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Webinar: Buildings, Health & Efficiency: How Lighting Controls Bring It All Together

May 3, 2021 By SBC staff

Wednesday May 19^th10-11 a.m. PDT
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The COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness of the critical role that buildings play in our personal health, well-being and happiness. As we build back from the pandemic, the industry is rethinking how we approach health in commercial spaces. Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) can achieve substantial energy savings (on average up to 63%) and represent the most intuitive, flexible lighting control systems on the market. Beyond these benefits, they can also influence how buildings impact our health. With sensors in every fixture, LLLC offers buildings a distributed mesh-network throughout a space. This has the potential to revolutionize how we monitor and respond to environmental factors that impact human health. Learn how LLLC could be used in countless ways to improve health and efficiency, including:

Space utilization and optimization
Asset tracking
Security and safety
Ventilation and thermal comfort
Visual comfort and circadian dosing

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Job Opportunity: Management Analyst 4, WA Department of Enterprise Services

May 3, 2021 By SBC staff

Who we are:
The Department of Enterprise Services’ (DES) mission is “strengthening the business of government.” DES does this through its vision of delivering high quality, cost effective support services, policy and governance to state government and other public entities so they can focus on their core missions. DES’s goals are to offer expertise in facilities & capitol grounds management, acquisitions, training & support, and various shared services. We relentlessly pursue our strategic drivers: satisfied customers, a healthy team culture and a financially healthy organization. We value Respect, Integrity, Excellence, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. We seek new team members who share our commitment to be an equity-driven and antiracist organization. We listen to customers and team members to understand what they need and expect. We promote creativity, learning and improvement to meet those needs and adapt to the ever-changing business environment. We measure our results and seek feedback to improve our performance.

The Energy Program within the Facility Professional Services (FPS) division manages energy-efficiency and resource-conservation projects on behalf of state and local government facilities. The goal of the Energy Program is to provide comprehensive energy project management and other technical services to help our clients reduce energy and operational costs, and reach sustainability goals.

What you will be doing:
You will collaborate with a team of energy engineers navigating through organizational processes and will be responsible for providing professional level research, analysis, consultation, implementation, outreach, and evaluation related to state energy programs performance and direction. You will provide consultation to management, formulate complex issues, and make recommendations on performance goals and issues that impact the Energy Program. Your research results will help guide program delivery and positively impact multiple agencies, jurisdictions and organizations.

View the full job description and application requirements here.

GiveBIG to the Smart Buildings Center Education Program (SBCEP)!

April 27, 2021 By SBC staff

You can GiveBIG to the Smart Buildings Center Education Program (SBCEP) now through May 5th and together we can accelerate the adoption and commercialization of smart buildings technologies and practices through education and demonstration.

SBCEP is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that believes the smarter use of technology and practices in the built environment, particularly as they relate to building operations and management, will enable a cleaner, healthier and more productive future. We seek to establish thought leadership in the Pacific Northwest for smart technology within the commercial and residential building sectors, and pursue our objective through delivering training programs to educate the building workforce of the future; enabling industry leading demonstration projects; and connecting the industry through hosting and participating in smart buildings events.

Your support directly contributes toward shaping the program for the Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) Conference to be held virtually August 24-25, 2021, where interactive conference sessions will dive deep into the role of smarter buildings in a changing energy landscape, grid-interactive efficient buildings, workforce development to meet the needs of the smart, clean and efficient buildings industry, and post-COVID building occupancy. Stay tuned for the event website and registration launch coming soon!

We welcome your support to help us sustain our educational programs. You can make your one-time donation now through Wednesday, May 5th. Click here to make your contribution to SBC EP through GiveBIG! Any and all levels of support are greatly appreciated and go a long way. Thank you!

Join us for an SBC Lend & Learn Workshop!

April 23, 2021 By SBC staff

Women Thriving in the Built Environment Webinar, Apr 29th

April 23, 2021 By SBC staff

Job Opportunity: Resource Conservation Manager, Puget Sound Energy

April 14, 2021 By SBC staff

Location: Bothell, WA

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with like-minded, top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

PSE’s Customer Energy Mgmt & Renewables team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Resource Conservation Manager position!

Job Description
Puget Sound Energy is looking for a Resource Conservation Manager (RCM) to lead energy efficiency improvements and resource conservation activities in company-owned & leased facilities. The RCM will promote energy efficiency best practices within PSE’s buildings, working collaboratively with multiple workgroups including Facilities, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy Strategy, and PSE’s Green Team.

This role will focus on optimizing energy efficiency, cost-savings, and conservation measures through building audits, collecting data, conducting research, stakeholder engagement, supervisor guidance, and other appropriate factors. This role will develop pertinent documentation and key performance indicators (KPIs) to demonstrate achievement of energy efficiency goals. This role works with technicians and engineers to identify, plan, develop, design, and implement energy conservation measures. These solutions will balance needs between safety, lifecycle, operations, costs, comfort, and Return on Investment (ROI).

This role also prepares, maintains, and updates plans that identify operation & maintenance, capital, and behavioral energy savings opportunities at PSE sites and properties. This may include conducting site walk-throughs, energy audits, compiling ideas from PSE staff, and coordination with Green Team members.

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE’s operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.

Click here for the full job description and application requirements

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