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13th Annual Mid-Atlantic Buildings & Facilities Management Show & Conference, Nov 14, Edison, NJ
ProExpos Group is proud to present the 13th annual Mid-Atlantic Buildings & Facilities Management Show & Conference. The event will feature over 200 exhibitors displaying products and ser
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Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training, November 5- 6, Pittsburgh, PA
In Green Building Alliance's continuing effort to support healthy & high performance buildings, Green Building Alliance are happy to bring you Passive House Tradesperson Training! Green
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Is Plastic the Next Trend in Green Building?
In The Three Little Pigs, three houses are built: one made of straw; one made of sticks; and then as we all know, the victor against the wolf, one made of bricks. Recently, while reading an artic
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Introduction to Fitwel Tuesday, October 30, 8:30-10 am, Boston, MA
Fitwel is a building rating system for commercial interiors and both multi-tenant and single-tenant existing buildings that provides guidelines on how to design and operate healthier buildings. Fitwel
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Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, November 19-22, Atlanta, GA
Presented by the U.S. Green Building Council, Greenbuild International is one of the largest annual events for green building professionals worldwide to learn and source cutting edge so
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Rocky Mountain Green, April 10 - April 12, 2019, Denver, CO,
Rocky Mountain Green (RMG) is the flagship green building event in the Rocky Mountain region, uniting hundreds of industry leaders, experts and professionals dedicated to sustainable building. Seventy
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USGBC Detroit General Circle Meeting, Dec 10, 2018, Detroit, MI
Please join us if you're interested in learning more about USGBC Detroit and finding out how you can get involved. We will talk about general USGBC updates as well as share committee updates and o
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USGBC NJ Annual 2018 Holiday Party & Member Reception, Dec 11, Elizabeth, NJ
Come and celebrate & network with your friends and colleagues at our holiday celebration. Board of Directors Election Ballots will be available that night - only current NJ members may vote in the
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A Night of Inspiration with USGBC CEO Mahesh Ramanujam, Nov 30, Dallas, TX
Join the U.S. Green Building Council and the USGBC Texas Chapter for NEXT: A Night of Inspiration with USGBC President and CEO Mahesh Ramanujam.
Ramanujam will present USGB
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Colorado Green Building Guild Annual Holiday Party, Dec 13, Niwot, CO
Come and join us to eat, drink and be merry at the Annual Colorado Green Building Guild Holiday Party! It’s time to connect and meet up with friends old and new, and enjoy our fun seasonal socia
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Sustainability 101: From Foundations to the Future January 8, USGBC MA, Boston
At USGBC MA, we want to help the green building community redesign the built environment to be more sustainable. As climate change becomes a pressing issue for Boston, professionals are going to need
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The World's Best New Building Award for 2018 goes to the Children Village Complex in Brazil
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Award is one of the most rigorously judged architecture awards in the world. Happening every two years, the winning building needs to ach
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Closing the loop with CarpetCycle: Tour, Presentation, and Networking 4-7 pm, January 22, Roselle, New Jersey
About CarpetCycle: An estimated 3.5 billion pounds of post-consumer carpet gets landfilled in the United States annually. Since their inception, in 1999, CarpetCycle has been providing services to saf
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Resilience Workshop Series - Managing Risk and Uncertainty, February 12, 1:30-3 pm, Los Angeles, CA
Introduction to Resilience Series: Managing Risk and Uncertainty
This series of 90-minute workshops are designed to introduce you to what resilience is and how it applies to your life at home
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An overview of Building Life Cycle Assessment for the construction industry
What is LCA?
LCA answers the simple question: how sustainable is my product or process? We know products are not equal in terms of their environmental impact and putting a number on
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Climate Change, Part 5: It’s All About the Straws, Isn’t It?
This is this the final installment to the Climate Change series I’ve been writing for the last month or so, based on Bill Gates’s blog post. Since I’m wrapping it up, it seems timely
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CalGreen Seminars, March 29, 10am - 4pm, SanDiego, CA
2019 Updates to CALGreen and the Energy Code, get prepared for the latest changes to California’s green building standards!
New Rules Forward California’s Commitment to Green Building
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FREE WEBINAR: Rethinking Traditional Finance - Better Buildings, April 2, 4/2 3pm-4pm
Efficiency-as-a-service is a financing mechanism in which customers pay a provider for the service of energy savings, allowing them to implement their energy (and water) efficiency projects with no up
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18th Annual Municipal Green Building Conference & Expo: Climate Change Solutions in the New Abnormal, April 18, Downey, CA
Since its inception in 2001, MGBCE has become the longest-running and largest gathering of leading sustainability and green building advocates within both the public and private sectors in Southern Ca
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Overview of the USGBC’s Living Standard Research Report
In November 2018, at the Greenbuild International Conference, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced their plans for creating a new living standard. The USGBC’s President and CEO, Mah
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GREENBUILDING WEEK 2019, Green Building Council Brasil, April 23-26 (Free Online Event!)
Between April 23 and 26, Green Building Council Brasil brings the new edition of Greenbuilding Week, the 100% free online event that provides highly qualified content on several areas related to susta
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The World’s First LEED Zero Building
The USGBC has now certified the first LEED Zero building for net-zero energy to the engineering and green building Consulting firm Petinelli for its Curitiba headquarter in Brazil.
The LEED Zero pr
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Sustainable Buildings Forum, June 4, 7:30-11:30am, Madison, WI
Many firms have at least one or two showcase projects that have reached aspirational sustainable design goals. The challenge is to maintain this level of performance across a portfolio and move your b
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Green Building Kayak Tour, June 27, 6:00-8:00 pm, Pittsburgh, PA
Join the Green Building Alliance on the water and take in Pittsburgh’s green buildings from a different vantage point!
Paddle along the Allegheny River, enjoying the natural beauty the waterw
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Assembly Row – Montaje Apartments, USGBC MA Green Building Tour, June 11, 5:30-7:00 pm, Somerville, MA
Learn about the benefits, design elements, installation considerations, and maintenance requirements of two green roofs in Assembly Square on this green roof tour led by OMNI Ecosystems and Recover Gr
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