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Discussions with tag 'Resiliency'
Urban Resilience Case Studies – Social, Ecological, Technological System Pairs - May 21, 1:15 pm (EDT)
Urban Resilience Case Studies – Social, Ecological, Technological System Pairs May 21, 2015 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM EDT This is the second webinar in the “Along the Urban Path” four-part webinar …
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Report: Energy Efficiency Key to Resiliency Strategies
Energy efficiency is said to be an important component of any resilient strategy. Energy efficient buildings have the ability to withstand emergencies such as power outage or heating disruption. A rec…
Stevens Institute of Technology Wins Solar Decathlon 2015- Congratulations!
Stevens Institute of Technology's SURE HOUSE won top honors overall at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, took second pla…
2016 Delaware Valley DVGBC Tri-State Sustainability Symposium, Fri, 03/04/2016 - 8:00am - 4:00pm
Fri, 03/04/2016 - 8:00am - 4:00pm Temple University Howard Gittis Student Center 1755 N 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 The DVGBC Tri-State Sustainability Symposium brings together industry, univ…
Keeping History Above Water - April 10 - 13, Newport, RI
Keeping History Above Water - April 10 - 13, Newport, RI Newport Restoration Foundation Keeping History Above Water will be one of the first national conversations to focus on the increasing and v…
Webinar: Sustainability and Resiliency in the City of Pittsburgh, Thursday April 28, 1-2 pm
The Sustainable City Network presents: Webinar: Sustainability and Resiliency in the City of Pittsburgh Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 1- 2:00 PM EDT Grant Ervin, Chief Resilience Officer for the City …
NECEC Emerging Trends Series: Grid Resiliency - The Clean Energy Solution, Thursday, January 18, 8:30am, Boston
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) is expected to rule on the US Department of Energy’s proposed rulemaking on grid resiliency (focused on whether steps need to be taken to suppo…
Grey to Green Conference, May 15-17, Toronto
Grey to Green is taking place in downtown Toronto from May 15-16 and will highlight new policy, design practices, and innovative products in the green infrastructure sector. Across Ontario the sector …
NESEA Pro Green Building Tour - Resilient Retrofit and ZNE Office Building - May 18, New Paltz, NY
Site 1 Details Units: 8 units in office building Square Footage: 5,400 gross plus fully conditioned basement Type of construction: New LEED Platinum certified, zero-net-energy verified 24KW integ…
Net Positive for Higher Education Symposium - Amherst, MA June 25-26
Join the International Living Future Institute at Hampshire College for the Net Positive for Higher Education Symposium—focused on inspiring, educating, and igniting action that creates a Living Fut…
The Emergence of Mass Timber for Urban Building Projects
During the wood-age of building, nearly every metropolitan city had a giant fire, some more than once: Boston in 1872; London in 1666 (and 1212…and 1130…1135…and so on…Lond
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Webinar: USGBC Virginia 2020 Legislative Recap, June 1, 11 AM EDT
Join USGBC’s Senior Policy Council, Liz Beardsley, and the Executive Director of the Virginia Energy Efficiency Council, Chelsea Harnish!
The 2020 session of the Virginia General Assembly was
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Webinar: Exploring Climate Solutions (CT focused), June 30, 12pm EDT
In this webinar, Ross Spiegel, Architect and Specifications Coordinator at The S/L/A/M Collaborative, will provide an overview of green building rating systems and their impact on sustainability, ener
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USGBC LA Webinar: Building Resilience - Community as the Building Block for Resilience, July 28, 10 am PST
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
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Webinar- sustainABLE: Designing Equity, August 11, 1-2pm
sustainABLE: USGBC West North Central's new regional forum exploring USGBC's four pillars: sustainability, resiliency, health, and equity in relationship to current events and our ability
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Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Presentation, January 28, 8:30am - 10:30am CST
Innovations in Watershed Management: Green Infrastructure (GI) and Low Impact Development (LID) for Watershed Management
Join us on ZOOM, Thursday January 28th, 2021 from 9:30 am – 11:30 am (
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Online: Boston's Carbon Neutral Zoning Initiative, January 27, 12pm - 2pm EDT
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) is developing Carbon Neutral Zoning requirements for new construction. This is a critical step towards meeting Mayor Walsh’s goal fo
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Webinar: sustainABLE: Green Building and Public Health, March 16, 1 pm EDT
sustainABLE: USGBC West North Central's new regional forum exploring USGBC's four pillars: sustainability, resiliency, health, and equity in relationship to current events and our ability
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The Gigaton Climate Challenge: Decarbonizing with Scale and Urgency, April 29, 2 pm ET / 11 am PT
Transitioning the United States economy toward deep decarbonization will have unequally distributed effects—both positive and negative—across socio-economic groups, geographies, and econom
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Resilient Virginia Conference 2021: From Recovery to Resilience, August 25-27
Resilient Virginia’s 2021 Conference will deliver the tools, information, and networking opportunities you need
to help build resiliency in your community.
The past year’s CO
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Free Online Event: Grid Interactive Buildings - Enabling a Resilient Clean Energy Future, October 13, 3 pm EDT
Electrification Week explores 5 topics relating to building electrification. In this free webinar you will explore how we can remake buildings into clean and flexible energy resources by combining ene
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Webinar: Reliability, the Reserve Margin and Seasonal Planning, February 9, 3:30 pm EST
Reliability, the Reserve Margin and Seasonal Planning, including a review of energy and load forecasting, an exploration of the reserve margin and seasonal planning and a discussion of resource option
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Mindfulness: Seeding Climate Innovation & Personal Resiliency, January 27, 12-1 PM PST
To jump-start the new year, WCS presents a discussion on how simple, yet profoundly impactful, mindfulness practices can bolster climatetech innovation, equity and personal resiliency. The panel will
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Sustainable Facilities Forum, In Person and Online, May 25: California, Leading the Way for Decarbonization
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.
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Making Homes More Disaster Proof; Reaction to Grace & Corbett Lunsford and Matt Risinger
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&n