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PASSIVHAUS MASTERCLASS: Getting to Net Zero (Now Online), April 28, London, UK

by abu417 // Climate Connoisseur. Eco-Maniac. Solar Sommelier.

*** Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Trust is moving delivery of this Masterclass online. All delegates will be contacted shortly once details have been finalised. Many thanks for your patien

Filed under: Education

UK Green Building

Keywords: Passivhaus,Net Zero Buildings,Architects

0 replies | 1698 views | Posted on: 03/15/2020 | Last updated: 03/26/2020

Rheem's Plug-In Hybrid Heat Pump Proterra Water Heater - Energy Efficient and Also Great for Retrofits

by Rate It Green Team

 

Rheem was the first manufacturer to launch a plug-in hybrid heat pump water heater, and Green Builder Matt Hoots got an up-close look and spoke with Scott Cohen of Rheem Water

Filed under: Heat Pumps

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Energy Savings,Heat Pumps,Decarbonization,Electrification,Rheem,Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters,Hybrid Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters

0 replies | 5203 views | Posted on: 02/26/2023 | Last updated: 03/04/2025

Your Employment or Consulting Status

by randhampton // Owner of FootForward, a sustainability sector talent marketplace

Green Building Professionals,

By answering "PERM" or "SELF" are you a permanent, F/T employee of someone else's firm OR are you in business for yourself? Please add what CER

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

Related to: Other Green Building,Services

Keywords: Green Building Jobs,Green Jobs,consulting

0 replies | 342 views | Posted on: 02/13/2023 | Last updated: 02/13/2023

Erosion and Sediment Control on Building Sites, A Free Webinar for Blacktown City Surveyors, February 23, 10–11 am AEDT

by Hani // Social media manager

Hosted by a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control from Strategic Environmental & Engineering (SEEC), topics will include:

- the basics of soil erosion

- how the relevant

0 replies | 628 views | Posted on: 01/28/2023 | Last updated: 01/29/2023

Free Webinar: Heat Pumps: The What, The Where, And The How Much, January 25, 12 pm

by Hani // Social media manager

Join Green Energy Consumers Alliance for a conversation about heat pumps. Loie Hayes, the Energy Efficiency Coordinator for Green Energy Consumers, will interview Mike Simons, the Training and Develop

0 replies | 342 views | Posted on: 01/09/2023 | Last updated: 01/10/2023

RE+ Northeast, February 22-23, Boston, MA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

RE+ was designed to serve and advance this market by bringing together buyers and suppliers in solar and energy storage to explore business solutions, new technologies, policy initiatives, and other m

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1585 views | Posted on: 12/21/2022 | Last updated: 12/21/2022

Illinois Green Alliance, Holiday Party, December 15, 5:30 pm, Chicago, Illinois

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Join Illinois Green Alliance and partners in the green building industry for an evening of at the Bottom Lounge in the West Loop. 

The Holiday Party is back in action this year. Join memb

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 970 views | Posted on: 11/30/2022 | Last updated: 11/30/2022

EP Career Campfire Webinar: Green Careers in the Building Industry, June 25, 4 PM

by AbbieKnight

The last Career Campfire discussed the many different types of green jobs out there and opportunities to differentiate yourself as a green professional through credentials. In this session, 

Filed under: Webinars

Emerging Green Professionals

Keywords: Green Jobs,green professionals,young green professionals

0 replies | 1099 views | Posted on: 06/08/2020 | Last updated: 06/08/2020

Water Conservation Showcase 2020 (Day 3), August 18, 9 am - 1:20 pm

by Allan Robles // Enabling Building Portfolio Sustainability

The Water Conservation Showcase is a free event and is organized through the combined efforts of the U.S. Green Building Council Northern California, East Bay Municipal Utility District, the San Franc

Filed under: Events

California Green Building

0 replies | 1146 views | Posted on: 05/28/2020 | Last updated: 05/29/2020

Webinar: Accelerating Heat Pumps - Bringing Sustainable Heating and Cooling to Congregations, May 20, 7-9 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Accelerating Heat Pumps: בַּעֲגָלָא†וּבִזְמַּן†קָרִיב
Bringing Sustainable Heating and Cooling to Congregations Soon and in our Time
Free Webinar, March 20, 7

Filed under: Energy

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: HVAC,Heat Pumps,JCAN,Jewish Climate Action Network,Interfaith Power and Light,Synagogue Council of Massachusetts

0 replies | 839 views | Posted on: 05/13/2020 | Last updated: 05/14/2020

USGBC Virtual Town Hall Workshop: Introduction to Arc + Arc Application: Human Experience, May 22, 1-4pm

by USGBC - United States Green Building Council

Join us for the USGBC Virtual Town Hall Workshop: Philadelphia, PA
 

Introduction to Arc (1 hour, 1 CE)


Description: provides a high-level introduction to Arc as a global platform to analyze


Filed under: Energy

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

0 replies | 1333 views | Posted on: 04/27/2020 | Last updated: 04/30/2020

Free Webinar - Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar Farms - the Good, the Bad and the Bees! May 6, 12pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Solar PV is now the fastest growing form of new energy in the US. We could produce 100% of our total energy demand by converting 1 to 2 percent of the landscape to solar. Farm land and old fields are

Filed under: Energy

Solar Energy and Green Building

Keywords: Energy,Solar,Renewable Energy,Pollinators,solar farms,Bees

0 replies | 1439 views | Posted on: 04/13/2020 | Last updated: 04/13/2020

Free Webinar: Conquering Carbon: Using Optimization to Reduce Embodied Carbon & Design more Sustainable Products, April 8, 2 pm EDT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Product optimization and embodied carbon in products are hot topics in 2020. Our previous webinar explained what embodied carbon is new tools to evaluate embodied carbon in products, and the movement

0 replies | 1576 views | Posted on: 03/26/2020 | Last updated: 03/26/2020

Making Sustainable Strides: Greening America's School Systems

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

In the U.S., there are more than 130,000 K-12 schools and more than 4,300 colleges and universities. Schools are at the core of our fundamental American values and culture, and though we acknowledge t…

Filed under: Education

Keywords: Green Building,USGBC,Green Schools,Center For Green Schools,Education Department,Green Ribbon Award Program,Three Pillars

0 replies | 3388 views | Posted on: 07/28/2016 | Last updated: 07/28/2016

Level 3 Circular Economy Masterclass, March 18, Canary Wharf, London

by AbbieKnight

Learn about applying circular economy principles in built environment projects and adapting business models to become more circular. Hear about the practical steps you can take to apply this concept t

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

UK Green Building

0 replies | 1301 views | Posted on: 03/04/2020 | Last updated: 03/04/2020

Polyiso - The Next Generation Air & Water Resistive Barrier, Thursday, February 20, 12 - 1pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

To educate about ‘Building Longevity and Sustainability’ and how these concepts impact making buildings more energy efficient. The course examines how foil-faced polyiso continuous insulat

0 replies | 1135 views | Posted on: 02/10/2020 | Last updated: 02/10/2020

Minneapolis City Council Approves “Home Energy Score" Requirement for Real Estate Transactions

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Home energy data collection is now a part of required Truth in Sale of Housing (TISH) evaluations in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The data is used to generate an Energy Disclosure report to be used i

Filed under: Real Estate

0 replies | 2719 views | Posted on: 01/26/2020 | Last updated: 02/07/2023

As climate change accelerates, floating cities look like less of a pipe dream

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Out of the box thinking - Noah’s Ark for an era of melting polar ice sheets An audacious plan to respond to climate change by building a city of floating islands in the South Pacific is moving fo…

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Keywords: Climate Change,Floating Cities

0 replies | 4065 views | Posted on: 01/30/2017 | Last updated: 01/30/2017

Grid Modernization in Massachusetts, USGBC MA, Tuesday January 31, 8:30 am, Boston

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Grid Modernization in Massachusetts Tuesday, January 31 8:30 – 10:00 AM EST USGBC Massachusetts 50 Milk St 18th Floor "Hemingway Room" Boston, MA 02109 Learn about the electric grid that…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Grid Modernization

0 replies | 653 views | Posted on: 01/19/2017 | Last updated: 01/30/2017

UGC Event- Solarizing NYC: Implementing Solar on City-Owned Buildings (12/13 @ 8-10am, 1515 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036)

by aahassonjee

What does it take to install solar photovoltaics in NYC? What are some of the challenges that public and private institutions face in pursuing maximal system size and deployment? Join the Urban Gre…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 702 views | Posted on: 12/10/2016 | Last updated: 12/10/2016

New LEED Pilot Credit: How Economic Analysis is Making the Case for Sustainable Design - Webinar, 11/30, 2 pm EST

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Attend this Sustainable City Network webinar to learn about the new LEED Pilot Credit - Informing Design Using Triple Bottom Line Analysis – and how you can earn it. This new pilot credit requir…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Green Building,LEED V4,Sustainable City Network

0 replies | 818 views | Posted on: 11/29/2016 | Last updated: 11/29/2016

NYPH PHPPv.9 Training (Nov.4/9-5pm/334 Douglass St, BK)

by aahassonjee

Join New York Passive House for PHPPv9: What's New from Version 8 and Why. With the release of v9, PHPP has undergone its biggest upgrade since 2007. In this 1-day masterclass course, participants …

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 524 views | Posted on: 11/03/2016 | Last updated: 11/03/2016

High Performance and Net Zero Construction Workshop, Wed Nov 9th - Mass Save, Boston, MA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

High Performance and Net Zero Construction Workshops - Mass Save Wednesday, November 9th 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. UMASS Club One Beacon Street, 32nd Floor Boston There is also a workshop on …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Netzero,High Performance Building,MassSave

0 replies | 746 views | Posted on: 10/17/2016 | Last updated: 10/17/2016

VERGE Virtual Event 9/20-22 - Register for access to more videos and slides!

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Register for VERGE Virtual to join 30+ mainstage presenters and thousands of industry leaders convening for a three-day virtual event featuring: -Thought-provoking VERGE mainstage sessions explorin…

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Green Building,Greenbiz,Circular Economy

0 replies | 1363 views | Posted on: 09/19/2016 | Last updated: 09/19/2016

Florida Voters add Solar Tax Break to State Constitution, More to Come - via the Miami Herald

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

In the primary election on August 30th, Florida's voters overwhelmingly approved (70%!!) an amendment to the Florida Constitution which exempts solar and other renewable energy devices on business and…

Filed under: Energy

Florida Green Building Group

0 replies | 942 views | Posted on: 09/01/2016 | Last updated: 09/01/2016

 

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