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Discussions with tag 'Healthy Building Materials'
Healthy Materials Summit - Boston/Cambridge 11/14
Healthy Materials Summit November 14 - 7:30 am - 12 noon 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA The goal of this summit is to inspire and empower institutional and commercial leaders, designers and bui…
Exploring the Demand for Materials Transparency - Wednesday 11/12, 5:30 pm
Exploring the Demand for Materials Transparency November 12, 2014, 5:30PM Richard C. (Rik) Master, AIA Sr. Manager of Sustainability, USG Corporation This presentation will focus on LEED v4 Mate…
Advancing the Design and Adoption of Safer Materials in the Building Sector 12/3 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
Advancing the Design and Adoption of Safer Materials in the Building Sector U.S. Green Building Council & UMASS Lowell Wednesday, December 3, 2014: 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM, Boston, MA The overarching goa…
Flux and Partners debut the Quartz Project Open Database to help Decisonmakers Select Lower-Impact and Lower Toxicity Materials
There continues to be exciting collaboration around health and green building. This week at Greenbiz' VERGE Conference Flux, the Healthy Building Network, Google and Thinkstep launched the Quartz Proj…
HBN Launches HomeFree Initiative to Help Reduce Toxic Building Materials
The Healthy Building Network (HBN) introduces HomeFree, “a national initiative supporting affordable housing leaders who are improving human health by using less toxic building materials”. Everyon…
January 31 - Optimizing the Indoor Environment for Health: Asthma, Allergies, and Building Materials - Free CEU Webinar
Asthma and allergy prevalence has doubled in America over the past 30 years, and is now a Top 5 Hazard to Human Health Worldwide. It is the leading cause of ER visits and school absenteeism among chil…
Where are the best places (online or in person) to shop for a new healthy and sustainable residential rug or carpet?
So my son wants a new rug for his room, and we need a new rug in the basemet, preferably a thick one since this is going in a room a band practices in, and they want to keep the sound from bouncing a
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Webinar: The Benefits of Selecting Healthier Building Products, August 27, 12:30 pm, Australia EST
Everyone at the beginning of 2020 knew it was going to be a big year but nobody expected the impacts that came with COVID 19 to bring the topic of human health starkly into focus.
For the bui
Webinar: Construction, Demolition, and Building Material Reuse, December 16, 10 am EST
Join this webinar for a workshop to learn more about reusing building materials from construction and demolition.
Minnesota GreenStep Cities is a voluntary challenge, assistance and recog
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Webinar: Material Bank: What are ‘Good’ Materials? January 20, 12:30 EST
The claim is that all materials are bad. But, some are worse than others. Designers need to weigh up which material is appropriate for each element of the design. It is helpful to look at things
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USGBC Southern Colorado's Wintergreen 2021, Online: Building Materials - Making an Impact, March 17, 3 pm MT
Join the USGBC Southern Colorado committee for their annual Wintergreen event!
What are the ethical and business cases for paying increased attention to materials in the built environment? Join us
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Webinar: Intro to Healthy Materials | Green Building Training Program, March 22, 8 am EDT
This class will highlight the trends and tools available to find and select healthier products. Participants will learn the key product categories and how to research and find products that are better
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Webinar, Delivering Healthy Interiors, March 26, 1pm Sydney, Melbourne, ACT
This webinar brings materials and product intelligence together with design principles to help you deliver healthier interiors for clients – whether that be for commercial fitouts to the now bur
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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
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Webinar: USGBC WNC Lunch and Learn: The USGBC Better Materials Platform and ecomedes, July 13, 10 am PT, 1 pm EDT
Learn how to use ecomedes to list and search for building materials, automate your LEED documentation process, and list and promote your products as "Verified for LEED."
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Free Webinar Natural Materials - Building with the Earth, October 7, 7 pm BST (UK)
Join us for this month's masterclass in 'Building with Earth', hosted by the ACAN Natural Materials group, on 7th Oct at 7pm.
You will be learning from four speakers about clay pla
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Find and Select Better Materials Today: Free Online Training by ecomedes, October 19, 2 pm EDT
Drastically reduce the time it takes to search for the best materials for your LEED or green building project, learn how to list a product, automate a product's LEED documentation process with one
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Webinar: Sustainable Product Selection - Performance and Lessons Learned, November 3, 2 pm EDT
The built environment requires high performance, durable, and sustainable materials to meet the ever-increasing demands for health and safety. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of cleaning a
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Free CE Webinar: Healthier Materials for Energy Efficiency Upgrades, November 10, 12 pm EST
There is no question that investing in energy efficiency upgrades has the potential to deliver substantial financial, environmental, and health benefits to building owners and residents. Robust eviden
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Free USGBC Webinar: Find and Select Better Materials Today: Free Training by ecomedes, November 17, 10 am EST
Reduce the time it takes to search for the best materials for your LEED or green building project, learn how to list a product, automate a product's LEED documentation process with one click, and
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Free Green Building Webinar: Sustainable + Contemporary Commercial Restroom Materials, April 7, 12 pm EDT
When designing a restroom or other space, professionals are often faced with the challenge of selecting materials that function, appeal to the senses, and contribute to green building initiatives. Thi
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Webinar: Find and Select Better Materials for LEED Projects with Ecomedes, September 21, 2 pm ET
Drastically reduce the time it takes to search for the best materials for your LEED or green building project, learn how to list a product, automate a product's LEED documentation process with one
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ICSD 2023 : 11th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 6 - 7 September Rome, Italy
European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with Canadian Institute of Technology will organize the 11th ICSD 2023 International Conference on Sustainable Development, with particular
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Yestermorrow Online Course, Healthy Building Materials, 4 Wednesday Sessions, 7-9 pm ET, May 1-31
Healthy Building Materials will take a dive into the broken promise of the statement “better living through chemistry.”
Through assigned reading, case studies, videos and discussi
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Webinar (with In-Person Option): Building Materials Reuse: From Whole Buildings to Individual Components, April 28, 12pm CT
Illinois Green is hosting a 12 PM Webinar and optional Building Tour/Happy Hour Add-On to explore the building/material reuse economy from the perspectives of designers, contractors, and materials ret
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