Other Green Building Discussions

2022 Affordable Housing Summit, Virtual, June 14-15

Affordable Housing,Healthy Building,Community Development,Equity

by samanthaklein Intern

Housing plays a critical role in the health and equity of neighborhoods and in their resiliency to the effects of climate change. Building affordable housing right now means accounting for these simultaneous crises with each project. It is … more...

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NYC Event: Electri-Fiction to Electrification: Overcoming Barriers, June 15, 1 pm

Construction,Retrofit,Energy Codes,Heat Pumps,Decarbonization,Electrification

by Urban Green Council

Urban Green has long been a leading voice for electrification in New York City, most recently as an advocate for Local Law 154, NYC’s groundbreaking legislation that phases out fossil fuels in new construction. Our rece… more...

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Customized Switches and Sensors for Indoor Air Quality || Swidget

by samanthaklein Intern

Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. connects with Chris from Swidget (a clever name: think "Switching" and "Widgets") at the 2022 International Builders Show.  Chris walks us through Swidget's modular sensors and… more...

  Filed under: Health and Air Quality

Making Homes More Disaster Proof; Reaction to Grace & Corbett Lunsford and Matt Risinger

Resiliency,Resilience,air sealing,Electrification,Extreme Weather,Moisture,Corbett and Grace Lunsford,Matt Risinger,Matt Hoots

by Rate It Green Team

Our homes and buildings have to become more adaptable and resilient, which means they must be able to endure different conditions and changing occupant needs, and they must also be weather proof and able to recover from more … more...

  Filed under: Resilience

Webinar: Intro to WELL Building Standard, June 14, 3 pm EDT

Healthy Building,Materials,Construction,Well Building Standard,built environment

by samanthaklein Intern

The Introduction to the WELL Building Standard provides an overview of the WELL Building Standard ideology, structure, and certification process. The medical basis for the concept categories is introduced along with design and construction … more...

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Sustainable Facilities Forum, In Person and Online, May 25: California, Leading the Way for Decarbonization

Green Building,Energy,Sustainability,Resiliency,Building Codes,Energy Code,Fleet Electrification,Funding,Building Electrification,Organic Waste

by Jonathan Sustainability Coordinator

The Sustainable Facilities Forum returns this year on May 25th with a hybrid in person and virtual event! You can join us online or in person at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency, doors open at 8am. The Forum is a connection point for the pr… more...

  Filed under: Government Agencies and Initiatives

NESEA Virtual Green Building Pro Tour: Affordable Passive Housing & Non-Profit Community Facility, June 18, 12:30pm

Affordable Housing,Passive House

by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

Join this virtual Pro Tour to go behind-the-scenes with members of the team responsible for the Tree of Life project, a new building in Queens that will include 174 units of Passive House certified housing, a community health center, and a … more...

  Filed under: Green Affordable Housing

NESEA Green Building Pro Tour: Carbon Neutral Mixed-Use Building In Hudson Valley, New Paltz, NY, May 13, 1 pm EST

Energy Efficiency,New York,Carbon neutral,Residential Buildings

by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

For this green building tour, NESEA returns to the Hudson Valley for a tour of Zero Place, an award-winning mixed-use building, poised to bring the town of New Paltz 6 commercial and 46 residential units.  This four-story, 63,2… more...

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Passive House For All Hybrid Conference 2022, June 10 and 17

Energy Efficiency,Passive House,Electrification,Equity,Embodied Carbon

by samanthaklein Intern

PHN 2022 is a national conference that will feature experts from across the interrelated disciplines of building efficiency, social equity, electrification, and embodied carbon. An Expo will feature leading manufacturers and service provide… more...

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Webinar: Building Resilience -- Community as a Building Block of Resilience, June 3, 2:30 pm EDT

Urban Development,Community Resilience

by samanthaklein Intern

As American communities are confronted by compounded and systematic challenges, we need new models to build resilience for all people. Communities that are connected and empowered are better off today and more able to respond and recover wh… more...

  Filed under: Webinars