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Find BuildingGreen articles, webcasts, and reports approved for continuing education credits through AIA and GBCI below. We record and automatically report CEU credits for our subscribers.

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  • Save the Birds

    Feature

    At least a billion birds die each year in the U.S. after crashing into windows. Here’s how to protect them with bird-safe planning, engineering and construction.

  • For the Trees

    Feature

    Mass timber is a billion-dollar industry poised to reduce embodied carbon. Its trajectory may surprise us all.

  • LEED v5 Is Here

    Feature

    How similar is LEED v5 to v4.1 and other past versions? The newest version seeks to transform the rating system to be more accessible and holistically impactful.

  • Biobased Building Materials: the Hype, the Hope, the … Hemp?

    Webcast

    This webcast explores the promising future of biobased materials in commercial construction.

  • Affordable Housing or Green Housing? We Can Say Yes to Both

    Webcast

    Yes, available funding for building and rehabilitating affordable housing is inadequate—but that’s all the more reason to get this right when we get the chance.

  • Build More or Build Green? Affordable Housing’s False Choice

    Feature

    The housing crisis is also a climate crisis and a social equity crisis. If we change our ways, we can address them all at once.

  • Wood's Latest Move: from Carbon Neutral to Climate Smart

    Webcast

    If we’re going to start using a lot more wood in buildings, we need to think hard about where that wood is going to come from and how it will be harvested.

  • Let’s Get Real about Wood’s Carbon Footprint

    Webcast

    You’ve probably heard that wood products are carbon neutral. You might also have heard that timber harvesting causes immense carbon emissions. Which is it? Could it be both?

  • IRA Nuts & Bolts with an Energy Tax Expert

    Webcast

    The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offers us a once-in-a-generation chance to equitably decarbonize the built environment and prepare communities to weather future climate threats. Will we seize that chance in time? For that to happen, it’s vital that project teams understand the rules well enough to offer and implement the right solutions.

  • Everyday ESG: Real People Share How It’s Done

    Webcast

    Four experts in ESG representing design, construction, and consulting firms will come together during this virtual roundtable to share their field notes and lessons learned.