon - Green Building Training Program, June 8, 1 pm EST
This course will focus on climate impacts associated with carbon emissions from the built environment. It will emphasize the importance of goal setting and taking actions to manage building-relat
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Free Green Building Webinar: Practically Perfect Plumbing, May 19, 12 pm EST
Once we build a very high-performance building from the perspective of heating, cooling and ventilation and install high efficiency lighting and plug loads, we are left with what to do about (hot) wat
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Advancements in measuring bicycle and Pedestrian Accessibility Webinar, September 12
Measures of destination accessibility by automobile and transit are growing in use. Virginia, for example, evaluates both in project prioritization. Yet measures of bicycle and pedestrian accessibilit…
Webinar, Delivering Healthy Interiors, March 26, 1pm Sydney, Melbourne, ACT
This webinar brings materials and product intelligence together with design principles to help you deliver healthier interiors for clients – whether that be for commercial fitouts to the now bur
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An Introduction to Sustainable Building Practices
This session, run by trainer Lucy Pedler, director of The Green Register, is designed to outline the basic principles of sustainable building.
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Bridge to 2030: Building Electrification Webinar, March 16, 9 am EDT
The Bridge to 2030 educational series invites audiences to delve into topics integral to 2030 District progress throughout Pennsylvania, including energy, water, transportation, indoor air quality, an
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In April 2019, UKGBC published Net Zero Carbon Buildings: A Framework Definition, which provides the built environment industry clarity on how to achieve net zero carbon buildings in both constructi
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Introduction to Living Building Challenge by USGBC Massachusetts, Nov 16, Boston
The Living Building Challenge is the built environment's most rigorous performance standard. It calls for the creation of building projects that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as natu…
Midwest Regional Building Energy Codes Conference, November 15 - 16, Ann Arbor, MI
The Midwest Regional Building Energy Codes Conference brings together stakeholders from across the Midwest to discuss how best to promote the adoption and raise compliance with building energy codes a…
DEQ - Michigan Waste and Materials Management Conference, December 13 - December 14, Novi
Complying with waste regulations is important. Not only for the safety of our communities and employees, but also for the protection of our environment and natural resources, preserving them for enjoy…
Sustainable Silicon Valley's 4th Annual Winter Water Event, No Drop Left Behind: Smart & Sustainable Water Strategies, will provide 225 attendees exposure to innovative ideas and access to renowned wa…
Urban Green Conference, October 4, 8:30am-12:30pm, New York, NY
Three years ago, New York committed to reducing citywide carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. The framework included three components: 1. Cut building energy use in half, 2. Transition to a low-ca…
Scottsdale launches a new green building lecture series featuring local speakers and experts to discuss timely topics and issues involving the future of rooftop solar, green home renovations, toxicity…
L.A. Metro to Run on Battery Electric Power by 2030
All 2,200 buses of the second largest transit agency in the United States will run on battery electric power. L.A.'s transit agency announced last month that all buses will run on electricity by t
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