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Online: WaterSense V2.0: flexibility and water-efficiency options, July 7, 12-1 PM EDT
EPA has rolled out the Water Sense Labeled Homes Version 2. This updated version of the program will provide the industry with additional flexibility to while still meeting the water efficiency and performance standards that consumers expec… more...
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Water Collection/Management; Rain & Stormwater
0 replies | 1134 views | Posted on: 06/17/2021 | Last updated: 06/17/2021
Webinar: Landfill Waste Becomes Building Insulation, June 23, 12-1 PM EDT
Can a textile recycling company divert what is traditionally landfilled waste from waste streams to create building insulation? How? Lessons Learned: Understand the scale of textile waste overconsumption & processes involved in… more...
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Waste Management and Collection/Recycling
0 replies | 931 views | Posted on: 06/14/2021 | Last updated: 06/15/2021
Webinar: Home Building Crossroads - Strategy to Process Above-Grade Walls, May 11, 3 pm EST
Home Building Crossroads provides residential home construction professionals a chance to discuss challenges and hear solutions from today’s leading experts, as well as network with other professionals from their region. The education… more...
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Interior Design
0 replies | 1892 views | Posted on: 05/04/2021 | Last updated: 05/05/2021
Free Green Building Webinar: Creating Flexible Spaces Using Vertical Openings, May 26, 12 pm EDT
This one-hour course will discuss vertical opening systems, how they’re built, differences in operation & typical usages for interior & exterior applications. Also, this webinar will talk about features to consider t… more...
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Window and Door Installation
0 replies | 1655 views | Posted on: 05/04/2021 | Last updated: 05/04/2021
Webinar: Options for Balanced Ventilation & Tighter Envelopes, May 11, 2 pm CST
We’ve all heard that we need to “Build Tight and Ventilate Right,” but do we have the approaches that we need that are cost competitive, bring sales opportunities, and are beneficial to resiliency, comfort, and IEQ? In thi… more...
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Heating, Venting and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)
0 replies | 1727 views | Posted on: 05/03/2021 | Last updated: 05/04/2021
Webinar: Toxins in Our Construction Waste, June 2, 12 pm PST
Industry tends to promote diversion as the most important aspect in construction and demolition residuals management. But a small component (less than 5%) is composed of toxic substances such as electronics, asbestos-containing materials, c… more...
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Waste Management and Collection/Recycling
0 replies | 1472 views | Posted on: 05/03/2021 | Last updated: 05/04/2021
Free Webinar: Building A Circular Economy, May 25, 12 pm EDT
This talk will be led by Evy Hambro, a Managing Director, and the Global Head of Thematic and Sector based investing and team leader for the Natural Resources team within the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity Grou… more...
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Financial Services
0 replies | 5149 views | Posted on: 04/30/2021 | Last updated: 04/30/2021
Free Green Building Webinar: Designing Touchless Solutions for Proper Hand Hygiene, May 25, 12 pm EDT
How can commercial restroom design reduce touchpoints, promote proper hand hygiene, and reduce the spread of infection? This course explores this timely question. Attendees will first hear an overview of hygienic restroom design, learning a… more...
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Plastering
0 replies | 1575 views | Posted on: 04/27/2021 | Last updated: 04/29/2021
Free Webinar: Heat Pump Clothes Dryers — Minnesota Field and Consumer Research Findings, May 6, 11 am CST
Clothes dryers are a significant component of residential electricity use. Spurred by the emerging availability of heat pump clothes dryers in U.S. markets and their common use in Europe, we examined the potential for adding these high-effi… more...
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Heating, Venting and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)
0 replies | 1709 views | Posted on: 04/27/2021 | Last updated: 04/27/2021
Healthy Materials Advanced, Online Training, May 19, 9 am - 4 pm
In this course, participants will learn which Materials & Resources (MR) credits in LEED v4 your project can easily achieve, and what you need to know to get them. TheMR credits in LEED v4 move us away from single-attribute product sele… more...
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Materials Recovery
0 replies | 1355 views | Posted on: 04/27/2021 | Last updated: 04/27/2021
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