National Events
Recycle knowledge and experience. Attending Green Building events is a great way to learn from the experience of others, and keep up to date on the latest Green Building technology. The following is a list of National Green Building events you might want to consider.
| January 04 - June 28, 2008 | Kingston, NY | Sustainable Building Advisor Certificate Program Specialized training program designed to enable building professionals to advise employers or clients on strategies and tools for implementing sustainable building. |
| March 01 - May 05, 2008 | N/A, N/A | 2009 IECA Call for Submissions IECA is accepting proposals for the 2009 Environmental Connection technical program |
| April 04 - May 16, 2008 | online | Certified Professional in Storm Water Quality Exam Review Webinar |
| April 09 - May 14, 2008 | online | Certified Erosion, Sediment and Storm Water Inspector Exam Review Webinar |
| April 12 - May 17, 2008 | Long Island City, NY | Sustainable Design Classes |
| April 28 - May 02, 2008 | Nationwide, - United States | National Healthy Schools Day Awareness day to celebrate school IAQ and related environmental practices and policies. |
| April 29 - May 02, 2008 | San Diego, CA | Women's Grid-Tied Photovoltaics Workshop |
| April 30 - May 02, 2008 | Baltimore, MD | 2008 Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference, Awards & Trade Show |
| April 30 - May 02, 2008 | San Mateo, CA | StormCon: The North American Surface Water Quality Conference & Expo |
| May 01 - 04, 2008 | Boulder, CO | Elder Cohousing Getting Started Workshop Nuts & bolts for environmentally and socially sustainable communities. |
| May 01, 2008 | Newark, NJ | Wind and Solar Powered Buildings workshop |
| May 02, 2008 | Philadelphia, PA | Wind and Solar Powered Buildings workshop |
| May 03 - 04, 2008 | Warren, VT | Green Home Design Make the leap from standard market-driven construction to a quality |
| May 03 - 08, 2008 | San Diego, CA | SOLAR 2008 A national solar and renewable energy conference. |
| May 05 - 06, 2008 | Santa Monica, CA | Planning Design and Project Management for the 21st Century |
| May 05 - 08, 2008 | Auburn, NY | Accredited Installer Certification: Installation 101 |
| May 06 - 08, 2008 | Edmonton, AB Canada | 2008 'Cogeneration, Gasification, Polygeneration & Eco Industrial Networking' Conference |
| May 06 - 09, 2008 | Jacksonville, FL | 11th National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference A national conference on the mitigation, conservation and ecosystem banking marketplace. |
| May 07 - 09, 2008 | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | GREEN BUILDING SHOW Int'l Green Building Show |
| May 07, 2008 | Portland, ME | Managing the Integrative Design Process workshop |
| May 09, 2008 | Concord, NH | Managing the Integrative Design Process workshop |
| May 09, 2008 | Dearborn, MI | Sustainable Strategies for Southeast Michigan Sustainable Strategies for Southeast Michigan |
| May 09, 2008 | Cocoa, FL | Basics of Using Solar Energy in Disasters |
| May 10, 2008 | Brooklyn, NY | CUE'S COMMUNITY GRAND OPENING! |
| May 10 - 11, 2008 | Burlington, VT | Going Green Expo VERMONT |
| May 10 - July 24, 2008 | Warren, VT | Yestermorrow Natural Building Intensive Program |
| May 11 - 13, 2008 | New Orleans, LA | National Green Building Conference |
| May 11 - 16, 2008 | San Diego, CA | 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference |
| May 12 - 17, 2008 | East Charleston, VT | Photovoltaics Design & Installation Workshop |
| May 12 - 14, 2008 | Chicago, IL | GRAVITY FREE Multidisciplinary Design Innovation Conference |
| May 13 - 15, 2008 | Madison, WI | SmallWood 2008 and Bioenergy & Wood Products joint conference |
| May 14 - 15, 2008 | Seattle, WA | 26th West Coast Energy Management Congress -A Pacific Northwest energy management congress. |
| May 14 - 16, 2008 | Philadelphia, PA | Solar Sales & Marketing: Making the Financial Case |
| May 15 - 17, 2008 | Boston, MA | AIA Convention 2008: We The People - The annual American Institute of Architects convention and exposition. |
| May 15 - 18, 2008 | Orlando, FL | Green Earth Expo 2008 |
| May 16, 2008 | Hartford, CT | Solar Sales & Marketing: Making the Financial Case |
| May 14 - 16, 2008 | Philadelphia, PA | Solar Sales & Marketing: Making the Financial Case |
| May 15 - 17, 2008 | Boston, MA | AIA Convention 2008: We The People - The annual American Institute of Architects convention and exposition. |
| May 15 - 18, 2008 | Orlando, FL | Green Earth Expo 2008 |
| May 16, 2008 | Hartford, CT | Solar Sales & Marketing: Making the Financial Case |
| May 18 - 20, 2008 | Monterey, CA | The 2008 Sustainable Operations Summit |
| May 18, 2008 | Valencia, CA | EcoFest 2008 |
| May 19 - 22, 2008 | Anaheim, CA | Ecobuild America Conference and Exhibit |
| May 19 - 21, 2008 | Scottsdale, AZ | 3RD ANNUAL RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE & INVESTMENT SUMMIT |
| May 19 - 20, 2008 | New York, NY | CARBON EMISSIONS TRADING 101 |
| May 20 - 22, 2008 | Washington, DC | Innovative Technologies: Key to Environmental and Economic Progress |
| May 20 - 22, 2008 | Wellesley, MA | Accredited Installer Certification: Installation 101 |
| May 20 - 22, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA | Green West Expo & Conference 2008 - An environmentally-friendly product event with building, construction, and engineering products and services. |
| May 20 - 22, 2008 | London, England | 6th Corporate Climate Response event |
| May 21 - 22, 2008 | Miami, FL | 3rd Annual Biofuels Markets Americas |
| May 22, 2008 | Fort Myers, FL | FGCU Continuing Education & SW FL Chapter of American Institute of Architects presents |
| May 22 - 23, 2008 | Boone, NC | Photovoltaics with Sharp Solar |
| May 23 - 25, 2008 | Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil | Ecobuilding 2008/International meeting for Architecture and Technologies for Sustainable Construction - Ecobuilding 2008 |
| May 27 - 29, 2008 | Jönköping, Smaland Sweden | World Bioenergy 2008 |
| June 01 - 05, 2008 | Boston, MA | CSI Cleantech 2008 - The Cleantech Conference, Partnering, Ventures and Trade Show |
| June 02 - 06, 2008 | Carbondale, CO | Building for the Future: Sustainable Home Design - Understand the critical home design principles and learn to make use of both new and centuries old methods and materials for sustainable living. |
| June 02 - 27, 2008 | Prescott, AZ | Methods and Materials of Alternative Construction: A Hands-On Intensive at the Ecosa Institute |
| June 03 - 06, 2008 | Las Vegas, NV | CONSTRUCT2008 - CONSTRUCT2008-The Art and Science of Building |
| June 03 - 06, 2008 | Atlanta, GA | GreenBusiness Works Expo - GreenBusiness Works™ EXPO is a unique environmental exposition and forum for business and municipal leaders from throughout the Southeast. |
| June 04 - 05, 2008 | Las Vegas, NV | earthNOW expo - Eco-Friendly Consumer Products Trade Show |
| June 07 - 08, 2008 | Coventry, RI | RI Sustainable Living Festival and Clean Energy Expo |
| June 09, 2008 | Cambridge, MA | Mass Impact: Cities and Climate Change SYMPOSIUM II: ENERGY & MOBILITY IN THE GREEN CITY |
| June 09 - 11, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | Photovoltaic Design for Engineers & Designers: A 3-Day Course on Producing PV Design Documents - An intensive 3-day solar workshop for design professionals on skills needed to produce high quality PV system designs, feasibility reports, drawings and specifications |
| June 09 - 11, 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | World Biofuels Forum 2008 |
| June 09 - 10, 2008 | Elizabeth, NJ | Overview Series: Intro to Geothermal & Design Overview |
| June 09 - 13, 2008 | Paonia, CO | Designing & Building Natural Homes |
| June 10 - 12, 2008 | Elizabeth, NJ | Accredited Installer Certification: Installation 101 |
| June 10 - 12, 2008 | Minneapolis, MN | BEST 1: Building Enclosure Science and Technology |
| June 11 - 12, 2008 | Santa Clara, CA | Bay Area Sustainable Building Management Expo & Conference - The Bay Area Sustainable Building Management Expo, formerly the Bay Area Facility Management Show, has gone GREEN. |
| June 11 - 13, 2008 | Elizabeth, NJ | Open Loop, Closed Loop, Standing Column Well Advanced Commercial Design Series: Design 200 Series |
| June 11 - 12, 2008 | Toronto, Ontario Canada | Shifting Into The Mainstream: CaGBC National Summit |
| June 12 - 13, 2008 | Alexandria, VA | Greener by Design: Strategies, Tools, and Markets for Product Innovation |
| June 13 - 14, 2008 | Santa Barbara, CA | Built Green Expo and Conference |
| June 15 - August 01, 2008 | Myakka City (near Tampa), FL | College Green Camp - Help Build an Earthship (for college students) |
| June 15 - August 01, 2008 | Myakka City, Manatee County (near Tampa), FL | Experience Building An Earthship |
| June 16, 2008 | Cocoa, FL | From Blueprints to Residential Code Compliance |
| June 16 - 27, 2008 | Paonia, CO | Women's Photovoltaic Design & Installation Workshop |
| June 16 - August 08, 2008 | Dexter, OR | Ecovillage and Permaculture Program - An 8-week program on self-reliant living and sustainable human habitats. |
| June 17, 2008 | New York, NY | NYC Solar Summit |
| June 17, 2008 | Seattle, WA | 2008 Building Product Integration Conference |
| June 17 - 18, 2008 | Kenmare, County Kerry Ireland | 1st International hemp Building Seminar - 2 day event featuring International presentations, site visit and demonstrations. |
| June 19, 2008 | Newark, NJ | 2008 Building Product Integration Conference |
| June 20, 2008 | Cocoa, FL | Basics of Using Solar Energy in Disasters |
| June 20 - 21, 2008 | Boone, NC | Community-Scale Biodiesel Production |
| June 20 - 22, 2008 | Custer, WI | The Energy Fair - Midwest Renewable Energy Association's Energy Fair - learn about renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainability. |
| June 22 - 24, 2008 | St. Louis, MO | Greening the Heartland 2008 - Greening the Heartland is the premier annual conference on green building and sustainability programs in the Midwest. |
| June 24, 2008 | Syracuse, NY | 4th German American Renewable Energy Conference - Biomass: Power, Heat, and Fuels |
| June 27 - 29, 2008 | Onekama, MI | Michigan Energy Fair |
| July 02 - 04, 2008 | Singapore, Singapore | Building Technology Asia 2008 - An International Exhibition on Intelligent Buildings & Eco-Friendly Building Technology for the South East Asia region |
| July 07 - August 01, 2008 | Prescott, AZ | Permaculture Water Design: A Hands-On Intensive at the Ecosa Institute |
| July 08 - August 08, 2008 | Cambridge, MA | Executive Education Programs at Harvard University Graduate School of Design |
| July 11 - 12, 2008 | Boone, NC | Domestic Solar Water Heating |
| July 14 - 15, 2008 | Chicago, IL | CARBON COUNTING 2008 |
| July 16 - 17, 2008 | Denver, CO | Green Real Estate 2008 - Green Real Estate 2008 Conference and Expo |
| July 17 - 18, 2008 | Boulder, CO | LEAN AND GREEN SUMMIT - Applying Lean Manufacturing Principles to Sustainability |
| July 21 - 25, 2008 | Cocoa, FL | Installing Photovoltaic Systems |
| July 24 - 26, 2008 | Seward, AK | Alaska Building Science Network Summer Conference - ABSN's Summer Conference on Energy & Wxn Retrofits |
| July 25 - 27, 2008 | John Day, OR | SolWest Renewable Energy Fair |
| August 03 - 07, 2008 | Orlando, FL | StormCon |
| August 03 - 05, 2008 | Phoenix, AZ | GovEnergy 2008 - Reserve your GovEnergy 2008 Exhibit Space today! |
| August 11 - 29, 2008 | Dexter (near Eugene), OR | Eco-Homes: An Introduction to Ecological Building & Appropriate Technology |
| August 11 - 15, 2008 | Cocoa, FL | Installing Photovoltaic Systems |
| August 15, 2008 | New York, NY | CSI Metropolitan New York Chapter - CSI Metro NY Annual Trade Show & Education Day |
| August 21 - 23, 2008 | Grand Rapids , MI | Great Lakes Green 2008 |
| August 27, 2008 | Boone, NC | PV and the National Electrical Code |
| September 13 - 14, 2008 | Saco, ME | Going Green Expos Maine |
| September 15, 2008 | San Jose, CA | Laboratories for the 21st Century 2008 Annual Conference - Call for Presenters - The Labs21 2008 Annual Conference is the premier laboratory sustainability conference in the nation. |
| September 15 - 17, 2008 | Boston, MA | International Conference and Exhibition for Alternative Energy Sources and Technologies (AEST) |
| September 15, 2008 | Cocoa, FL | From Blueprints to Residential Code Compliance |
| September 25 - 28, 2008 | Newport Beach, CA | Arc-Interiors 2008 - One to One meetings and Green Seminars for Big Firm Principals |
| September 25 - 27, 2008 | San Jose, CA | West Coast Green |
| September 29 - October 01, 2008 | San Francisco, CA | Photovoltaic Design for Engineers & Designers: A 3-Day Course on Producing PV Design Documents - PV System Design for Engineers & Designers: A 3-Day Course on Producing PV Design Documents |
| September 29 - October 24, 2008 | Dexter (near Eugene), OR | 4-week Ecovillage & Permaculture Certificate Program |
| October 04 - 05, 2008 | Boone, NC | Microhydro |
| October 08 - 09, 2008 | Washington, DC | World Energy Engineering Congress - An international energy managment conference. |
| October 08 - 10, 2008 | Las Vegas, NV | WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition |
| October 15 - 16, 2008 | Las Vegas, NV | National Green Builders Products Expo - Join the National Green Builders Products Expo in the #1 trade show destination city in the world...LAS VEGAS! |
| October 16 - 19, 2008 | Bangalore, Karnataka India | Green Energy Summit 2008 - Green Energy Summit 2008 is a first of its kind conference on Green Power, Green IT, Green Architecture, Green Fuels In India. |
| October 18 - 19, 2008 | Beech Mountain, NC | Small Scale Wind Energy |
| October 22 - 24, 2008 | Phoenix, AZ | 2008 Excellence in Building Conference & Expo |
| October 27 - 28, 2008 | Malmö, Sweden | Sustainable Innovation '08 |
| November 01 - 02, 2008 | Manchester, NH | Going Green Expos New Hampshire |
| November 03 - 05, 2008 | Las Vegas, NV | Annual Design-Build Conference & EXPO |
| November 05 - 06, 2008 | Toronto, Ontario Canada | Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo |
| November 06 - 09, 2008 | Marina Del Rey, CA | Arc-US 2008 - One to One meetings and Green Seminars for Design and Specification Principals |
| November 09 - 12, 2008 | Augsburg, Deutschland Germany | RENEXPO |
| November 19 - 21, 2008 | Boston, MA | 2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo - The USGBC's annual green building and sustainable design conference. |
| November 24 - 26, 2008 | HUNGEXPO BUDAPEST FAIR CENTER, Budapest Hungary | RENEXPO Central and South East Europe |
| December 01, 2008 | Cocoa, FL | From Blueprints to Residential Code Compliance |
| December 08 - 11, 2008 | Washington, DC | EcoBuild Fall Conference & Exhibit |
| December 12 - 13, 2008 | Natick, MA | Geothermal Installation 202: Heat Pump Installation & Service - Learn about installation and service for geothermal heat pumps. |
| May 18 - 20, 2009 | Boston, MA | Alternative Energy & Building Efficiency '09 |
| September 14 - 18, 2009 | Washington, DC | GREAT Expo 2009: Global Renewal Energy Advanced Technologies Expo & Summit |