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Healthy Homes Webinar, Hosted by UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County, August 17, 11 am

by gracemorrison

A healthy home leads to a healthier you. This class will explore the different elements that make up the indoor environment quality of your home and how they can affect your health, happiness, and wel

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 989 views | Posted on: 06/15/2022 | Last updated: 07/09/2022

AIA Conference on Architecture & Design, June 4–7, Boston, Massachusetts

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

AIA25 is more than just a conference; it’s an invitation to inspiration. Anchored by four days of immersive learning, inspiring keynotes, architect-led tours, networking events, and the industry

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1200 views | Posted on: 04/26/2025 | Last updated: 04/29/2025

Free Webinar: Sustainable Transformations: Deep Energy Exterior Retrofits, May 1, 4pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Working towards a low-carbon built environment demands that we address our existing structures.

There is an abundance of existing buildings – and particularly existing housing – that ar

Connecticut Green Building

0 replies | 895 views | Posted on: 04/09/2025 | Last updated: 04/09/2025

Green Building United 2025 Sustainability Symposium, May 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Celebrate 15 years of sustainable innovation at Green Building United’s Annual Sustainability Symposium! This full-day event brings together leaders and advocates to explore cutting-edge solutio

Pennsylvania Sustainability Group

0 replies | 1034 views | Posted on: 03/21/2025 | Last updated: 03/21/2025

Clear Drop - Plastic Recycling for Bags and Other Hard to Recycle Items

by Rate It Green Team


Pretty soon, there’s going to be an easy way to everyone to recycle or really “pre-recycle” those loose fluffy or crinkly plastic items you never really quite knew how to recyc

Filed under: Recycling Equipment

Keywords: Sustainability,Recycling,Green Living,Soft Plastic Compactor,Plastic Recycling,Plastic Bags,Compactors

0 replies | 6871 views | Posted on: 03/04/2025 | Last updated: 03/08/2025

5 Years after Covid: Healthy building trends to know w/ Dr. Joe Allen, Online, February 19, 10-11 am ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

For the fifth anniversary of Urban Green Live, the program's very first guest is returning to present: Dr. Joe Allen, Director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program and Associate Profe

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 805 views | Posted on: 02/06/2025 | Last updated: 02/06/2025

Fire Prevention and Response – An EBC Solid Waste Management Webinar, February 5, 12 - 1:30 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Attend this EBC Solid Waste Management webinar to join the discussion of the ins and outs of fire prevention and response at solid waste facilities.

The speaker panel for this webinar will include

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 510 views | Posted on: 01/21/2025 | Last updated: 01/21/2025

Free Webinar: Emergency Lighting, February 6, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

"Egress" lighting – lighting sufficient for exiting a building safely - for both normal conditions as well as during an emergency, is required in every commercial, institutional and in

California Green Building

0 replies | 767 views | Posted on: 12/31/2024 | Last updated: 02/03/2025

Free Webinar: Electrifying Agricultural Product Processing, January 13, 10am - 12pm PT

by Hani // Social media manager

This webinar is an introduction to electrifying common gas burning technologies used in agricultural product processing, such as boilers and steamers in dairies, creameries, canneries and br

California Green Building

0 replies | 1091 views | Posted on: 12/04/2024 | Last updated: 12/08/2024

Research on Tap: Climate Change and Clean Energy, BU Institute for Global Sustainability, December 5, 4-6 pm, Boston, Massachusetts

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Fossil fuels have provided major benefits to populations in affordability and well-being but also created large impacts on the health of people and the planet. In the face of climate change, new and o

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 363 views | Posted on: 11/14/2024 | Last updated: 11/14/2024

First Friday Webinar: The Changing Role of Green Building in ESG + Finance, October 7, 1 pm ET

by gracemorrison

For more than 25 years, green building has provided a framework to define leadership and drive market transformation. The result is thousands of certified green building projects that are more efficie

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1304 views | Posted on: 07/28/2022 | Last updated: 08/29/2022

Passive House Coastal Campus Pro Tour, Maine, August 5, 1pm-5pm

by gracemorrison

This Pro Tour will explore the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, a scientific village that is the new home for Bowdoin’s Marine Science program. Situated on Orr’s Island, approximately 12 m

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1043 views | Posted on: 07/12/2022 | Last updated: 07/12/2022

Implementing Renewable Energy in Industrial Facilities, August 2, 11 am

by gracemorrison

From solar to wind and geothermal to hydro, the world of renewable energy options can be hard to navigate. Through Better Plants, DOE has developed a guidance document on renewable energy for industry

Buildings and Our Health - News and Information

0 replies | 1275 views | Posted on: 07/05/2022 | Last updated: 07/18/2022

SBESC's Rainwater/ Greywater Class & Workshop, May 16, 2018, 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm, Hawthorne, CA

by YijunW

Register to attend a free two-part Rainwater/Greywater Class and Workshop Attendance to both class and workshop are required to receive incentives Learn About: The Benefits, Ordinances & Guidelines…

California Green Building

0 replies | 779 views | Posted on: 04/23/2018 | Last updated: 04/23/2018

Cooper Recycling Tour, Brooklyn, NY, June 29, 5:45PM

by gracemorrison

Even though the majority of construction waste is recyclable, the overall recycling rate for construction and demolition waste in NYC is estimated to be less than 50 percent. Cooper Recycling in Brook

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Recycling,Construction Waste,Circular Material Use

0 replies | 1271 views | Posted on: 06/06/2022 | Last updated: 06/06/2022

Advancing Energy Justice: Tools for Justice40 and Equitable Deep Decarbonization, Virtual Event, May 11-12

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Federal and state-level policy discussions are increasingly focused on achieving an equitable clean energy transition. The Biden-Harris administration's Justice40 Initiative aims to deliver a

Filed under: Advocacy

New York Green Building Group

0 replies | 1305 views | Posted on: 04/27/2022 | Last updated: 04/27/2022

Webinar: Find and Select Better Materials for LEED Projects with ecomedes, April 19, 2 pm

by samanthaklein // Intern

Drastically reduce the time it takes to search for the best materials for your LEED or green building project, learn how to list a product, automate a product's LEED documentation process with one

Keywords: Architecture,Materials,Design,LEED

0 replies | 1540 views | Posted on: 04/04/2022 | Last updated: 04/04/2022

No More Plastic Straw Please: We Throw Away 500 Million Plastic Straws Every Day

by YijunW

An accrual 8.3 billion plastic straws are polluting the world's beaches, stated by Roland Geyer et al.’s 2018 paper "Production, Use, and Fate of All Plastics Ever Made." Americans alone use 500 mil…

Filed under: Advocacy

0 replies | 1226 views | Posted on: 07/09/2018 | Last updated: 07/16/2018

Philadelphia – A Green City

by Eileen Flynn // Student

For more than a decade now, Philadelphia has been spreading its famous city love through the community in a different, and very important, way. The city acts as an inspiration for other towns througho

Filed under: Water

Keywords: Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,Efficient city,Green city

0 replies | 1979 views | Posted on: 06/22/2018 | Last updated: 02/17/2023

ACES 2018, A Community on Ecosystem Services, December 3–7, 2018, Arlington, Virginia

by YijunW

ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services represents a dynamic and growing international assembly of professionals, researchers, and policy-makers involved with ecosystem services. The ACES 2018 Confere…

Filed under: Washington, DC

0 replies | 1341 views | Posted on: 06/11/2018 | Last updated: 06/11/2018

It Doesn’t Cost to Build Green - the Green Building Council South Africa Study

by YijunW

Despite the rapid growing recognition and expansion of sustainable initiatives and green buildings, concerns regarding the upfront cost of green facilities continue due to the lack of quantifiable inf…

Filed under: Studies/Surveys

0 replies | 951 views | Posted on: 06/04/2018 | Last updated: 07/21/2018

MIAQC Seminar: Bad Applications of Good Products, June 7, Augusta, ME

by YijunW

Problems often arise when good building materials are used improperly. Condensation, wetting, air infiltration, and even chemical exposures can occur when the design or construction of a building is f…

Filed under: Maine

0 replies | 1199 views | Posted on: 05/19/2018 | Last updated: 05/19/2018

What are the Most Important Green Building Features? Access to Natural light, Proximate Public Transportation, Indoor Air Quality...

by YijunW

Research has shown that the top green building office features are access to natural light, good indoor air quality, and proximate public transportation from the office and investor's perspective.

Filed under: Studies/Surveys

0 replies | 6631 views | Posted on: 05/13/2018 | Last updated: 01/24/2019

NAEM 2018 Corporate Sustainability Conference, July 30 - August 1, Providence, RI

by YijunW

Sustainability Management Conference Agenda Register for this year's Sustainability conference to learn the latest sustainability trends, approaches, tools, and partnerships in water, greenhouse g…

Filed under: Rhode Island

Rhode Island Green Building

0 replies | 1499 views | Posted on: 05/05/2018 | Last updated: 05/05/2018

National Premier Clean Energy Investment Event, NREL Industry Growth Forum, May 3 - 4, Denver, CO

by YijunW

For over twenty years, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Industry Growth Forum has been the nation’s premier clean energy investment event. The Forum features presentations fro…

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

0 replies | 763 views | Posted on: 04/29/2018 | Last updated: 04/29/2018

 

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