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Discussions with tag 'built environment'
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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Green & Healthy Housing For All, June 23, 12-1:30 PM PDT
The buildings we create affect the communities and the environment they rest within. Join USGBC North California and USGBC Orange County on June 23 to discuss the affordable housing crisis in the
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Online: Climate, Equity and Health: No More False Choices, June 23, 9-1PM
As we navigate this historic time for climate change, racial equity and public health, the built environment sits front and center. New state and federal climate policies are being enacted, and techno
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Workshop: Contracts, Climate, & Compliance, September 14, 8:30-10 AM
Join Building Energy Exchange, AIA New York, and ASHRAE New York for a BE-Ex Architect Advisory Council (AAC) workshop focusing on the legal risk and responsibility of high performance design and cons
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Built Environment Plus: Green Building Showcase 2021, October 21, 4 pm EDT
The Built Environment Plus community works hard to advance sustainable and regenerative design, construction, and operation of the built environment. Once a year, we gather to celebrate industry succe
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Webinar: Healthy Building, Healthy People: Engineering Well-Being in the Built Environment, November 18, 12 pm EDT
The events of the last 24 months, including the overnight departure from our shared spaces, the rise to prominence for the Black Lives Matter movement, and rapid advancements in sustainable energy pro
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Free Virtual Symposium: Innovative Energy and Climate Solutions for the Built Environment 2021, November 12-14
Climate change is a significant global issue. To reduce climate change, actions from every sector are required. The building sector has great potential to increase its use of clean energy, to use
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Built Environment Virtual Discussion Series: California’s Landscape, November 30, 11:30 am PST
With an increasingly urgent need to adapt to our changing climate, the built environment offers unique opportunities for programs and new practices that can protect and improve human health. In order
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Free Webinar: California Landscape Architecture Biodiversity Loss, December 3, 12 pm PST
The Department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona hosts a series of monthly presentations on the science of climate change and landscape architecture solutions. This month will feature biodi
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Webinar: Carbon and Energy Roundtable, December 16, 9 am EST
Join the BE+ Carbon and Energy Roundtable, a venue for architects, designers, construction managers, and sustainability professionals to discuss issues related to carbon and energy in buildings.
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Passive House 101: An Introduction to Passive Buildings, January 13, 3-5 PM
In this course, we will provide an overview of the Passive House building standard including certification metrics, common design elements, and net-zero potential, as well as the impacts Passive House
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Passive House 201: Technical Aspects of Design & Construction, January 18, 3-5 PM
This session will take a deeper look into common design & construction strategies for achieving the Passive House standard.
Concepts will include building envelope & insulation, air tightne
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Free Green Building CE Webinar: Where Sustainability Meets Innovation, January 26, 12-1 pm EST
This course discusses the impact of buildings on the natural environment and offers insight on designing to minimize those impacts through sun control and mastery of the elements. The discussion empha
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Smart Cities Technology Symposiumc & Exhibition, January 18-19
It is predicted that by 2050 about 64% of the developing world and 86% of the developed world will live in urban areas. The global smart cities market is expected to reach USD 297.7 billion by 2026, e
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Green Building United, 2022 Sustainability Symposium at Penn State: May 6
Green Build's 2022 12th Annual Sustainability Symposium will take place on May 6th at Penn State at the Navy Yard. This event will showcase transformative ideas, projects, and oppor
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Webinar: Intro to Healthy Materials, May 10, 3 pm EDT
This workshop 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 bet
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Better Buildings, Better Plants 2022 Summit, May 17-19
The U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit is May 17-19, 2022 at the DoubleTree Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. This summit will provide opport
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Webinar: Copper -- Essential Element of Sustainable and Resilient Design, June 1, 12 pm EDT
This one-hour course will teach about copper’s contribution to sustainability in the built environment. Participants will leave the program with a better understanding of how copper enables
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Webinar: Intro to WELL Building Standard, June 14, 3 pm EDT
The Introduction to the WELL Building Standard provides an overview of the WELL Building Standard ideology, structure, and certification process. The medical basis for the concept categories is introd
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Webinar: IAQ Strategies for Healthy Buildings, June 15, 1 pm CT
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only radically changed how we live, but has brought indoor air quality to the forefront. IAQ has never been more important than it is right now when it comes to the healt
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Free Building Energy Exchange Event: WISE Ask Me Anything with Florence MacGregor, New York City, February 16, 6 pm
Florence MacGregor is the Executive Director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, where she has contributed to advancing sustainability practices in the built environment during her seven
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2023 Decarbonization Conference for the Built Environment, October 25-27, Washington, DC
The Decarbonization Conference for the Built Environment will be an information and idea exchange, between stakeholders in the built environment industry, concerning the timely and important topic of
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Virtual Event: Landscapes of Change: Resilient & Functional Ecosystems, October 17, 12 pm CT
Join Illinois Green for a mid-day webinar to investigate resilient and functional landscapes through a variety of lenses: equity and partnerships; integrating into architecture; long-term maintenance;
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Free Webinar: The Latest Science on WUI Fires and the Built Environment, November 6, 12 pm EST
What is the impact of wildfires in the wildland urban interface (WUI) on the indoor environment? Empowered with the stewardship of occupant health, safety and welfare, building and design professional
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Circular Economy in the Buildings Sector, November 30, 5:30-8 pm, Online and In Boston, Massachusetts (Free Event)
Join Greentown Labs to celebrate the kickoff of Go Build 2023, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on advancing circularity and decarbonizatio
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