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When designing a restroom or other space, professionals are often faced with the challenge of selecting materials that function, appeal to the senses, and contribute to green building initiatives. In
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Local governments can help lead the ways on transforming our housing stock to reduce energy bills, increase comfort, improve health and help us live a more sustianable lifestyle. Join GreenHome Instit
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Sustainable Management of Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris can significantly reduce the vast waste streams generated by demolition waste. Discover how C&D materials, like steel, asphal
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Join Illinois Green Alliance for the last 2024 Road to Zero: Summit Tour series at the beautiful Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods, IL, to explore the new Phius ZERO-certified education center.
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Free Webinar: Basics of Lighting Controls, October 22, 9-11 am
This introductory course on lighting controls provides attendees a practical guide to common lighting control components found in commercial lighting systems. The class will introduce how to use contr
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Market evolution, technological innovation, and policies focused on climate action have strengthened economic opportunities in the U.S. energy sector and driven workforce development. However, the cle
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As our climate is changing, we are experiencing more extreme events, such as heat waves and storms, which are impacting the way our communities need to plan. The first session of the Fall Resiliency A
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Webinar: Health In the Built Environment: Transit, Mobility & Public Health, August 6, 9-10:30 am ET
Access to reliable transportation is critical to economic mobility and to public health and wellbeing. In Pittsburgh, a quarter of households do not have access to a car, and according to a recent stu
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Don't Get Tripped Up By Heat Pumps: A Guide To Keeping Your Clients Happy. Join Colorado Green Building Guild (CGBG) for a presentation and Q+A session featuring four heat pump experts
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The clean energy economy is upon us but what does that mean to you? Learn about the technologies utilized to turn your building into an efficient, clean and healthy space to live and work. This period
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USGBC Equity Summit, Online, May 28 - 29
Better buildings mean better lives for all.
USGBC’s vision means putting people first. In this inaugural summit, we will convene and listen to USGBC members, sustainability advocates, key social
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As communities across the globe look to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis the role of the built environment will be paramount. How might the buildings we live, work and recreate in improve the tra
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Webinar - 2020 Better Buildings, Better Plants Virtual Leadership Symposium, June 8-11
The 2020 Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit is transitioning to a virtual leadership symposium. Come join June 8-11, 2020 for 4 days of timely webinars and peer exchanges with fellow ind
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Clinton looks to California Regulators for Green Fuel Standards
Hillary Clinton is looking to find new ways to revamp the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a regulation that was created in 2005 to try and promote renewable energy fuels, in order to do this she has so…
How do you take LEED and your high performing building to the next level to mitigate the impacts of climate change?
This new workshop shows you how LEED Zero supports the goals of LEED an
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(New Dates!) 2020 NY GEO: Electrify! With Heat Pumps, September 9 & 10, Albany, NY
Whether you’re interested in heat pumps for your home, your business or as a career, this is the place for you! NY-GEO has been named to the City & State's Energy & Environment Power
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(Postponed) NEWIEE's 10th Annual Awards Gala, April 30th, 6 - 9 pm, Boston, MA
"All of us at NEWIEE were very much looking forward to our 10th Annual Awards Gala that was planned for April 30th, and we regret that the current circumstances in which we find ourselves ma
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Connecticut Passive House Green Building Tour, February 5, East Haven, CT
WinnDevelopment is in the process of redeveloping the long vacant East Haven High School building into 70 new mixed income, elderly apartments. Originally constructed in 1936, The Tyler, financed in l
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Developers Convention To Address "Why Green Infrastructure?" 2017 Atlantic Builders Convention: NJ Builders Association Day - Tuesday, April 4 Exhibits and Seminars - April 5 & 6 Atlantic City C…
Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum: Thursday, January 12
Boston Area Solar Energy Association (BASEA) Pandora's Box - "Goodbye Mrs. Ant" A Fable for Our Times? (A BBC/Adam Curtis documentary) Location: First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist - …
Acccelerating The Shift to a Thriving Renewable Energy Driven Economy, NSTC, December 7, 11:30 am
How the Mass Energy Bill & A Sensible Carbon Policy Can Accelerate the Shift to a Thriving Renewable Energy Driven Economy December 7, 11:30 am - 1 pm North Shore Technology Council 100 Cumming…
Microgrids: The New Shape of Electricity? Thursday, November 17 - 5:30 - 8:30 PM, Somerville
Microgrids: The New Shape of Electricity? Thursday, November 17 - 5:30 - 8:30 PM Greentown Labs 28 Dane Street Somerville , MA 02143 As our power system becomes increasingly decarbonized, dec…
The Key to Buildings in a Circular Economy - Open Mic Session (Online) November 11, 9-10 am EST (14-15 GMT, London) Green buildings, despite their more environmentally friendly design, will suffer…
Help Build What’s Next - California November 16, 1:30-4:30 google 345 Spear St San Francisco, CA 94105 Are you a Sustainable Building Leader, or... Do you Want to be? Check out this pr…
Webinar: Biting the Hands that Feed Us: September 28, 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM EDT
Biting the Hands that Feed Us September 28, 2016 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM EDT Environmental regulations, for the most part, have lead to healthier lives and better environmental conditions. Food wa…
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