Grab a bike and join us for the 2023 BE+ Bike Tour! This year, we will be touring from Cambridge to Boston Seaport, following the Green Line Extension community path along with projects from local architecture and engineering firms in their efforts in creating a more sustainable built environment. All riders are required to complete […]
Four virtual sessions teaching the basic knowledge needed to design and build durable, energy-efficient, affordable, and healthy buildings.
Join the Emerging Professionals Community for our 2023 September Social! Come to our event to network, meet the Community leaders, and hear about exciting upcoming events. Registration includes admission and 2 drink tickets.
Connect with like-minded sustainability professionals and discuss solutions to your project’s challenges at Greenbuild 2023. If you want to learn, meet other sustainability leaders, find new products/services, and have fun, Greenbuild is your opportunity to gain the insights needed for a strong year ahead. This year at Greenbuild 2023 in Washington, DC, the Greenbuild team […]
This session will take a deeper look into common design & construction strategies for achieving the Passive House standard.
The Phius Certified Builder Certification is for tradespeople and construction professionals with field experience in construction and/or high performance building. This training prepares construction professionals to understand passive building techniques — airtight enclosures, high-performance window installation, passive design strategies, field quality assurance, and site management.
Drop in with any questions you have about tallyLCA and how to apply it to your projects as they relate to MassCEC’s Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge. The tallyLCA team will be available to assist, so it’s your best chance get your questions answered.
This interactive session will feature a combination of brief presentations, group design, exercises, and facilitated, full-group discussions. The intent is for participants to deepen their knowledge and understanding of inclusivity and implicit bias in the broader employment market at this moment in time, within their organization, and in their own individual work. Implicit Bias I […]
This in-person training teaches carpenters how to apply fundamental building skills to high-performance construction projects. Topics focus on the four layers of a high-performance house: water, air, vapor, and thermal. Students will learn high-performance essentials through building science lessons, hands-on practice with mock-up assemblies, and project management training.
This training provides an understanding of how to achieve whole-building LCA and EPD related credits on LEED projects. Attendees will learn how to easily handle the life cycle assessment process, as well as a comprehensive breakdown of LEED related credits and how to leverage One Click LCA for various LEED schemes. Learn the importance of […]
Join the BE+ Emerging Professionals Community for our monthly Roundtable. We will discuss upcoming Emerging Professionals events, and network over pizza and drinks.
Join us for a night of project boards, short presentations, discussions, and awards. Attendees include architects, engineers, contractors, developers, owners, facility managers, building users, lenders, suppliers – everyone who plays a role in designing, operating, and constructing the built environment.
This course focuses on climate impacts associated with carbon emissions from the built environment, and how designers can meet carbon goals.
This interactive virtual training is targeted at emerging project managers and estimators. Over the course of seven sessions, participants will learn the fundamentals of good pre-construction and project management practice.
Building Science Fundamentals is a seminar that teaches the basic knowledge needed to design and build durable, energy-efficient, affordable, and healthy buildings. This is an interactive course where questions and discussion are encouraged.
LCA is a critical methodology that can be used by building design professionals to evaluate the climate impact of their projects.
Drop in with any questions you have about One Click LCA and how to apply it to your projects as they relate to MassCEC’s Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge. The One Click team will be available to assist, so it’s your best chance get your questions answered.
The BE+ Women in Green Community brings together architects, designers, construction managers, and sustainability professionals to collaborate as Women in the industry.
Join the BE+ Health and Wellness Roundtable, a venue for architects, designers, construction managers, and sustainability professionals to discuss issues related to healthy buildings. Reach out to wellness@builtenvironmentplus.org with any inquiries, questions, or concerns. var exampleCallback = function() { console.log('Order complete!'); }; window.EBWidgets.createWidget({ // Required widgetType: 'checkout', eventId: '148775933823', iframeContainerId: 'eventbrite-widget-container-148775933823', // Optional iframeContainerHeight: 500, […]
This course will cover many rapidly evolving elements of sustainable design with particular attention to energy codes and trends applicable in Massachusetts.