Education & Events
EDUCATION FOR ALL
This is the core of our organization and a successful sustainable movement.
Our Programming
Our programs are for people with myriad backgrounds and provide support and resources to everyone from the uninitiated to the expert:
- Programs on a wide span of green building topics including project tours and webinars. These programs help illuminate science-based design and advanced construction techniques through the lens of different green building and high-performance standards.
- Our Green Building Awards program recognizes excellence in intelligently designed and constructed high-performance buildings and sustainable sites and landscapes that also promote health, well-being, comfort, and equitable access.
- Our Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment (NESSBE) is a unique conference that engages a broad community of building professionals, owners, academics, policymakers, advocates, and students in conversations about energy and environmental justice in the built environment.
We support professional Continuing Education with:
- A growing library of on-demand training available to all on Passive House, LEED, electrification, and other high-performance design and construction principles;
- Webinars on a variety of instructional topics;
- Recordings from past NESSBE conferences.
Get Involved
Have an idea for a program topic or a high performance project you’d like us to consider for our event calendar?
Have a project you’d like to share with our community?
Sponsor an event – a great way to showcase your involvement on a project, your services, technology, or project.
Upcoming Events
Emerging Professionals Series: Career Conversation with Catherine Santos Young
October 15 | 2:00 – 2:45pm
Virtual
This month’s guest is Cat Young Santos from TAMA Architecture PC talking about how her work connects to broader sustainability goals and the role architecture plays in shaping our communities.
This series features candid conversations with industry professionals about their unique career paths in sustainable and green building.
Past Event Highlights:
Emerging Professional Series: Career Conversation with Kate Doherty
Last month’s guest was Kate Doherty from Franklin Energy talking about her experience in the green building space. This series features candid conversations with industry professionals about their unique career...
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Connecticut Passive House Roundtable — March 2025 Recap
CTPH welcomed Ken Lynch from Tremco Construction Products Group (a BuildGreenCT Supporter Sponsor) to our March roundtable. He shared an overview of Tremco’s extensive product line and focused on Insulated...
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CTPH Roundtable: Let’s Talk About ICF
High performance, net zero, and off the grid are all terms many have heard of and will hear more of in the future as the country works to reduce carbon...
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BuildGreenCT Birthday Benefit: Event Highlights
On December 5th, BuildGreenCT celebrated a fantastic debut year of advancing sustainable building practices at our Birthday Benefit held at the Two Roads Brewery in Stratford, Connecticut. With upwards of...
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HMTX Headquarters Event Highlights & Video Presentation
Today, we’d like to celebrate and reflect on our tour of HMTX Headquarters, a Living Building right in Norwalk, CT. Culminating in a tour after a brief presentation, upwards of...
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Bird-Friendly Building: Designing Safer Buildings for Birds
The co-leads of the Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative discuss bird-safe building practices, current trends in regulations, and the co-benefits of green building and bird-friendly building practices.
Slate Upper School: Building with Purpose-Driven Innovation
Now in construction and scheduled to open in the Fall of 2024, the Upper School’s evidence-based design strategies include optimized building orientation and envelope detailing to manage heat gains, thermal...
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A Call to Action: NESSBE’s 2023 ‘Justice of Place’ Conference Highlights
Our 2023 Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment (NESSBE) “Justice of Place” Conference brought together 167 professionals, academics, policymakers, advocates, and students for a full day of crucial conversations...
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Going Above & Beyond Sustainable Buildings to Sustainable Landscapes
In this instructional video, you’ll hear from UCONN representatives, including Laura Cruickshank, FAIA, University of Connecticut Assoc. Vice President, Master Planner & Chief Architect, provide an overview of UCONN’s 2015...
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