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Passive House Policy Summit, a Passive House Accelerator Event, April 26, 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST
It’s often said in Passive House circles that we already have the solutions at our fingertips to make buildings part of the climate solution rather than the climate problem. We just need to use them. Passive House Accelerator&rsquo… more...
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Passive House
0 replies | 610 views | Posted on: 04/18/2021 | Last updated: 04/18/2021
VIRTUAL Visible Green Home® Burh Becc Earth Day Celebration Tour 2021, April 24, 10-11:30 am EDT
In this very special virtual, multimedia, live event you will learn about all the aspects of this groundbreaking home including its genesis, design, systems, and features that helped it to become a fully-certified Living Building Challenge&… more...
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Living Building Challenge
0 replies | 1674 views | Posted on: 04/06/2021 | Last updated: 04/07/2021
Global GreenTag Awards Mainland China Sales Agency to CBME to Provide Green Building Product Certifications to Chinese Manufacturers for Export
The National Building Materials Exhibition and Trade Centre (CBME), the largest agency representing more than 30,000 building materials manufacturers in Mainland China, has signed an exclusive Agency Agreement with Global GreenTag Internati… more...
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Global GreenTag
0 replies | 1508 views | Posted on: 04/02/2021 | Last updated: 04/02/2021
LEED® and USGBC Recognize Global GreenTag Product Health Declaration™ (the GreenTag PhD™)
The presence of Global GreenTag LLC, Americas in the US market is set to be enhanced further. The certifier’s Global GreenTag PhD, Materials Transparency Certification Program (reviewed and assessed by the LEED Committee and MR Techni… more...
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Global GreenTag
0 replies | 2224 views | Posted on: 07/23/2019 | Last updated: 03/22/2021
Global GreenTag Upgrades CarbonRATE™ Embodied Carbon Product Certification Program
CarbonRATE™ - a unique peer reviewed Embodied Carbon Product Certification Program - has been re-launched under the Global GreenTag International Certification Standard. According to Daniel A. Huard, CEO of Global GreenTag Americas, &… more...
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Global GreenTag
0 replies | 1787 views | Posted on: 11/27/2019 | Last updated: 03/22/2021
Global GreenTag Launches the World’s First Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration
“The time has come for Modern Slavery to be removed from history,” -Mary-Lou Kelly, Global GreenTag, Managing Director The Global GreenTag Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration (Global GreenTag MS… more...
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Transparency/Disclosure Documentation
0 replies | 2553 views | Posted on: 03/05/2020 | Last updated: 03/22/2021
Virtual Passive House Workshop, April 16, 9 am EDT
Building on previous sessions in this series, this module will focus on the quality control and quality assurance techniques for high-performance construction. The need for oversight on the construction of Passive House buildings is essenti… more...
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Passive House
0 replies | 1634 views | Posted on: 03/19/2021 | Last updated: 03/21/2021
USGBC North Carolina Presents: Leadership in Cities & Local Governments, Online, March 3, 1-2:30 pm EST
Local governments in the Carolinas are leading the way with sustainability in ways that go beyond individual buildings. Join this leadership panel showcasing how the cities of Greensboro and Charlotte are creating responsible, sustainable a… more...
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Sustainable Neighborhoods and Communities
0 replies | 863 views | Posted on: 02/18/2021 | Last updated: 02/18/2021
LEED for Homes Virtual Green Rater Training, Starts January 1 (14 hours over 2 weeks)
With over 2 million LEED® for Homes™ registered spaces worldwide, LEED is the international rating system to ensure residential buildings are better. LEED requires third-party on-site verification and performance testing by a LEED… more...
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Certifications/Labels and Transparency
0 replies | 1481 views | Posted on: 12/15/2020 | Last updated: 12/16/2020
WEBINAR: December First Friday Webinar (USGBC) Materials Transparency & LEED, December 6, 12:15pm EST
This dive into the complexity of the three Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits in LEED version 4 BD+C and ID+C provides the rationale for why product choices are so important, and the details on how to achieve points within… more...
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0 replies | 2383 views | Posted on: 11/01/2019 | Last updated: 11/30/2020
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