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Webinar: Basic Building Science: Moisture Management (Recorded: Content Available 24/7)

Healthy Building,Mold,Air Quality,Indoor Air Quality,Stormwater Management,Moisture Control,Moisture,Moisture Management,Water Management

by Allison Friedman Rate It Green Admin

Recorded Webinar: Basic Building Science: Moisture Management Recorded: May 20, 2020 Speakers: Mike Barcik and Joey Starr Cost: $15 Southface experts Mike Barcik and Joey Starr present fundamentals of moisture flow within a … more...

  Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Webinar: Sam Batchelor of designLAB Architects and Jessica Schultz of Hitchcock Center for the Environment (Recorded: Content Available 24/7)

by Richard Minasian Student

Recorded Webinar: Sam Batchelor of designLAB Architects and Jessica Schultz of Hitchcock Center for the Environment Recorded: July 8, 2019 Speakers: Anastasia Barnes, Jessica Shultz & Sam Batchelor Curious to learn more abou… more...

  Filed under: Green Living

Free Webinar: What the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Means for All-Electric Construction, January 26, 12pm ET

Construction,Heat Pumps,Technology,Decarbonization,Electrification,inflation,Inflation Reduction Act

by samanthaklein Intern

With cutting edge technologies like heat pumps, electric fireplaces, induction stoves and heat pump water heaters, the all-electric home is already the less expensive, decarbonized and more premium option for new construction. With the pass… more...

  Filed under: Webinars

Free Webinar: Intermediate Lighting Webinar: Daylighting (Mod 3), February 8, 5:30 pm PT

Energy Efficiency,Lighting,Education,Daylighting

by samanthaklein Intern

This 10-session course covers a range of intermediate level lighting topics for optimizing energy efficiency while maintaining quality in lighting. It is held on 10 consecutive Wednesday evenings 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm and can be taken as a comp… more...

  Filed under: Webinars

Free Webinar: Addressing Common Hazards During Energy Upgrades, February 16, 9am PT

Architecture,Energy Audits,Energy Efficiency,Home Performance,air sealing,Building Envelope

by samanthaklein Intern

Testing one's work is imperative to meeting or exceeding performance targets and ensuring a feedback loop is in place for continual process improvements. This course is designed to help participants create effective solutions for therma… more...

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Free Green Building Webinar: Protect, Enhance and Maintain Glass with a High-Performance Glass Coating, February 21, 12 pm ET

High Performance,Technology,Performance Glass,Maintaining Glass

by samanthaklein Intern

During this webinar, participants 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 coating include a decrea… more...

  Filed under: Webinars

Free Green Building Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, February 15, 12 pm ET

High Performance Doors,Electrical System,Vertical Openings

by samanthaklein Intern

This one-hour course discusses vertical opening systems, how they’re built, differences in operation, and typical uses for interior and exterior applications. We will also consider features that influence the end user’s experien… more...

  Filed under: Webinars

Solar Power Africa Expo, Cape Town, February 8-10

Energy Efficiency,Renewable Energy,Economy,Solar Power,Solar Panels

by samanthaklein Intern

As a continent, Africa is undergoing steady economic growth, development and transformation. As such, activity in the renewable energy market is growing rapidly and presents huge opportunities for investors, developers and operators to furt… more...

  Filed under: Events

Green Building Myth Busting: Natural Ventilation - Do Your Walls Need to "Breathe?" (Video)

Green Building,Insulation,Weatherization,air sealing,Ventilation,Building Envelope,Air Barriers,Vapor Barriers,Green Myth Busting,Myth Busting

by Rate It Green Team

Welcome to the launch of the Green Building Myth Busters Series with Matt Hoots.  Matt’s and his coconspirators are about to bust some old misperceptions in the green building world wide open!  This week, Matt&rsquo… more...

  Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Learning about Subject2Change with Jodi Smits Anderson - Sustainable Information is What We Make of It!

Green Building,Sustainability,Resilience,Community,Equity,Green Building Conversations,Information Sharing,Subject2Change,2bgreener

by Rate It Green Team

One can learn a lot from Jodi Smits Anderson in about 6 minutes! Allison Friedman and Matt Hoots recently had the privilege of talking with Jodi about her Subject2Change project, as well as the nature and state of information sha… more...

  Filed under: Podcasts