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Free Webinar: Benchmarking and Energy Efficiency Carousel - Getting to BEPS, October 6, 8 am CST
Join the USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter and the City of St. Louis for an interactive event providing real details on how to save energy in buildings. Attend multiple quick presentations to gain insigh
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Free Webinar: How to Design and Build High-Performance Attics, November 29, 9am-11am
California’s new Title 24 energy code and Passive House recommends high performance attics. Summer attic temperatures can easily add ½ to 1 ton of air conditioning load. The 2016 and 2019
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Free Webinar: Specifying and Selecting Lighting Controls, November 14, 9 - 11:15 am PT
This intermediate-level class will guide designers, engineers, and other specifiers through selecting a control system during the early design process and keeping that design on track as the project d
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Massachusetts has updated it's building codes with a strengthened Stretch Code and a new Specialized Opt-In Code that require lower energy demand and HERS scores and, for some build
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Building Resiliency Through Home Electrification, Online, September 27, 6:30 pm
Join the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild for the September Education Event: Building Resiliency Through Home Electrification. Learn how electrifying home systems and appliances can build resiliency in
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Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) have a long history of providing flexible, cost-effective, family-oriented housing. Recent regulatory changes in several states make ADUs a viable option to generate re
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Crushing the Code NYC: Residential, Online, August 30 (Also offered September 6)
Course Overview
Crushing the Code New York City: Residential is an online course that prepares design and building professionals to comply with the many requirements in the 2020 NYCECC an
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Please join Phius Alliance Chicago and Illinois Green Alliance for an mid-construction tour of Oak Park's first Phius Retrofit residence. This historic home is being thoroughly refashioned for a y
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Better Buildings Webinar: The Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Heat Pumps, August 8, 11 am EST
Heat pumps can be used as a decarbonization strategy in many building sizes and types to provide heating, cooling, and domestic hot water without fossil fuels, but implementation remains a challenge f
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Reducing energy and emissions in your facilities is not a one-person job - it takes a village! Every employee influences energy use practices in your facility in one way or another, so building an org
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Many financial institutions require long-term performance data before investing in products or projects – energy efficiency lending is no exception. A forthcoming report from Berkeley Lab provid
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Join USGBC-LA for a special America Recycles Day Training opportunity.
TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) is a comprehensive certification program recognizing facilities for minimizing reso
This course will provide participants with an overview of renewable energy and energy storage technologies. Applications will include power generation, combined heat and power, and thermal heating and
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SEIP 2018: Expanding the Environmental Insurance Market, Jun 18 - 20, San Francisco, CA
SEIP enhances the professional capabilities of its members through focused educational forums, technology-enhanced knowledge management, and access to specialized multi-disciplined resources in fields…
World Green Building Week, 2021
#BuildingResilience to Climate, People and Economies
In a year of disruption, it would be easier to focus on the challenges.
And building resilience doesn&r
IWBI Webinar: Prioritizing Health in Your ESG Strategy, August 5, 12 pm EDT
Join us for a discussion about how WELL can help enhance ESG performance by providing a method for companies to measure and report on key human and social capital metrics.
ESG (Environmental, Socia
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Free Green Building Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, July 22, 12 - 1pm EDT
In this one-hour course, we’ll discuss vertical opening systems, how they’re built, differences in operation & typical usages for interior & exterior applications. We will also tal
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Green & Healthy Housing For All, June 23, 12-1:30 PM PDT
The buildings we create affect the communities and the environment they rest within. Join USGBC North California and USGBC Orange County on June 23 to discuss the affordable housing crisis in the
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Come meet our newest educator – our building! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been made with responsibly sourced non…
The Maine Indoor Air Quality Council IAQ & Energy Conference 2018, May 1-2, Portland, ME
At IAQ & ENERGY Conference 2018, you’ll join hundreds—not thousands—of professionals who, like you, are looking for cutting-edge information for healthy, energy-efficient indoor environments wh…
The International Roof Coatings Conference, July 23 - 26, Chicago, Illinois
The International Roof Coatings Conference is hosted and produced by the Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA). RCMA is the national trade association representing the manufacturers of roof c…
Energy, Utility & Environment 2018 Conference & Expo, March 5 - 7, San Diego, CA
2,000 ATTENDEES + 400 SPEAKERS + 200 EXHIBITS USA’s largest professional educational training, & networking event, of its kind, will hold in beautiful San Diego Harbor, with fantastic balmy wea…
The International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air and AEHS Foundation Semi-Annual Meeting offers attendees an opportunity to exchange findings, ideas, and recommendations in a professional …
2018 Design Build for Water/Wastewater Conference, March 19-21, Portland, Oregon
The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the Water Design-Build Council (WDBC), the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), are pleased to co-host this…
GRESB at Greenbuild: PACE Financing Breakfast Session, Nov 7, 7:30 am - 8:45 am, Boston
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is an innovative financing program growing across the country. To date, 34 states and DC have enacted PACE enabling legislation and 19 states have active commerc…
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