Nevada Green Business Network

Food Waste Prevention and Composting Workshop
2022-04-02 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Moana Nursery, 1190 West Moana Lane, Reno NV 89509, 1190 West Moana Lane, Reno, NV, 89509, United States
Join KTMB, Down To Earth Composting and Full Circle Soils & Compost and others on Saturday, April 2nd for a Food Waste Prevention and Composting workshop in Reno. Visit ktmb.org for more information and to sign up.

Carson City Chamber Green Business Certification Training
2022-03-15 08:00 - 11:00 | Carson City Chamber of Commerce, 1900 S Carson St,, Carson City, 89701, United States
The Carson City Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Nevada Green Business Network (www.nvgreenbusiness.org) to support Chamber members in getting certified as a green business. Learn how green certification can help to expand your customer base by attracting environmentally conscious consumers.
8:00 am – Registration and Coffee
8:30 am – Gain a Competitive Advantage through Nevada Green Business Certification
8:45 am – Lower Costs through Energy Efficiency
9:10 am – Enhance Health & Wellness through Pollution Prevention
9:30 am – Networking Break
9:45 am – Transportation: Lowering Carbon Emissions with Commute Alternatives. The role of Carson Offsets.
10:00 am – Water & Wastewater: Protect Water Resources through Water Conservation Strategies
10:15 am – Solid Waste: Conserve Resources through Waste Reduction
10:30 am – Recycling in Nevada
11:00 am – Event ends
RSVP: admin@carsoncitychamber.com

Nevada Green Business Training Program (October)
2021-10-26 08:00 - 11:30 | Reno+Sparks Chamber of Commerce Green Business Training, 4065 S. Virginia Street, #101, Reno, NV, 89502, United States
October Training Program Flyer
The Reno+Sparks Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Nevada Green Business Network to help local businesses become green certified. Free and exclusive to Chamber members, the Nevada Green Business Training Program will be held on October 26, 2021 from 8:00 am to 11:45 am at the Chamber of Commerce.
The first 25 businesses to RSVP to the Chamber will learn about sustainable best practices, how to reduce utility and maintenance costs, and what it takes to become Green Certified in Nevada.
RSVP to: cnaisbitt@thechambernv.org. Or fill out the registration form here.
Becoming a green business is a great way to increase profitability. Reducing utility costs through energy and water savings can free up resources that can be invested in strategic priorities. Learn how green certification can help to expand your customer base by attracting environmentally conscious consumers.

Auto Repair and Auto Body Pollution Prevention Workshop and Tradeshow
2021-10-22 08:30 - 13:30
Western Nevada College and greenUP! invite Auto Shops from all over Nevada to attend. College students and professionals in the automotive industry are also invited.
Topics covered during this FREE workshop will be environmental best management practices (BMPs), alternatives to harmful cleaners and solvents, electric vehicles, and how to become green certified in the state of Nevada.

Metal Manufacturing & Fabrication Training – Week 7
2021-10-06 09:00 - 10:30
Week 7 – Thomas Vinson, Zero Waste Enterprises will explore Lean Practices and Success Stories. This talk will dive deeply into the processes businesses use to identify lean projects, prioritize their activities and build support within the company.

Metal Manufacturing & Fabrication Training – Week 6
2021-09-29 09:00 - 10:30
Week 6 covers Using Lean Manufacturing to uncover opportunities.This course explains how to use over a dozen lean principles for optimal performance in metal manufacturing. It will look at it from the unique perspective of using lean to reduce material use and waste. These techniques reduce waste such as time, labor and rework, by using environmental metrics to identify value. It is good for experienced lean practitioners or as an introduction to lean manufacturing.

Metal Manufacturing and Fabrication Training – Week 5
2021-09-15 09:00 - 10:30
Week 5: “Safer Alternatives in Solvent Applications for Metal Processing.” Katy Wolf will cover solvents including vapor degreasing, paint stripping, aerosol cleaning lubricants, and metalworking fluids are used by thousands of companies for cleaning metal processing. This training will explore potential alternatives to harmful solvents and tradeoffs for each of the methods. Also covered is a list of alternatives for metal working fluids used to cool and lubricate cutting heads, drills and saws.

Metal Manufacturing and Fabrication Training – Week 4
2021-08-25 09:00 - 10:30
Week 4 offers Best Management Practices for Cutting Fluids and other issues. This training will showcase some of the work the Washington Department of Ecology (Rolfe Parsloe) has done to help businesses voluntarily lower their regulatory burden while improving efficiency, lowering waste and increasing their competitiveness. The focus will be on cutting fluids.

Metal Manufacturing and Fabrication Training – Week 3
2021-08-11 09:00 - 10:30
Week 3: Best Management Practices for Metal Finishing presented by Miguel Rodas and Jennifer Kong. This training offers a rare look inside the practices businesses use to improve efficiency for metal finishing processing. The benefits and challenges of over 50 techniques to reduce waste, improve water use efficiency, and lower costs will be explored. The talk is based on real world data collected over several years by the City of Los Angeles featuring processes like electroplating, electroless plating, anodizing, coating, chemical etching, and manufacturing of printed circuit boards.

Metal Manufacturing and Fabrication Training - Week 2
2021-07-28 09:00 - 10:30
Week 2: Success Stories – “Real World Examples from the Metal Manufacturing Industry ”
Building on Week 1, this course will give in depth examples from businesses with an emphasis on the metal manufacturing sector. We will show how one company went beyond recycling to save over $500,000 while improving their productivity, supply chain reliability and workforce efficiency. We will go beyond what can be done and show how you can apply these lessons to your business.

Webinar: Employees and Buildings – Office Spaces on the Move
2021-07-22 09:00 - 10:30
During COVID, many office building workers were required to work from home. Today, while the COVID threat is passing, many offices are continuing to work remotely.
This webinar hosted by the Sustainable Building Coalition and Nevada Green Business Network addresses the practical challenges of a remote workforce. How do we continue to engage employees in sustainability practices? Are there ways that employees can reduce energy, water and waste from home? How do we keep enthusiasm alive for sustainability as a work community?
Speakers:
Suzanne Groneman from the City of Reno will discuss key considerations regarding sustainability initiatives with a remote workforce. The City will share their experience with building closures, employee engagement both on and offsite, and lessons learned.
Mike Matheus from McKinstry will also represent the Sustainable Building Coalition. Mike will provide stats on buildings (%) that have moved their employees to remote locations and measures to reduce energy usage due to reduced occupancy. Mike will explore trends for occupation of office buildings and creative ideas to keep buildings occupied (such as shared workspaces).
Sara DeAngelo, Energy Advisor for Rising Sun Energy Solutions (an Associated Protected Series of AO Energy) will provide a case study on the impact of a remote team. From a corporate wide standpoint, what adjustments are being made in terms of commuting, reporting, accountability and measurement?
Donna Walden from the Nevada Green Business Network will discuss a variety of strategies to keep employees engaged using games and contests. She will also discuss using the Home Office and Virtual Teams Checklists certification as tools to keep a workforce engaged and focused on sustainability practices.

Metal Manufacturing and Fabrication Training
2021-07-14 09:00 - 10:30
greenUP! announces a FREE virtual training for metal manufacturers and finishers. The training is on seven Wednesdays beginning on July 14 and ending on October 6th. Register here: https://conta.cc/3vmK9z6
The training will address the many challenges that Metal Manufacturers and Finishers face in today’s marketplace including managing hazardous materials, compliance with environmental inspections and regulations and marketplace competitiveness. For businesses in the state of Nevada, free technical assistance is provided with identified projects.
Sponsors include greenUP!, Nevada Industry of Excellence (NVIE), the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) and the City of Los Angeles. The training and technical service is made possible with grant funding provided from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
