ABOUT ONLINE COURSES
Urban Green works with leading thinkers in sustainable design to create 20-30 events annually on innovative and relevant green building topics. Urban Green’s Online Courses make this engaging content available via audio and video presentations!
If you choose to take a course for credit, you will need to first register for the course and then complete the quiz. Upon registration, a link to the course quiz will be emailed to you. To receive credit, you must answer 7 of 10 questions correctly.
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Retrofitting to Scale Session 3: Scaling it Up
Are cost-effective, fast and high-quality retrofits possible? Leading building retrofit experts discuss the challenges and potential solutions to scaling retrofits at our 2019 Conference, Retrofitting to Scale.
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Retrofitting to Scale Session 2: Innovations and Examples of Scale
New technologies, practices and business models are being piloted to reduce energy consumption on a large scale. In this session from our 2019 Conference, Retrofitting to Scale, industry experts present how state-of-the-art innovations can help achieve scalability and reduce costs.
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UN HQ: The Carbon Case for Retrofits
In 2007, the United Nations initiated a multi‐year renovation of its New York City headquarters, the Capital Master Plan (CMP). To better understand the quantity of the carbon savings of the retrofit, Michael Adlerstein, the Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director for the UN Capital Master Plan, led a study to assess the carbon-saving value of the structures that were retained.
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A Conversation with Michael Deane: Innovations in Sustainable Practices
Ways to attain zero waste construction and how anyone involved in the construction process can contribute to eliminating construction waste. (45 minutes)
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House of Lebanon: Developing Historic Structures into Affordable, Green Housing
How a balance of preservation requirements and sustainability goals was achieved to create new, sustainable apartments for seniors in Washington D.C. (30 minutes)
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Inside 90 by 50: A Conversation with the Researchers
Urban Green Council’s research report, 90 by 50, demonstrates that the emission reductions required to meet a 90 percent reduction by 2050 are possible using existing, cost-effective technologies. (50 minutes)
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Heat Pumps: What's Possible in NYC?
How will the electrification of building systems play out at the building level? One of the first answers: heat pumps for space heating. (43 minutes)