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BOMA Energy Efficiency Program 2.0 (BEEP) – June 1st

May 25, 2017 By SBC

Join BOMA Seattle King County and BetterBricks for an exclusive training series

ABOUT

The BOMA Energy Efficiency Program 2.0 (BEEP) is a refreshed and updated version of the well-known, efficiency training course developed by BOMA and some of the largest commercial real estate owners and managers in the industry.  These course give you the information, strategies, and resources to help reduce energy use and cost, so that you can succeed in today’s market.

BOMA Seattle King County, in collaboration with Betterbricks, will be hosting a half-day in-person BEEP training session that will cover material from two BEEP Courses:

Course 3: From Audits to Action Plans: Finding and Planning Energy Performance Improvements

This course presents basic information on conducting an energy audit, identifying opportunities for upgrades, and planning with financial decision makers to implement upgrades.

Course 4: No and Low Cost Opportunities to Improve Energy Performance

This course will describe opportunities commonly found in commercial office, industrial, and multifamily buildings and offers solutions you can implement immediately to reduce energy consumption and associated costs.

In addition to two BEEP courses, attendees will learn about opportunities to capitalize on technical support and financial incentives to help comply with the City of Seattle’s new Building Tune-Up Requirement – funding that will sunset after 2018.

EARN CREDITS

Attendees will be eligible to receive Real Estate Clock Hours to satisfy continuing education requirements.  Trainings also count toward the renewal of industry designations including RPA, FMA, CPM, ARM, SMA, SMT and CCM, and are approved for GBCI Continuing Education hours for LEED designations.

REGISTER

www.bomaseattle.org/event/BEEPTraining

DATE AND SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 1, 2017: 8 a.m. – Noon

LOCATION

Met Park West 5 Star Center
1100 Olive Way, Suite 101
Seattle, WA 98101

COST

BOMA Members – $49
Non-members – $69

Filed Under: Featured Event Tagged With: Betterbricks, BOMA, energy efficiency, event

Spark Tool Webinar – June 14, 2017

May 25, 2017 By SBC

JOIN BETTERBRICKS AND THE SMART BUILDINGS CENTER FOR AN EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR

ABOUT

Join us to learn about the building renewal strategy and how to use the Spark Tool to assess if your building is ready for a deep energy retrofit.

The webinar will focus on how to leverage Spark’s integrated technical and financial reports to communicate the business case for building renewal projects. The webinar will include an overview of the building renewal strategy, a live demonstration of the Spark Tool, and a look at the customized integrated measure packages the Tool can create.

SPARK

Spark, a free, interactive online tool, can help you determine if your commercial building is a good candidate for a deep energy retrofit. This early assessment tool produces a report with estimated energy savings and real estate returns, and suggested measures and next steps. Watch this short video to learn how Spark can reposition a building.

BUILDING RENEWAL

Building renewal is a real estate strategy to modernize a building and improve its competitive position by focusing on comprehensive energy efficiency upgrades resulting in 35% or more of a building’s energy use and costs.

EARN BUILDING OPERATOR CERTIFCATION POINTS

This Spark webinar provides 1 maintenance point towards renewal of the BOC® credential.

REGISTER

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7086585918184273666

In preparation for this webinar, we encourage you to create an account on Spark and familiarize yourself with the tool.

DATE AND SCHEDULE

Wednesday, June 14, 2017: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Filed Under: SBC News

Powerful Business – May 25, 2017

May 9, 2017 By SBC

Powerful Business will provide ways to save money and energy for commercial building owners and managers, building operations and engineering staff, architects, engineers, and property developers.  Breakfast, lunch with a keynote speaker, and vendor reception are all included.

  • Regular registration: $195
  • Vendor/Student registration: $125
  • Vendor booth: $550

Essential energy saving ideas – quick wins, deeper strategies, and future visions – will be presented in 3 tracks: To register please contact the Electric League at (425) 646 – 4727 or register online at electricleague.net.

Filed Under: SBC News

SBC Workshop: Dent Instruments May 23

May 9, 2017 By SBC

Dent Instruments, Inc.

Christopher Dent is the President of DENT Instruments, Inc. and has for the last 29 years overseen its development of data logging and metering equipment to bring information to the energy conservation, efficiency, and research fields. DENT Instruments is based in Bend, Oregon and serves a variety of customers from individuals to national governments to Fortune 10 Companies on all 7 continents.   Christopher will discuss and demonstrate the use and application of Dent Instruments metering and measurement products including:

  • Review and demonstration of the Time-Of-Use Series of non-contact data loggers
  • Discussion and demonstration of the ELITEpro™ SP and XC recording power meters
  • Presentation of the PowerScout™ series of networked power meters and data loggers

An optional lunch will follow the presentation with continuing discussion and Q&A

Where: Smart Buildings Center 1200 12th Ave S., Seattle, WA 98144             

When: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 – 10am – 12pm PST              

Cost: FREE! (Space limited to 30 participants) Lunch provided

 Register Here!

Filed Under: Featured Event, SBC News, Tool Library Tagged With: Dent Instruments, energy efficiency, training

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