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Green Professional Training (GPRO), Fundamentals of Building Green, Two Sessions: 11/9 and 11/16, Los Angeles
The construction industry is moving quickly towards the greener, high-performing buildings, creating increased demand across the country for sustainable building skills. This course teaches the basics of sustainability and provides an ov… more...
0 replies | 869 views | Posted on: 09/29/2017 | Last updated: 10/15/2017
2018 Midwest Energy Solutions conference, February 7 - 9, Chicago, IL
MEEA's annual Midwest Energy Solutions Conference is the region's biggest and best EE event, bringing together more than 650 energy professionals to build relationships, swap innovative ideas and explore the latest policy and program trends… more...
0 replies | 1164 views | Posted on: 10/14/2017 | Last updated: 10/14/2017
Midwest Regional Building Energy Codes Conference, November 15 - 16, Ann Arbor, MI
The Midwest Regional Building Energy Codes Conference brings together stakeholders from across the Midwest to discuss how best to promote the adoption and raise compliance with building energy codes across the region. This FREE annual c… more...
0 replies | 582 views | Posted on: 10/14/2017 | Last updated: 10/14/2017
120th Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, October 22nd, Bristol
Celebrate Audubon’s 120 years of building environmental awareness and promoting conservation to generations of Rhode Islanders. Audubon will present its annual awards for Educator, Legislator and Volunteer of the Year. We will also sel… more...
0 replies | 554 views | Posted on: 10/14/2017 | Last updated: 10/14/2017
Boston's Green Day Out, Tour 4 Green Buildings, November 6
Visit three buildings designed to meet the Living Building Challenge (LBC), and a fourth using the most advanced cross-laminated timber construction in the United States. Boston Collaborative/MAGBC, will e hosting this event. GBCI Credit… more...
0 replies | 1015 views | Posted on: 09/29/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017
MIT Energy Hackathon, November 3 - 5, Cambridge, MA
Now in its 3rd year, the MIT Energy Hackathon brings opportunities for learning, problem-solving, and networking to the forefront as teams develop rapid, innovative solutions to the problems in energy that our society faces today. After… more...
0 replies | 1390 views | Posted on: 10/11/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017
phME Fall Forum 2017: Evening Panel Discussion: Innovation in Sustainable Construction + District Retrofits, Nov 2, Maine
EVENING Panel Discussion Innovation in Passive House, Net Zero and Near Net Zero Construction phME is proud to present two events as part of the Fall Forum. The goal is to reconsider possibilities in retrofits. Maine's 600,000 existi… more...
0 replies | 540 views | Posted on: 10/07/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017
USGBC Central Coast California, 2017 Green Awards Gala, November 4, 5-9pm, Santa Barbara
The Central Coast Green Building Council Green Awards recognizes outstanding sustainable building achievements along the California Central Coast. The Green Awards highlight innovative design, construction, products, businesses, schools, go… more...
0 replies | 617 views | Posted on: 09/30/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017
Denver to require rooftop gardens to reduce heat island effect
Denver’s status as one of the nation’s most intense urban heat islands has spurred a group of activists to propose a “green roofs” ballot initiative — a measure that could animate environmentalists while mobilizing developers to f… more...
0 replies | 4546 views | Posted on: 03/16/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017
Why Current & Future Jobs Rely on Clean Energy - Key Trends as Reported by the Environmental Defense Fund
President Trump has frozen four important rules that were created to promote greater energy efficiency, and this seems to be step one of a larger plan to cut into environmental protections/budgets. Activists and environmentalists are concer… more...
0 replies | 2902 views | Posted on: 01/28/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017
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