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EarthCraft Builder Training, August 23, Atlanta, Georgia
This EarthCraft Builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design. Explore the ways the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the gr
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BuildingEnergy Boston, March 28-29, Boston, Massachusetts
BuildingEnergy Boston is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It brings more than 1,000 indust
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Free CE Webinar: Hemp Insulation 101, February 1, 12pm - 1pm EST
An overview of the history of U.S. grown industrial hemp and new U.S. manufactured hemp fiber insulation. Participants will learn how this zero V.O.C. and negative embodied carbon product can create l
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One of the toughest barriers to achieving net zero is how to decarbonize the thermal side of energy production (e.g. building heating). Electrification with heat pumps has been proposed as a broadly a
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Free Webinar: Zero is the New Black: The Path to Carbon Neutrality, December 8, 10 am - 2 pm GMT
Buildings have one of the highest carbon footprints—they currently contribute to 30% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and consume around 40% of the world’s energy. The const
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As buildings transitioned from analog to digital systems, controls were dominated by platforms with high financial and educational entry thresholds. But with a movement towards relying on natural ener
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Passivhaus Trust partner with NSBRC for a free in-person Passivhaus Workshop. This two-day event will enable you to understand the key aspects of Passivhaus, the application of Passivhaus retrofi
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Research highlights the benefit of running a whole building energy analysis in a wide array of areas including reducing costs, improving a project’s marketability, and fighting climate change. I
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Green Living Festival: Missouri Botanical Garden, September 17
Entrance to the Green Living Festival is included with regular entry to the Missouri Botanical Garden. FREE for Garden Members. FREE St. Louis City and County resident admission till noon.
12:30 p.
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Introduction to the Passive House Standard, October 13, 1 pm ET
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a 4-hour co
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Anti-Microbials, Anti-Bacterials, Disinfectants, Oh My!
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Microbes are everywhere: in soil and tap water, on furniture, and even inside our bodies. Although they are invisible to the naked eye, these microorganisms are co
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Retrofit Now! Reducing Carbon and Complying with LL97, July 20, 21, 27, & 28, 9:00am - 12:30pm
New York has gotten serious about climate change and this will have a huge impact on architectural practice. Local Law 97 sets carbon caps on emissions from large buildings and will be enforced with f
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This week I’m at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, watching and learning as over 3,000 teens from about 82 countries share research and innovative ideas that could ch
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Webinar: LEED for Cities + Communities: A Catalyst for Change, July 1, 1PM
In this session, panelists will address how local leaders are scaling up the impact of individual green buildings and spaces to the city and community level. They will share examples of certified
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Free Green Building Webinar: Architectural Vertical Opening Solutions - Plus! June 22, 12 - 1 pm ET
In this course, we will discuss vertical operating systems to better understand their construction and the operating systems used in each type. Characteristics of various types of vertical operating s
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Net Zero Roundtable, Maynard High School, Maynard, MA, September 25, 7-9 pm
Please join Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN) on September 25 from 7-9pm at Maynard High School for a Net-Zero Roundtable. MCAN will be co-sponsoring this event with Northeast Energy Efficiency Partn
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The Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Conference & Expo (MABEX), September 12-14, 2018, Philadelphia, PA
The Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Council (MABEC) is looking forward to welcoming over 300 attendees from the Mid-Atlantic and beyond to Philadelphia, PA, September 12-14, 2018. Multiple program tracks…
Sustainable Job Opportunity: Greenovate Boston Communications Manager
Overview: Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job): Greenovate Boston is the Mayor’s initiative to engage all Bostonians in the City’s climate action goals, while continuing to…
Online: USGBC New Member Volunteer Orientation, 3 - 4:15 PM, August 14
USGBC is all in to get everyone in a green building in this generation and volunteers are a key part of accomplishing this big goal. Volunteers were at the core of USGBC’s foundation in 1993, and co…
Urban Transportation and Sustainability, September 13, 8:00 – 2:00, Atlanta, GA
This conference is a premier forum for advancing cutting-edge practices in urban transportation and sustainability both in the United States of America and Germany. Professionals established in resear…
Green Building Bike Tour by USGBC Massachusetts, August 25, 9am - 2pm, Somerville
Join USGBC Massachusetts for another year of touring green buildings by bike. Biking is one of the healthiest, greenest, and best ways to see the city in all its architectural glory. This tour is …
Healthy Products For Everyone, Sept 11 - 13, Pittsuburgh, PA
"What the Living Building Challenge has done for building design and construction, the Expo is doing for product design and manufacturing. As a specifier, I am able to have meaningful conversations wi…
U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index: California in the First Place, Followed by Massachusetts
Clean Edge’s 2017 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index ranks the clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the United States’ 50 largest metropolitan areas from electric vehicles, renewables initia…
A Tiny Solution to a Big Housing Crisis California is experiencing major affordable housing crisis. Are tiny houses a partial answer to this problem? The tiny house movement is no longer a fad, bu…
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