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Materialize - Technology & Accessibility, April 11, 2-7 pm, San Francisco, CA

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Join Mindful Materials for an inspiring afternoon affair!

LEARN & SHARE with industry peers

Manufacturers | Specifiers | Architects | Designers | Engineers | Owners | Contractors

Filed under: California

California Green Building

0 replies | 1334 views | Posted on: 03/18/2019 | Last updated: 03/18/2019

Free Webinar: Let's Talk Trash: Designing Beyond Disposal, May 28, 12-1 pm, CT

by Mansi // Social Media Manager

Join the Illinois Green Alliance event for a candid, virtual panel conversation with interior design materials experts discussing the complex trade-offs designers face when making decisions aroun

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 946 views | Posted on: 05/08/2025 | Last updated: 05/08/2025

Free Webinar: Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure for Multifamily and Commercial Properties (Part 1 of 3), May 29, 12-2 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

This electric vehicle (EV) charging webinar is intended for building owners, designers, builders and developers, and architects seeking information on EV charging and best practices on how to deploy E

California Green Building

0 replies | 894 views | Posted on: 04/26/2025 | Last updated: 04/26/2025

Neighborhood Electrification, A MassCEC Speaker Series Event, Free & Online, April 18, 12-1 pm ET

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Growth of the gas system over the past 150 years often involved the addition of whole neighborhoods at a time. In the 1950s and 1960s, the conversion from manufactured town gas to natural gas required

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 850 views | Posted on: 04/03/2025 | Last updated: 04/03/2025

2025 Michigan Energy Summit, May 8, Grand Rapids, Michigan

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

Join this webinar at the premier The Michigan Energy Summit! This full-day conference will highlight the Michigan Battle of the Buildings 2024 'Biggest Losers' for their outstanding

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1091 views | Posted on: 03/18/2025 | Last updated: 04/01/2025

Free Webinar: Down to Earth Affordable Housing: Natural & Low Energy Builds, April 16, 12 - 1 pm ET

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

In 2023, Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley (HHGV) received the Green Builder Home of the Year Award Overall Grand Winner. That illustrated how big benefits can come in small packages. Cillian Liam

Michigan Green Building

0 replies | 1010 views | Posted on: 02/27/2025 | Last updated: 03/11/2025

Green Homes Tour 2025: Encinitas, Scripps Ranch, & 4S Ranch, Encinitas, California, February 22, 2 pm, February 23, 10 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

The Green Homes Tour is organized by the San Diego Residential Committee. Each year, the San Diego Green Homes Tour brings together hundreds of members of the local community to ce

California Green Building

0 replies | 548 views | Posted on: 02/05/2025 | Last updated: 02/05/2025

Free Online Event: High Performance Buildings - Designing for Utility Costs & Carbon Emissions, February 20, 12 - 2 pm PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

How can we decide what features to upgrade in our building projects? Most project teams use code minimum, manufacturers’ claims, anecdotes, and gut feelings to decide what insulation, HVAC syste

California Green Building

0 replies | 647 views | Posted on: 01/18/2025 | Last updated: 02/03/2025

Free Webinar: 2025 Energy Code Update for the Building Industry, February 12, 9:30 - 11 am PT

by Shivani // Social Media Manager

The 2025 code cycle takes effect January 1, 2026! This course provides an overview of key changes to Title 24 Part 6 Energy Code, with a focus on architects, builders and others in the construction in

California Green Building

0 replies | 1048 views | Posted on: 12/21/2024 | Last updated: 02/03/2025

High-Performance Building Assemblies Course, July 18, Boston, MA

by AidanAnthony // Intern

This course will cover:

  1. High Performance Building Assemblies – An introduction and an approach
  2. HPBA Control Layers – It’s in the details
  3. High Performance Glazing – Ma

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1613 views | Posted on: 06/09/2019 | Last updated: 06/09/2019

Webinar: The 21st Century Geopolitics of Energy Thursday, June 13, 1:15PM - 2:15PM

by AidanAnthony // Intern

Designed for mid-level professionals, the webinar previews a new one-day onsite class exploring the little understood but compelling world of Energy and Geopolitics. 

International energy mark

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Energy,energy markets,geopolitics

0 replies | 1740 views | Posted on: 06/03/2019 | Last updated: 06/03/2019

CalGreen & Energy Code Workshops, June 5, San Francisco, CA

by AbbieKnight

In 2008, California became the first state in the nation to include mandatory green building requirements in its building code. This groundbreaking step meant that every structure built in the state &

Filed under: California

California Green Building

Keywords: Energy Codes,Residential Buildings

0 replies | 1398 views | Posted on: 05/13/2019 | Last updated: 05/13/2019

Open House, April 14, 1-4 pm, Weston, MA - 1897 Farmhouse Transformed info a Modern, Energy Efficient, Healthy Smart-Home

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

This home combines the architectural integrity & character of the original 1897 farmhouse with advanced high-performance and smart home features.

-Registered under the LEED green building

Filed under: Real Estate

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1387 views | Posted on: 04/10/2019 | Last updated: 04/10/2019

Student USGBC Groups

by Steven Fitzgerald // Student/Consultant

I have realized that the major reason in which I have been able to obtain my Green Associates Accreditation was the information that the USGBC had given to our Student Group. The study Material and th…

Emerging Green Professionals

0 replies | 1025 views | Posted on: 11/04/2014 | Last updated: 11/04/2014

Introduction to Passive House, February 28, New Haven, CT

by AbbieKnight

Passive House is the world’s most rigorous building energy performance standard, requiring a significant reduction in energy consumption while yielding other benefits such as superior comfo

Filed under: Connecticut

Connecticut Green Building

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,Passive House,Connecticut

0 replies | 1612 views | Posted on: 02/11/2019 | Last updated: 02/11/2019

Small Packaged Heat Pumps: Rethinking Everything, Webinar or Attend in Person, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019 3:30-5:00 PM EST, Syracuse COE, NY

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Heat pumps are a key strategy for eliminating fossil fuel use, being promoted by everyone from savvy HVAC contractors to national environmental groups to city and state agencies, but split system heat

Filed under: Heat Pumps

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,HVAC,Heat Pumps

0 replies | 1344 views | Posted on: 01/23/2019 | Last updated: 01/23/2019

The World’s Most Sustainable Office of 2018

by Suelen Ribeiro // Architect/ LEED GA

The Royal Institute of British Architects awarded the 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize to Bloomberg, London by Foster + Partners. The RIBA Stirling Prize is judged against a range of criteria includ

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Related to: Other Green Building,Other Discussions

Keywords: Sustainable Architecture,Green Office Building,Sustanability

0 replies | 2994 views | Posted on: 01/16/2019 | Last updated: 02/13/2023

Colorado Green Building Guild Annual Holiday Party, Dec 13, Niwot, CO

by Aditya

Come and join us to eat, drink and be merry at the Annual Colorado Green Building Guild Holiday Party! It’s time to connect and meet up with friends old and new, and enjoy our fun seasonal socia

Filed under: Events

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: Green Building,Sustainable Communities,Sustainability,Colorado Green Building Guild

0 replies | 983 views | Posted on: 12/05/2018 | Last updated: 12/05/2018

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado- 100%: A Clean Energy Vision for Colorado - September 1st, 6 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

September Sustainability Series 100%: A Clean Energy Vision for Colorado 6 - 8 pm Free and open to the public We are seeing an impressive increase in the number of entire countries, as well, ad…

Filed under: Colorado

Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group

Keywords: clean energy,Netzero

0 replies | 1328 views | Posted on: 08/28/2015 | Last updated: 08/28/2015

Governor Cuomo announces Shared Renewables green energy program for NY

by Chelsea W. // Student

Last week Governor Cuomo announced a new energy program that gives more homeowners the ability to use renewable energy. This is a huge step in the right direction for NYers! After the disastrous effec…

Filed under: Government Policies

Related to: Government Agencies and Initiatives ,Safety

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Renewable Energy,New York,Government Policy

0 replies | 2125 views | Posted on: 07/27/2015 | Last updated: 07/27/2015

EnergyBar! Greentown Labs, Thursday, July 9, 2015 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

EnergyBar! Greentown Labs Thursday, July 9, 2015 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT) 28 Dane Street, Somerville, MA 02143 EnergyBar is a monthly event devoted to helping people in clean technology mee…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Cleantech,Greentown Labs,Energy Bar

0 replies | 1452 views | Posted on: 06/27/2015 | Last updated: 06/27/2015

Women Shaping the Agenda in Energy and the Environment: The Public Sector 6/23 5:30-8:30 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Women Shaping the Agenda in Energy and the Environment: The Public Sector MIT Sloan School of Management 100 Main St (Bldg E62) Cambridge, MA, First Floor, Executive Education Suite June 23 5:3…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: New England Women In Energy and the Environment,NEWIEE

0 replies | 1180 views | Posted on: 06/04/2015 | Last updated: 06/04/2015

GreenHomeNYC Resume Workshop, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 6:30 - 8PM Brooklyn, NY

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

GHNYC Green Careers Resume Workshop Tuesday, May 12, 2015 6:30 - 8 pm with networking afterwards National Grid, 1 MetroTech Roadway, Conference room 2-04A Brooklyn, NY Part 1. DISCUSSION: Volu…

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Emerging Green Professionals,GreenHomeNYC

0 replies | 1350 views | Posted on: 04/29/2015 | Last updated: 04/29/2015

The Mississippi River: Is Sustainable Infrastructure a Watershed Solution?

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Security and Sustainability Forum Wednesday, March 25 12 - 1:15 pm EDT Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/536553242851934210 Through the efforts of several national civil …

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Security and Sustainability,Webinar,Sustainable Infrastructure

0 replies | 1414 views | Posted on: 03/23/2015 | Last updated: 03/23/2015

Residential Architect/Designer (Gaithersburg) - Sustainable Design Group

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Sustainable Design Group is a Custom home design and construction company in Gaithersburg Maryland. We specialize in green, solar, zero energy homes. We are looking for an experienced architect/design…

Filed under: Green Building Jobs

Keywords: Architecture,Green Building Jobs,Design

0 replies | 1513 views | Posted on: 02/02/2015 | Last updated: 02/02/2015

 

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