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The NCSE Drawdown 2021 Conference will feature everything our community values from past NCSE Annual Conferences with the addition of an exciting new collaboration with Project Drawdown. Giv
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Facilities & Campus Energy - North America Summit, May 3-4, National Harbor, Maryland
"Improving Energy Efficiencies and Environmental Sustainability in the Built Environment"
The 3rd Annual Facilities & Campus Energy Summit is designed to provide an interchange of in
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2023 RE+ Texas, April 5-6, Austin, Texas
Since its debut in San Antonio, Texas in 2016, the event has garnered the attention of industry leaders and professionals from all cross-sections of the clean energy industry. Each year, the event has
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Online Course: Passive House Retrofits: Part 1, March 21, 1-5 pm
The Passive House standard is not just for new construction. Breathe sustainable life into old buildings using the Passive House Institute EnerPHit standards in your retrofit projects. Learn how exist
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Urban Land Institute (ULI) India Summit 2023, February 15
The Urban Land Institute provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. ULI is an independent global nonprofit supported by members r
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Free Webinar: Enhancing Energy Equity In Green Building Practices, January 25, 12–1 pm EST
The Energy Equity Project, housed at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, was launched in May 2021 to support BIPOC, frontline, and low-income communities in securing maxi
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Join San Diego Green Building Council (SDGBC) for an evening of celebration, delicious food, local craft beer and wine, and networking! SDGBC is excited to be entering another year with this
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As Matt Hoots of Sawhorse Inc. reminds us, part of green building is wasting less. There are quite a few ways to reduce waste, but among the simpler methods are throwing fewer items into l
FREE Webinar: Are We Ready for the Sustainable Buildings of Tomorrow? March 24, 2 pm GMT
With the Net-zero picture being complex and multi-faceted it’s critical that we as a community drill down into how each sector can play a part. On March 24th elemental will bring in the UK&rsquo
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Webinar: Phasing Out Gasoline, February 25, 12 pm EST
You may have seen recent headlines about whole countries and major cities setting deadlines to phase-out gas-powered cars, and states like California following suit. But how do these phase-outs or &ld
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About the Program: Building and renovating homes in Maine’s climate is a challenge. While most customers demand that their homes be constructed and renovated to minimize heat loss –
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EBC NH Webinar: Department of Environmental Services Division Directors, February 5, 9 am EST
This EBC New Hampshire Leadership Webinar will provide EBC members from throughout New Hampshire and New England with the opportunity to learn directly from each of the three division directors at the
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Webinar: Material Bank: What are ‘Good’ Materials? January 20, 12:30 EST
The claim is that all materials are bad. But, some are worse than others. Designers need to weigh up which material is appropriate for each element of the design. It is helpful to look at things
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Snapshot on Sustainability - We stand on the shoulders of giants
USGBC-LA's blog "Snapshot on Sustainability", continues this week with reflections about the past built environment- and looking ahead. This week's new post is entitled, "I see further by standing on…
Community Connections Webinar: Midwest Energy Strategies, USGBC Ohio, December 10, 1 pm EST
This webinar will highlight Midwest-specific energy strategies.
This webinar will explore what is interesting in buildings now and how energy has been affected by under-occupancy. It will then dive
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Join the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) for a conversation about the impacts of COVID-19 on essential workers and learn actionable strategies for finding your inner sanctuary d
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I was reading Data Smart by John Foreman. I read about LibreOffice as an alternative to MS Office. I am glad I stumbled on it because I just had to shell out some money for a new laptop and was really…
2017 Passive House Massachusetts Symposium, October 25 in Boston
Passive house standards and strategies have come a long way in recent years and are now ready to transform the building and design industry and inform the next generation of building codes and policy.…
Earth Ed- rethinking education on a changing planet Webinar, August 2
The next webinar in SSF's "Science Literacy Webinar Series." In collaboration with the World Watch Institute and Island Press the webinar features contributors to WWI's latest State of the World publi…
Best in the West Regional Webinar Series: Autonomous Vehicles Revolution on August 25
Learn about the future as autonomous vehicles, expected to help create a global transportation revolution, similar to the one created when the first automobiles replaced the horse and buggy. Most c…
California Continues to Cut Emissions as it Extends its Cap-and-Trade Program
California has had a cap-and-trade system up and running since 2013, and now Gov. Jerry Brown wants to extend the program to 2030. The initial program, which was meant to run until 2020, has been succ…
Greener Buildings and Your Health, July 25, San Francisco
For close to 30 years, the green building movement has been working to improve the environmental impacts of the built environment on our cities and towns, setting standards and helping architects, des…
Austin Sustainable Building materials Forum, June 30
Building materials are a big deal. Building booms create competition not only for labor and equipment, but also for construction materials—affecting supply lines, timelines and bottom lines. Design…
Boston's Future Buildings - How Do We Get to NetZero? June 15,7:30 pm, Jamaica Plain
Are your curious about Net Zero? Want to learn more?? Join MCAN board members Henrietta Davis and Tammy Peterson at an event this Thursday! BCEC is hosting a forum on Thursday to discuss Net Zero, …
Women in Cleanweb Boston June 21st 5:30pm-7:30pm
MassCEC + GA are pairing up for the Third Annual Women in Cleanweb event, an evening panel discussion focused on bringing together the developer and cleantech communities while highlighting challenges…
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