Our monthly networking nights continue with another fun evening at City Bar - Waterfront in Boston! This is another great opportunity to meet old and new faces in the USGBC chapter. We are hosted by the Emerging Professionals, but open to everyone! We would be very excited if you could come meet us and share a drink or two; we will also be providing updates on the chapter's direction and future events. 

Our gracious sponsor for this month is MBCI - the metal roof & wall systems experts - thank you MBCI!

When: August 7th from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 

Join us for a conversation with Joyce Massicotte, Senior

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Institutional Programs Manager at Next Step Living. Next Step Living provides whole home energy solutions to New England residents. 38,000 families have welcomed them into their homes since 2008. They help families lower their energy bills, increase the comfort of their homes, and most importantly to reduce their carbon footprint. Next Step Living gives families access to state and utility incentives to make energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades easy and affordable. 

When: August 12th, 2013 6:00 PM through 8:00 PM 

Come to Knoll at 281 Summer Street in Boston on September 10th for our monthly interactive networking opportunity. We'll check out the awesome LEED Platinum Knoll Showroom, munch on fancy goodies and have a few drinks as a community of green building practitioners. We'll pause briefly to hear from guest speaker Karl Brown of the Mass School Building Authority on how the new building code will affect school buildings projects and the State's green goals. Generously sponsored by Knoll, celebrating 75 years of iconic design for the home and office. 

When: September 10th from 5:30 - 7:30pm
Location: Knoll, 281 Summer St. 1st Floor, Boston, MA
Cost: Free

Come to this multi-speaker presentation and workshop on Property Assessed Clean

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Energy - PACE - financing for renewable and clean energy installations on buildings.

What is PACE financing? Generously sponsored by National Grid, USGBC MA and the City of Boston bring to you a comprehensive presentation and accessible panel of experts to answer all the questions you have on this important subject.

When: September 18, 8:30 - 11:30 am  

The USGBC's Center for Green Schools is once again promoting

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to advance healthy, sustainable schools. The Green Schools Committee of USGBC MA Chapter is aiming to have more than 50 projects registered across the state. Use the following link to register or volunteer for a project today.

The inaugural Green Apple Day of Service held on September 29, 2012 had more than 1,250 service projects in 49 countries. The second Green Apple Day of Service will be held September 28, 2013 - advocates around the world, including students, teachers, parents, business owners and more will come together in support of healthy, sustainable schools by participating in local service projects.

Almost 200 building projects have earned LEED certification since the beginning of 2012. Each of these is a significant accomplishment and we want to celebrate the effort of all the green building professionals involved. Thus, we are hosting the Massachusetts LEED Project Showcase!

Each project team is invited to attend and submit a storyboard of their project - we are finalizing the submittal process but it will have less than 10 questions and you'll be able to do it simply on-line. This information will be used to create posters of each project to be shown at the Showcase. 6 special projects will be chosen to present to the crowd and to be highlighted in our multi-media follow-on promotions.

This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to connect with the strongest proponents of high-performance buildings in Massachusetts, and a great way for teams and owners to be recognized for all they've accomplished.

Several sponsorship opportunities will be available. Please contact greylee@usgbcma.org if you would be interested in having your project and team highlighted.

When: Thursday, October 17 from 6:00 PM through 8:00 PM
Location: Google, 3 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 

To Learn More and RSVP, go to our Website.