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2022 MassRecycle Virtual Conference & Trade Show, March 31-April 1
MassRecycle will host this conference virtually over the course of two days on Thursday, March 31st (afternoon) and Friday, April 1st (morning). There will be a large audience of people from the
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Build it Green, SV@Home, and Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County invite you to a panel discussion and mini workshop on equitable housing decarbonization for Affordable Housing Month.
The
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2023 ULI Resilience Summit, May 15, 8:30am - 7pm ET, Toronto, Canada
Join Urban Land Institute Americas for its 4th annual Resilience Summit in Toronto on May 15, 2023. This exclusive event brings together leaders in the field of real estate and resilience to
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Amruta Khanolkar of the New Buildings Institute will give an overview of the emerging, retrofit ready 120V heat pump water heaters (HPWH) and findings from the California statewide field validation ef
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2023 NY-GEO Conference, April 26-27, Albany, NY
The 2023 NY-GEO Conference brings together the best of the best in the Geothermal Heat Pump Industry. The conference will be hosted at the Albany Marriott from April 26-27 will include dynamic M
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Learn from industry professionals about the best practices to measure and reduce embodied carbon on construction projects.
Embodied carbon is the carbon footprint of materials and includes total ca
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Nonprofit Leadership In Green Building, March 8, 9-10:30 am, Pittsburgh
Non-profit organizations are among the country’s leaders in achieving very high-performing green buildings. But why? Explore this question with Green Building Alliance and non-profit representat
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Facades +, February 14, Washington, DC
Facades+ returns to Washington, D.C. for the first time in two years on February 14. Spanning from federal government projects to Washington’s first mass timber construction, the progr
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Free Webinar: Electric Vehicles 101, January 31, 12 pm EST
Curious about getting an electric vehicle (EV), but not sure where to start? Join this webinar to learn the basics. The material will cover environmental and consumer benefits, information a
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Free Virtual Event: Sustainability 2100, January 19, 24 & 26, 2-6:20 pm
Sustainability should not be confined to just a carbon count but rather encompass global economic prosperity within earth’s environmental carrying capacity including health for humanity, respect
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BEAM Carbon Accounting Estimator, Online Training, June 20, 21, 24
This live, online course is delivered over three 1-1/2hr sessions and will help you get up to speed with BEAM. You will finish this course with a solid foundation in embodied carbon acc
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2022 Energy Efficiency Finance Forum, May 23-25
How do we finance a rapid scaling of deep building retrofits and other energy-saving initiatives? The 14th Energy Efficiency Finance Forum will tackle this question, acknowledging the vital role that
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Passive House & Resilient Design in the Face of Fire, Webinar, April 12 9 am PT / 10 am MT / Noon ET
Fire has always been a normal part of the west but with climate change and ever-expanding built environments our homes and cities are increasingly vulnerable. Firewise design strategies have been base
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Compost 2018 - January 23-25, Atlanta
What it is: The Annual Conference of the US Composting Council is the largest gathering of organics recycling professionals anywhere! Who will be there: Compost industry leaders and executives, co…
Bridge to 2030: Embodied Carbon and Existing Buildings, March 15, 8:30 am
Embodied carbon consists of all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building construction, including those that arise from extracting, transporting, manufacturing, and installing bu
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GreenCE Webinar: Protect, Enhance and Maintain Glass, February 23, 12 pm EST
This webinar will evaluate protective coatings as a solution for many common problems encountered during the life-cycle of a building. Some of the easily recognized benefits of a low maintenance
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Online Course: Buildings and Carbon, February 8, 1 pm EDT
This course will focus on climate impacts associated with carbon emissions from the built environment. It will emphasize the importance of goal setting and taking actions to manage building-related ca
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Webinar: Community Heat Pump Systems: Piping, Pumping and System Controls, January 5, 2 pm ET
Heating buildings by burning fossil fuels causes significant emissions of greenhouse gases. Many states already recognize the need to move away from this and have established climate action goals to h
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Movie Night: “A Chemical Reaction: The Story of True Green Revolution” Wednesday, May 16, 7pm, Wakelin Room – Wellesley Free Library. A screening and discussion of this 2009 film about a Cana…
USGBC Massachusetts, Air Barriers, May 8, Boston, MA
Continuous air barriers are required by code and paramount to the energy efficiency of a building. There are numerous ways to provide a code-compliant air barrier system, including building wraps, sea…
USGBC’s seventh annual IMPACT 2018 conference and expo, April 30–May 1, St Paul, Minnesota
IMPACT is the premier green building event in the Midwest. The conference unites hundreds of regional builders, developers and business leaders across America’s heartland to discuss today’s sustai…
AEC Next Technology Expo & Conference, June 5-7, Anaheim, CA
AEC Next Technology Expo + Conference is all about a vendor-neutral expo floor and a diverse conference program featuring solutions that seek to improve the built world. You’ll have the opportuni…
CleanTech-Age Expo & Conference , April 16-17, NY Hall of Science
The CleanTechAge Expo & Conference is a destination and marketplace for the new paradigm of sales and marketing, business development methods and financing opportunities for cleantech products and ser…
Using Green Infrastructure to Manage Urban Stormwater - Webinar Series - March 20-21 and 27-28
Green Infrastructure (GI) uses vegetation and soil to manage urban stormwater. Gray Infrastructure uses only pipes and ponds to manage stormwater. Smart cities use them both, and optimize each. Gre…
On August 8, 2016, Governor Baker made history by signing into law the nation’s largest commitment to offshore wind power. With America’s first five offshore wind turbines up and running in Rhode …
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