In communities like Plano, Texas and Santa Monica, California events are sponsored by the local government and are free and open to the public. Other events, like the US Green Building Council’s Greenbuild, are aimed towards building professionals.  A green building conference can be a place where homeowners and building managers can learn more about particular technologies and how they might be useful for their particular circumstances.

We have started collecting a list of these programs in the Calendar of Green Building Events (which can be found in the sidebar to the right) here on the Green Building Elements page. We are trying to make this as useful a resource as possible, and welcome announcements about any related green building event (see our About page for more information about contacting us) for inclusion on this list.  We aren’t going to write about every press release for every event, but hopefully, as the list grows, more and more of you will be able to find local events available to you.

Image source: Environmental Design + Construction Magazine