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June First Friday Webinar: LEED v4 Whole Project Water Use Reduction Pilot ACP, June 7

by AbbieKnight

Join USGBC for a deep-dive on LEED v4 pilot alternative compliance path (ACP) for Whole Project Water Use Reduction, a performance-based pathway for teams to demonstrate reductions in water consumptio

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: LEED V4,Water Use Reduction

0 replies | 2525 views | Posted on: 05/16/2019 | Last updated: 05/18/2019

Road to Zero: Fifth City Commons Building Tour, August 9, 1 pm, Chicago, IL

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Join Illinois Green Alliance for the first Road to Zero: Summit Tour Series with a deeper dive into the Fifth City Commons project.  Fifth City Commons is a new-construction afford

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 682 views | Posted on: 07/23/2024 | Last updated: 07/23/2024

Free Online Workshop: Evaluating and Selecting Luminaires, July 25, 9am-2:30pm PT

by Hani // Social media manager

LED Luminaires are now the dominate electric light source.  As with legacy light sources, their characteristics need to be reviewed and compared to choose the best fixture for an application &nbs

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

0 replies | 922 views | Posted on: 06/25/2024 | Last updated: 07/01/2024

Free SCE Webinar: Energy Storage Basics, June 28, 10 am - 12 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Energy Storage Systems (ESS) are the key to increasing the amount of renewables on the grid. This class will cover the basics of ESS terminology and common ESS battery chemistries, such as lithium-ion

California Green Building

0 replies | 911 views | Posted on: 06/07/2024 | Last updated: 06/07/2024

Free Webinar: Electrify Efficiently: Staging Home Electrification Projects, June 4, 12-1:30pm PT

by Hani // Social media manager

Long-term planning is essential when it comes to most whole-home electrification journeys. By taking into consideration a customer’s long-term needs alongside their immediate needs, you can help

California Green Building

0 replies | 636 views | Posted on: 05/22/2024 | Last updated: 05/23/2024

Free Webinar: Designing for Decarbonization, May 21, 9 am - 1 pm PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

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)

California Green Building

0 replies | 1064 views | Posted on: 05/02/2024 | Last updated: 05/02/2024

USGBC: 2024 Michigan Energy Summit, May 8, Grand Rapids, Michigan

by Hani // Social media manager

Creating Opportunity through Decarbonization

The Michigan Energy Summit is the premier energy conference of the year. With industry experts discussing the future of clean energy in Michigan, y

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1073 views | Posted on: 04/16/2024 | Last updated: 04/16/2024

Free Webinar: Green Metropolis: A Talk with the Author of a Seminal Work in the Field of Sustainability, April 18, 11:30am-1pm PST

by Hani // Social media manager

This presentation by The New Yorker staff writer, David Owen, will focus on the topic of his 2010 book, The Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to S

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

0 replies | 1058 views | Posted on: 03/30/2024 | Last updated: 03/30/2024

Free Webinar, Leveraging Data and Digitalization to Make the Grid More Visible, Resilient, and Clean, March 27, 1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Climate change presents a call to action to transform the energy ecosystem, requiring us to change how we’ve planned, fueled, and operated the grid over the past 100 years. The United States has

0 replies | 459 views | Posted on: 03/14/2024 | Last updated: 03/14/2024

Grid Mid-Atlantic's Solar Soireé: A Five-Year Anniversary: September 9, Washington DC

by AidanAnthony // Intern

GRID Mid-Atlantic invites you to join in celebrating five years of changing lives through energy alternatives while celebrating the achievements of community champions who help advance social jus

Filed under: Washington, DC

Developing Technologies

0 replies | 1330 views | Posted on: 07/18/2019 | Last updated: 07/18/2019

Explore Detroit: Urban Agriculture + Green Space Bus Tour, August 17, Detroit, MI 12pm-3pm

by AidanAnthony // Intern

Detroit is home to approximately 1,700 urban farms, each innovative and unique in it's own way. On this tour we will explore these sustainable green spaces and hear from the incredibly dedicated D

Filed under: Other - Green Building Events

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1508 views | Posted on: 06/26/2019 | Last updated: 06/26/2019

Metro & USGBC-LA Sustainability Tour, July 8, 1:00-6:00pm, Los Angeles, CA

by Gina Pryciak // Student

Join USGBC-LA for a fun and informative sustainability tour through DTLA aboard Metro! The focus will be on how each stop has implemented best practices and new technologies to green their buildings f

Filed under: California

California Green Building

Keywords: Green Building,Energy Efficiency,Sustainability

0 replies | 2349 views | Posted on: 06/13/2019 | Last updated: 06/13/2019

Lincoln Net Positive Farmhouse, BSA, Committee on the Environment (COTE) June 19, 6pm, Boston, MA

by Gina Pryciak // Student

ZeroEnergy Design's Stephanie Horowitz AIA presents one of the firm's net positive designs. This modern farmhouse ties into the cultural landscape of Lincoln, MA - a town known for i

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Green Building,Passive House,Net Positive,Net Zero Buildings,green architecture

0 replies | 1713 views | Posted on: 06/05/2019 | Last updated: 02/09/2021

Looking for assistance in finding sales people to sell a full line of "Green" chemicals for commercial applications.

by KerstonR // Selling Green Products

We are having problems finding good people who want to sell a full line of green chemical products. Green chemicals have gotten a black eye in the past and many good sales people are skeptical about …

Filed under: Marketing

0 replies | 2218 views | Posted on: 04/06/2015 | Last updated: 04/06/2015

Green Building Tour: Zero Net-Energy, Low Carbon House, Revision Energy and USGBC MA, May 29 (Note date change), Rockport, MA

by ReVision Energy

Are you interested in building a zero net-energy, low-carbon house?
Join Revision Energy and USGBC MA on a New Home Tour in Rockport, MA!  

Houses are not being built like they


Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1973 views | Posted on: 03/25/2019 | Last updated: 04/25/2019

Smart Buildings: Rising to the Challenge of the Future

by GreenCE Sustainable Design and Construction

By definition, the Internet of Things, or IoT, is the network of connected devices that contain electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enables these things to connect, inter

Filed under: Other Green Building - Other

Keywords: Sustainability,Smart Buildings

0 replies | 2707 views | Posted on: 02/28/2019 | Last updated: 02/11/2023

Williams College Starts the Clock on a Year of Measurement for the Living Building Challenge

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

This month, the team at Williams College began the 12-month performance period to meet the Living Building Challenge for the Class of 1966 Environmental Center at Williams College. For one year, the b…

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Green Building,Living Building Challenge,Williams College

0 replies | 1279 views | Posted on: 11/17/2015 | Last updated: 11/17/2015

Stevens Institute of Technology Wins Solar Decathlon 2015- Congratulations!

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Stevens Institute of Technology's SURE HOUSE won top honors overall at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, took second pla…

Filed under: Solar Decathlon

Keywords: Resiliency,Solar Decathlon,Stevens Institute of Technology

0 replies | 1501 views | Posted on: 10/19/2015 | Last updated: 10/19/2015

Governor Baker Testifies in Favor of Energy Bills - Netmetering Caps, Wind Energy Hydropower

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Reports surrounding Governor Baker's testimony On Tuesday seemed reasonably positive. The Governor spoke favorably about "testing" the market for Offshore wind projects, and he also testified favor…

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Massachusetts,clean energy,Wind energy,Solar Energy,Hydropower

0 replies | 1648 views | Posted on: 09/30/2015 | Last updated: 09/30/2015

Electric Pride - Aspen Colorado is the Third U.S. city to reach 100% Renewable Energy!

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Inhabitat reports from the Aspen Times that Aspen has succeeded in powering itself with 100 percent renewable energy. The city has worked for more than a decade to reach this milestone. Technologies…

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Solar,Renewable Energy,Wind,Colorado,Aspen,Geothermal

0 replies | 1941 views | Posted on: 09/07/2015 | Last updated: 09/07/2015

Things are looking good financially for the green building industry!

by NathanKashdan // Student

New research done by the BBC shows that the green building materials market will reach a total value of $69 billion by 2019! The most interesting part of this new research is that some estimates show …

Filed under: Green Building Finance

Keywords: Green Building,investing

0 replies | 1935 views | Posted on: 08/13/2015 | Last updated: 08/13/2015

Has anyone else been getting calls about electricity going up 13%?

by Chelsea W. // Student

Over the past couple weeks, I keep getting calls to my home saying, "Your electricity will go up about 13% in the upcoming months due to new regulations promoting cleaner energy. However if you go sol…

Filed under: Government Policies

Related to: Energy,Government Policies,Government Agencies and Initiatives ,Safety

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Alt Energy,Government,Government Policy

0 replies | 2055 views | Posted on: 07/10/2015 | Last updated: 07/10/2015

Connecting Investors and Donors with Cleantech and Clean Energy Investments

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

I was interested to read Greentech Media's article on how few US philanthropic dollars are typically invested in the kinds of clean energy and cleantech projects that can reduce our impact on the envi…

Filed under: Fundraising

Keywords: Climate Change,Energy,Cleantech,Environment,Prime Coalition,Philanthropy

0 replies | 1913 views | Posted on: 06/17/2015 | Last updated: 06/17/2015

German American Smart Buildings Symposium, Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., @MIT

by Dkelman // Realtor Who Promotes Green

The German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is pleased to announce the next event in our International Sustainability Series: German American Smart Buildings Symposium Tuesday, June 16th, 9 …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Smart Buildings

0 replies | 1289 views | Posted on: 05/15/2015 | Last updated: 05/15/2015

 

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