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Intersolar North America, July 9 -12, San Francisco, California

by Oyin

North America’s most attended solar event and premier networking platform focus on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, smart renewable energy and solar thermal technologies. Sinc…

Filed under: Events

California Green Building

1 replies | 828 views | Posted on: 10/28/2017 | Last updated: 06/22/2018

Mitsubishi's Ceiling-Mounted, Mini Split, for New Construction and Renovations

by Rate It Green Team


As David Hazel of Mistubishi shared with Green Builder Matt Hoots at the International Builders Show, mini splits heat, cool, and filter effectively, so customer satisfaction with performance ha

Filed under: Heat Pumps

Keywords: Energy Efficiency,HVAC,Heating,Cooling,Mitsubishi,Mini Splits,Ductless Mini Splits

1 replies | 2103 views | Posted on: 02/26/2023 | Last updated: 04/29/2024

Sydney Build, Sydney Infrastructure Expo, Sydney Digital Construction Australia, March 6 - 7, Sydney (FREE to Attend)

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Sydney Build offers 300+ accredited presentations, 500+ exhibitors and networking opportunities for all of Australia's construction, architecture, engineering and infrastructure industries.

1 replies | 630 views | Posted on: 02/22/2023 | Last updated: 02/22/2023

Whole House Humidity Control ALL Year Long || Aprilaire

by samanthaklein // Intern

 

Maintaining a healthy home is essential for your family’s well-being. In doing so, it is important to take steps to sustain indoor air quality. Humidity, of all IAQ metrics, h

Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Keywords: HVAC,Ventilation,Humidity,AprilAire

1 replies | 1961 views | Posted on: 06/17/2022 | Last updated: 06/30/2022

How to get FULL value for your GREEN Home: Key Points to Consider in Buying and Selling

by Rate It Green Team


If you've got 5 minutes to learn about protecting the value of what is likely to be your key asset, it's worth giving Green Builder Matt Hoots a listen.  Matt teamed up with Green R

Filed under: Real Estate

Keywords: Real Estate,Green Homes,financing,Green Real Estate,Green Addendum,Green Appraisal,Home Appraisal,Green Loans

1 replies | 2768 views | Posted on: 05/20/2022 | Last updated: 03/31/2023

Electric Vehicles need to be powered by Solar (not Coal) to be green

by SawHorse, Inc.


Electric Vehicles are NOT sustainable.

The argument that Electric Vehicles are not sustainable is only partly true.   Depending on where you live, they can be powered by electr


Filed under: Solar Energy

1 replies | 4498 views | Posted on: 03/19/2022 | Last updated: 06/27/2022

One Family's Radon Story - Testing and Continuous Monitoring are Key

by Rate It Green Team


What is invisible, dangerous, and can occur in both old and new homes, that we also need special equipment to detect?  In this video, Christopher Matos-Rogers of the Matos-Rogers Group

Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Keywords: Radon

1 replies | 3483 views | Posted on: 10/12/2021 | Last updated: 04/03/2023

Free Virtual Green Building and Energy Tour: 21 Acres, May 15, 2 pm EDT

by samanthaklein // Intern

Join 21 Acres for a Green Building Energy Tour, held every third Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m. Get a behind the scenes look at the tools and technologies that 21 Acres' LEED Platinum-ce

Filed under: Webinars

Keywords: LEED,Green Building Tour,Technology,21 Acres,virtual tour

1 replies | 1639 views | Posted on: 04/19/2021 | Last updated: 04/27/2021

Stone and Brick Veneers from Eldorado Stone and Cultured Stone - Lighter and Easy to Install (Video)

by Rate It Green Team


Green Builder Matt Hoots brings you “live"* to the expo floor in this multi-part interview with Allie Roqueta, Marketing Brand Manager at Boral Stone Division, from&nbs

Filed under: Other

Keywords: Walls,Stone Veneer,Cementitious Stone,Manufactured Stone,Thin Brick,Stone,Brick

1 replies | 4215 views | Posted on: 12/24/2020 | Last updated: 01/13/2023

A Look at How ERVs Work with Panasonic, How 80% Efficiency Might Work in Practice

by Rate It Green Team

In this video, Matt Hoots interviews Ken Nelson with Panasonic at the International Builders/Kitchen and Bath Show.  Ken explains how ERVs work using a core exchanger, or enthalpic core

Filed under: Fans

Keywords: Ventilation,Panasonic,ERVs,Energy Recovery Ventilators

1 replies | 8535 views | Posted on: 08/17/2020 | Last updated: 04/04/2024

VIDEO: Getting to Know ThermaCote, a Lightweight, Waterproof, High-performance Ceramic Insulating Coating/Weather Barrier

by Rate It Green Team


Imagine a coating that can lower your operating costs by protecting against heat transfer and erosion.  In this video, Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. interviews Tommy Sharp with Rate It

Filed under: Thermal and Moisture Protection

Related to: Painting Interior

Keywords: coatings,Thermacote,Coating,Waterproofing

1 replies | 6527 views | Posted on: 07/17/2020 | Last updated: 02/02/2023

Glavel June Webinar, 6/13, 11:30am EST

by Glavel, Inc

Join the Glavel Team next Thursday June 13th at 11:30am EST as we share exciting developments about our company and products. Be sure to save your spot on Zoom. Have a topic you want the team to

Filed under: Webinars

Related to: Products,Public Relations

1 replies | 1032 views | Posted on: 06/06/2019 | Last updated: 06/17/2019

Making Affordable Multifamily Housing More Energy Efficient- a Guide to Healthier Upgrade Materials

by ella.nielsen44 // Student

A group of organizations including Energy Efficiency for All and The Healthy Building Network released a significant report in September, 2018, “Making Affordable Multifamily Housing More Energy

Filed under: Guidelines, Resource Guides, Handbooks

Keywords: Affordable Housing,Energy Efficiency,Multifamily

1 replies | 7555 views | Posted on: 04/15/2019 | Last updated: 02/10/2023

"God's Taunt" Bill McKibbens at Riverside Church: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geIni_BwjGw

by Ronjf1 // Energy Solutions provider and consultant

Can we fight with the knowledge we may loose the fight against climate change. It means divesting institutionally from the fossil fuel industry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geIni_BwjGw

Filed under: Environmental Activism

Keywords: Climate Change,Fossil Fuel Industry,Divest,Acid Sea water,Food chain,Global Warming,God,Exxon,Drought

1 replies | 1932 views | Posted on: 05/25/2013 | Last updated: 05/25/2013

Monocrystalline Solar Cells | What are they?

by Theresa // Renewables Lover

Silicon: When constructing new monocrystalline solar cells, companies choose to build the individual photovoltaic cells out of a common element known as silicon, found in large quantities in the ea…

Filed under: Solar PV Training

Solar Energy and Green Building

1 replies | 1103 views | Posted on: 10/21/2017 | Last updated: 12/04/2017

Sign with Clean Water Action to Help Stop the Rollback of the Clean Water Rule

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

This is one of those petitions it's easy to sign. Clean water is a bipartisan issue. "The Trump administration has proposed rolling-back critical protections for streams and wetlands. This dan…

Filed under: Advocacy

Keywords: Clean Water Action,Clean Water

1 replies | 1381 views | Posted on: 08/03/2017 | Last updated: 08/03/2017

Stewardship Mapping - find out what services are available in your community

by StacySinclair // Technical writer

I hope you'll check out the latest usgbc-la post (www.usgbc-la.org/blog) on stewardship mapping. The blog welcomes submissions from anyone in the field of sustainability. This blog shares some initial…

Filed under: Resilience

California Green Building

1 replies | 712 views | Posted on: 05/18/2017 | Last updated: 06/06/2017

USGBC-LA's latest blog post: Snapshots on Sustainability

by StacySinclair // Technical writer

This week the topic is resilience. I hope you will check it out: http://usgbc-la.org/blog/snapshot-on-sustainability-defining-resilience/

Filed under: Advocacy

California Green Building

1 replies | 1030 views | Posted on: 04/13/2017 | Last updated: 04/14/2017

Cleantech Open 2017 Boston Kickoff Party - Tuesday March 21, 5:30-8:30pm, Greentown Labs, Somerville (New Date, due to 3/15 Blizzard!)

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Cleantech Open 2017 Boston Kickoff Party Tuesday, March 21, 5:30-8:30pm Greentown Labs 28 Dane Street Somerville , MA 02143 Join Cleantech Open Northeast for a night of cleantech community ne…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Cleantech Open Northeast,Greentown Labs

1 replies | 640 views | Posted on: 03/12/2017 | Last updated: 03/15/2017

USGBC MA Green Building Showcase - Thursday September 22, 2016 5:30- 8 pm - Save the Date!

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

USGBC MA Green Building Showcase Thursday September 22, 2016 5:30- 8 pm Location: Boston Properties 888 Boylston Street Boston, MA Join the USGBC Massachusetts at the 2016 Green Building Sh…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

1 replies | 780 views | Posted on: 06/18/2016 | Last updated: 09/19/2016

Batteries Vs. Fuel Cells

by JackSawyer // Student

Although many believe that battery electric vehicles have overshadowed fuel cells and for good reason, as they appear to be both more efficient and better for the environment, results are coming out t…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: clean energy,Electric Vehicles,hydrogen,cars,politics,tests,media

1 replies | 2540 views | Posted on: 05/28/2016 | Last updated: 10/08/2017

MIT ClimateCoLab's Crowds & Climate Conference: Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 8:00 am - 7:30 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 8:00 am - 7:30 pm Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts USA Along with the MIT Solve Opening Convocation Monday, October 5, 2015, 1-6:30 pm …

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Climate Change,MIT Climate CoLab

1 replies | 1547 views | Posted on: 09/09/2015 | Last updated: 09/21/2015

Get a Free Rain Barrel as a Syracuse Resident

by Chelsea W. // Student

Calling all residents of Syracuse, NY! Thanks to a generous grant through the Save the Rain Program, every homeowner in the City of Syracuse is entitled to a free Rain Barrel. A rain barrel is, as…

Filed under: Municipal Initiatives

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: New York,Syracuse

1 replies | 1969 views | Posted on: 06/16/2015 | Last updated: 06/16/2015

Clean Tech and Energy Solutions in Transportation, March 17, 5:30 pm

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

March 17: Clean Tech and Energy Solutions in Transportation Of the ~25,000 Tesla’s (with orders for thousands) to date, come meet Tesla #1858 (world wide) and its owner, Harold Nahigian, who will …

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Transportation,Tesla

1 replies | 1182 views | Posted on: 03/10/2015 | Last updated: 03/16/2015

NESEA Building Energy '15

by Hill Energy Services LLC // Energy Management Guru

As many of you already know, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Building Energy 15 is fast approaching. It's March 3-5 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston and features workshops, s…

Filed under: Events

Massachusetts Green Builders

1 replies | 1052 views | Posted on: 02/25/2015 | Last updated: 03/06/2015

 

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