Want to join the green wave sweeping the business world, but not sure where to start? Learn the principles and practices to start your business on the path to becoming more sustainable by adopting a triple bottom line approach that addresses people, the planet, and profit. Discover assessment tools, hear about local businesses successfully embracing this approach, and develop an action plan.

Triangle USGBCis offering 22 of the 24 Education Sessions approved for GBCI CE hours in conjunction with the GreenNC 2010 Tradeshow.

For as little as $49 for Chapter Members, get four credit hours toward the credential maintenance requirements of the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP with specialty professional credentials!

GreenNC: Building For a Sustainable Future - Sixth Annual Green Commercial Building Trade Show, concurrent Educational Sessions and Luncheon. Learn more

Bioenergy systems will cover energy sources from biological materials appropriate to the farm/community scale for heating, power, and transportation needs. Technologies discussed include biodigesters, biodiesel, straight vegetable oil, ethanol, gasification, and combined heat and power systems.

The 2010 Emerging Green Business Conference will highlight emerging green industries and innovative technology in a number of areas including solar energy, nuclear energy, water resources, recycling and solid waste. At the same time, attendees will be able to talk with key federal, state and private partners which can assist growing green businesses and green job creation through identifying available capital resources.

Come join other energy / clean / green technology-based entrepreneurs and small companies who are seeking funding for R&D and plan to submit a SBIR/STTR proposal within the next 12 months.  All attendees of this event will receive detailed instructions on how to put the pieces together for SBIR/STTR grant proposals with specific focus on funding opportunities available with the Dept of Energy and National Science Foundation.  Attendees will learn how to prepare each component of a proposal, get current information on the SBIR/STTR program and the agency’s proposal submission processes, and learn tools and information necessary to prepare a competitive proposal.

Having a good idea isn’t enough to ensure business success in these challenging economic times. If you’re planning to start a new green business or expand your existing business by introducing a green product or service, learn what your “real” market is, what specific steps you should take, what competition you can expect, and how to increase your chances of succeeding

Join this dynamic gathering of national business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, and community groups for the second annual Summit on the New Green Economy in Durham, NC. For more information click here.

This webinar will explore how consumer-owned utilities can benefit from partnering with other utilities to realize economies of scale for community wind projects.  It will also focus on how community wind projects bring together state and local economic development and policy makers with utilities and members of the agriculture and wind energy industries to advance opportunities for locally-owned clean energy production.

Duke Energy's renewable energy initiatives will be the topic of a presentation Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Center for the Environment at Catawba College. 

A half-day workshop on passive solar design in residential green building.

A half-day workshop on the sustainability issues surrounding the "greening" of existing residential building stock.

Participants will learn how to design and construct various freeze protected solar water heating systems for domestic hot water and space heating needs. Covered topics include system design, component selection, performance, and economics.

Renewable Electric Generation with Photovoltaics - A week long workshop designed for those who need a refresher course on the basics of electricity to prepare them for the technical and practical aspects of designing and installing a residential photovoltaic system.

Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming and alternative energy and advocates for more localized economies. In 2010 the Boston Globe called him "probably the nation's leading environmentalist" and Time magazine described him as "the world's best green journalist. Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. We've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth.

How will energy help you succeed in the 21st century? Clean Energy Now is an intensive 1-day event that will provide western North Carolina manufacturers, companies, and local governments with an overview of opportunities for using energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean vehicles to create and sustain a competitive edge.

Biomass South 2010 is the premier event establishing the South’s leadership position in the critical transformation of the global economy from a fossil fuel economy to a bio‐based renewable resource economy. The basis of the bio‐economy is the utilization of renewable biological raw materials called biomass – agricultural crops and forestry materials which can effectively harness solar energy – which can then serve as the building blocks to replace petroleum in many products such as biofuels, green chemicals, novel polymers, and many other materials.

The CCCC Green Building and Sustainable Technologies Program will be hosting the "2010 Celebrating Green Central" event October 15-16th with support from the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association and the American Solar Energy Society.