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mindful Materials Boston, February 27, 8 - 10am

by mindful MATERIALS

If we change the way products are made and the way buildings are designed, we can positively impact the health of the population and the planet.

Please come to learn about how the Mindful Materials

Filed under: Certifications/Labels and Transparency

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 1618 views | Posted on: 02/03/2019 | Last updated: 04/05/2019

Women in Green Webinar: Jumpstart your Sustainability Career with Transferable Skills, May 17, 9-10:30 am PT

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Do you feel motivated to transition to a cleantech or sustainability career? Are you curious about your transferable skills? Do you need help with your transition and how to get started?  An incr

California Green Building

0 replies | 710 views | Posted on: 04/29/2024 | Last updated: 04/30/2024

Passive House 101: An Introduction to Passive Buildings, Virtual Event, May 2, 3-5pm

by Hani // Social media manager

In this course, They will provide an overview of the Passive House building standard including certification metrics, common design elements, and net-zero potential, as well as the impacts Passive Hou

0 replies | 712 views | Posted on: 04/12/2024 | Last updated: 04/12/2024

Free Webinar: Powering Your Home With Solar Energy (In Person event dates are also available!), April 25, 8 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

 

Find out how you can shine with solar energy! In this discussion with an Illinois Solar Education Association Solar Ambassador, you will learn:

  • How solar energy works in Illinois
  • The

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 731 views | Posted on: 03/28/2024 | Last updated: 03/28/2024

Southface Institute: GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green (Hands-On), April 2, 9am-1pm, Atlanta, Georgia

by Hani // Social media manager

GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green

Southface is excited to partner with 2M Design Consultants to offer the GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Course. Participants will learn how to see buildings

Georgia on My Mind - Green Building, Sustainable Products and Building Practices

0 replies | 654 views | Posted on: 03/09/2024 | Last updated: 03/09/2024

A Sustainable Built Environment through Systems Change: Part 3 - Where have we got to? March 7, 10 am - 4 pm, London

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

UKGBC is calling on stakeholders across the built environment to engage in a new systems change programme to enable the transformation to a net zero, climate resilience and regenerative built environm

UK Green Building

0 replies | 682 views | Posted on: 02/21/2024 | Last updated: 02/21/2024

Free Webinar: Practical Ways to Address Embodied Carbon, February 20, 10-11:15 am

by Hani // Social media manager

Embodied Carbon, the term that identifies the collective impacts of extracting, manufacturing and transporting building materials, is appearing on everything from requests for proposals to the next ro

Filed under: Webinars

0 replies | 657 views | Posted on: 01/31/2024 | Last updated: 02/01/2024

Webinar + Building Tour: Pushing Passive: Affordable Housing Forges the Way for High Performance, January 25, 12-1pm CT, Chicago, Illinois

by Hani // Social media manager

The Conservatory Apartments will be completed in February 2024. Once it is fully certified, it will be the largest Phius Certified Multi-Unit building in the city. Embracing both the then new 2019 Bui

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 542 views | Posted on: 01/10/2024 | Last updated: 01/11/2024

AHR Expo, January 22 - 24, Chicago, Illinois

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

The AHR Expo brings together manufacturers & suppliers of all sizes & specialties to share ideas and showcase the future of HVACR technology. It’s the industry’s best place for OEM

Illinois Green Building Group

0 replies | 1112 views | Posted on: 12/16/2023 | Last updated: 12/16/2023

Free Virtual Green Marketing Roundtable, Green Brand Building, with SCE & Franklin Energy, January 8, 10 am - 12 pm PST

by samanthaklein // Intern

"Green Eileen" will host a series of Green Real Estate Marketing Roundtables, with surprise energy-efficiency guests joining for some sessions. She will guide Real Estate Professionals throu

Filed under: Webinars

California Green Building

Keywords: Business Development,Energy Efficiency,Real Estate,Marketing

0 replies | 1239 views | Posted on: 11/24/2023 | Last updated: 11/26/2023

Prefab & Passive House: A Builder's Response to Climate Change, May 30, Branford, CT

by AbbieKnight

Chris Corson, founder and Technical Director of Ecocor High Performance Building of Maine, will discuss the benefits of pre-fabricated, panelized construction in Passive House buildings and how we can

Filed under: Connecticut

Connecticut Green Building

Keywords: Passive House,Panelized construction

0 replies | 2265 views | Posted on: 04/28/2019 | Last updated: 04/28/2019

IMPACT Sustainable Development Conference, USGBC Minnesota, April 9, St Paul

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

The annual IMPACT conference is the leading event for sustainable development in the Midwest. Drawing hundreds of building professionals, the conference features the latest updates for LEED, green bus

Filed under: Events

0 replies | 1558 views | Posted on: 03/27/2019 | Last updated: 03/27/2019

Tri State Energy Conference, April 2-4, New York, NY

by ella.nielsen44 // Student

Local governments from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are independently building opportunities to switch to clean energy.

  • New York is one of the most active community solar markets in the

Filed under: New York

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Solar,Renewable Energy,Community Solar

0 replies | 1980 views | Posted on: 03/04/2019 | Last updated: 03/06/2019

Crown Environmental Fraud - Stop denying climate science and ACT!

by orthlefoxxe // nature conservancy advocate

Contrary to the hype and hysteria, our planet stopped warming 16 years ago Contrary to the hype and hysteria, our planet stopped warming 16 years ago, even as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels cont…

Filed under: Climate Change

0 replies | 1163 views | Posted on: 09/04/2013 | Last updated: 09/04/2013

FREE WEBINAR: Daylighting by Design, Tuesday, December 16, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST

by GreenCE Sustainable Design and Construction

This course discusses the benefits of a thoughtfully- designed light control system and how to make it work for your project's natural-lighting and shading needs. The discussion emphases implement

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: Lighting,canopies,shading

0 replies | 2329 views | Posted on: 01/18/2019 | Last updated: 03/05/2019

Biobags manufacturer in Chennai

by ensafeindia // ensafeindia

At Ensafe our goal is to eliminate disposable plastic bags that affects our environment. We provide innovative, safe and recyclable compostable bags and enable you build a better future for all.

Filed under: Industry Organizations and Associations

Related to: Products

0 replies | 1592 views | Posted on: 01/07/2019 | Last updated: 01/07/2019

E-Waste: Providence (Indie Cycle, December 16, 2018, 2:30-5pm, Providence, RI

by Yishan

E-Waste: Providence (Indie Cycle)

Sun, 12/16/2018 02:30 pm  - 05:00 pm
Flatbread Company, EcoRI Regift Sale, 161 Cushing Street, Providence 

Electronic waste (e-waste) collection even


Filed under: Environmental Activism

Rhode Island Green Building

0 replies | 1189 views | Posted on: 11/29/2018 | Last updated: 11/30/2018

AIAA Wind Energy Symposium, Jan 7-11, 2019, San Diego, CA

by Aditya

This conference covers the broad range of topics related to wind energy technology for both land-based and offshore siting. Technical areas of interest include Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Acoustics,

Filed under: Energy

California Green Building

Keywords: clean energy,Wind energy,Sustainability

0 replies | 1751 views | Posted on: 11/13/2018 | Last updated: 11/13/2018

2019 HPC Northwest Regional Conference & Trade Show, Feb 11-12, Portland OR

by Yishan

Join industry leaders along with fellow weatherization professionals, home performance contracting businesses, program administrators, and others working in the residential energy efficiency industry

Filed under: Trade Shows

0 replies | 1594 views | Posted on: 11/04/2018 | Last updated: 11/04/2018

2nd Annual Massachusetts Litter Summit, November 3, 2018, North Easton MA

by Aditya

You are cordially invited to join us for an afternoon of “talking trash.” We’ll share best practices and ideas for preventing and cleaning up litter in your community, including:

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Waste Management

0 replies | 1047 views | Posted on: 10/26/2018 | Last updated: 10/26/2018

Hotels Install Window Film to Increase Energy Efficiency

by Chelsea W. // Student

Check out this interesting article on how hotels are using low-e window film to help regulate the temperature in guest's room. After staying in humid Florida for a week, I can tell you that having a s…

NYC’s first prefab micro-unit apartment building starts to rise in Manhattan

by Chelsea W. // Student

Coming to East 27th Street in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan is prefabricated micro apartments. The housing model won the adAPT NYC Competition for its innovative design that is both eco-friendly a…

Filed under: Green Affordable Housing

Related to: Safety

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Affordable Housing,New York,Manhattan

0 replies | 1969 views | Posted on: 05/27/2015 | Last updated: 05/27/2015

New York Energy Week 2015 Main Event!

by Chelsea W. // Student

A whole week long event taking place throughout New York City with different events “for the industry, by the industry” from June 15th-19th 2015. Click here for more information: http://nyenergywe

Filed under: New York

Related to: Trade Shows and Events

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: New York,New York Events

0 replies | 1235 views | Posted on: 04/22/2015 | Last updated: 04/22/2015

Take a Protailor Green Building Pro Tour 3/20 with NESEA, Placetailor

by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

Join NESEA for a Boston-area Green Building Pro Tour hosted by Placetailor. This Pro Tour will showcase two different projects, including the Hawthorne Youth Community Center and the Lamartine Lofts,

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: NESEA,Placetailor,Green Building Tour,Deep Energy Retrofit,Multifamily

0 replies | 1865 views | Posted on: 03/12/2015 | Last updated: 04/08/2021

Massachusetts WasteWise Forum, December 10 8;30 am - 12 noon

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green

Massachusetts WasteWise Forum, December 10 8:30 am - 12 noon 83 Warwick Street, Springfield, MA WasteWise is a free, voluntary program that helps organizations reduce costly solid waste, benefitti…

Related to: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

0 replies | 706 views | Posted on: 12/08/2014 | Last updated: 12/10/2014

 

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