2025 Smart Buildings Exchange Recap

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12/12 Info Session: Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Clean Buildings Accelerator Program

November 20, 2024 By SBC staff

Puget Sound Energy would like to invite you to their Clean Buildings Accelerator Program online info session.

Join us virtually on December 12th at 11:00 a.m. to discover how PSE’s Clean Buildings Accelerator program can support your customers in meeting the requirements of the WA Clean Buildings Act. This program offers a pathway to compliance combined with strategic energy management tools and resources.

We encourage you to attend, learn about our program, and help raise awareness about the law with your customers. By joining our program, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with your customers and PSE on energy-saving projects, ultimately helping them achieve their energy goals. RSVP here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Filed Under: Webinars

11/21: Class is in Session: How Schools Are Engaging Staff and Students around Energy Efficiency®

November 18, 2024 By SBC staff

11/21: 2PM – 3PM EST

REGISTER

With rising fuel and energy costs, day-to-day attention to energy usage is needed now more than ever. Join this webinar to hear from two award-winning school districts:

• Pinellas County Schools will show how adding an Energy Use Intensity-based (EUI-based) Incentive Program has helped them take control of their energy usage, improve program participation across local schools, and reward efforts made at each site. They will discuss how to design participation classes, how to select a target EUI, and the appropriation of funds.
• Gresham-Barlow School District will give an overview of its Advanced Energy Management (AEM) Energy Champions program. This innovative program employs local high-school students in a paid internship in which they actively support the AEM Shutdown with ENERGY STAR program, an audit-based program for commercial buildings that identifies when to power down non-essential equipment after hours, cutting energy waste.

Speakers:

• Clint Herbic, Chief Operations Officer, Pinellas County Schools (Florida)
• Terry Taylor, Director of Facilities, Gresham-Barlow School District (Oregon)

 

Filed Under: Webinars

Seattle Clean Buildings Accelerator: Multifamily Webinar 12/17

November 14, 2024 By SBC staff

The Seattle Clean Buildings Accelerator will hold a webinar specifically for multifamily buildings who need to comply with the city and state emissions and energy building standards.

Did you know that multifamily buildings larger than 20,000 square feet will need to comply with the Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard (Seattle BEPS) and Washington Clean Buildings Performance Standard (WA CBPS)?

Join this webinar to learn more about:

  • Multifamily requirements and timeline for Seattle BEPS and WA CBPS
  • Energy and emissions benchmarking
  • Buildings emissions basics
  • Tenant engagement
  • Funding and incentives

Register now to save your spot! 

The City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability & Environment (OSE) is offering this webinar with support from the Seattle Clean Buildings Accelerator program implementer, Stillwater Energy.

Questions? Email: [email protected]

Filed Under: Webinars

Free, Online Demand Flexibility Learning with AESP & The U.S.D.O.E.

November 8, 2024 By SBC staff

AESP's and DOE's FLEX Program

Brought to you by AESP and the U.S. Department of Energy, Demand flexibility is the heartbeat of our future grid. It is the coordinated manipulation of energy consumption and production across grid devices on a massive scale while maintaining livability and comfort standards. AESP is now offering free, online courses that are convenient, and designed for tomorrow’s energy efficiency leaders.

 

Elevate your expertise with FLEX’s accredited online courses! Dive into demand flexibility, exploring water heaters, lighting, HVAC systems, and cutting-edge distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar, battery storage, and EVSE. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, FLEX FLEX’s 3-course series offers flexible learning modules, and equips tomorrow’s workforce with skills for grid-interactive energy technologies. Whether designing customer offerings or engaging with these resources as grid assets, FLEX is your gateway to mastering the future of energy. Ideal for Energy Efficiency and DER Professionals, Electric Utilities Staff, and more. Seize the opportunity to maximize the value of flexible loads as both a grid asset and a customer asset. Enroll now for a brighter, sustainable future!

FLEX PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Demand flexibility is the heartbeat of our future grid. It is the coordinated manipulation of energy consumption and production across grid devices on a massive scale while maintaining livability and comfort standards.

Through demand flexibility, we can move energy production and demand into greater alignment, which reduces the need for costly infrastructure investments in transmission and central generation. It makes the most of existing resources, saves the grid money, and saves the consumer money.

In this guide, we will outline best practices to promote the FLEX program.

You can find this training and more on our webpage: smartbuildingscenter.org/education-training/remote-learning-library

Filed Under: Education & Training, Resources, Webinars

ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings Published

October 31, 2024 By SBC staff

Earlier this year, Building Potential submitted a paper that was accepted for publication in the conference proceedings for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study, an annual conference held at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA. ACEEE is a well-respected non-profit research organization that influences “transformative policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change.” In the buildings sector, ACEEE “works to help national, state, and local governments develop, implement, and adopt whole-building solutions that significantly improve the energy efficiency of our existing buildings.” The annual conference attracts a broad swath of policy makers, researchers, and other influential changemakers from around the world.

Melissa Sokolowsky, Senior Project Manager at Building Potential, attended the Summer Study and was invited to present highlights of the paper, titled “Equitable Workforce Development in Decarbonizing Existing Buildings”, at a poster session during the conference. The paper explores the opportunities and benefits of diversifying the building operations workforce that are presented by various factors, such as the acceleration of decarbonization initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels and existing workforce gaps that are projected to increase.

The conference was also a great opportunity to connect with representatives from some of our partner organizations and collaborators, such as Washington State Department of Commerce, Energy Trust of Oregon, Slipstream, AESC and more!

Building Potential’s paper can be found at the following link:

https://www.aceee.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/ssb24/assets/attachments/20240722163155891_82c0b0cb-1459-45a7-859f-e5cb3820d187.pdf

The full conference proceedings including all accepted papers can be found by browsing the Summer Study Proceedings under Events on aceee.org. Our paper is included under Buildings in Panel 13A – Workforce.

Sources:
https://www.aceee.org/about-us
https://www.aceee.org/program/energy-efficiency-buildings

Filed Under: Resources, SBC News

UA Local 32 Training Facility

October 30, 2024 By SBC staff

Ever wondered how some of Greater Seattle’s best plumbers, pipe fitters, and HVAC experts get their training? The Greater Seattle Chapter of IFMA is excited to announce a tour of the Local UA 32 Training Facility! Local UA 32 offers phenomenal training to the professionals that support and drive the business of Facility Management and we are thrilled to be partnering with a local union to give you a sneak peek into how some of the best in the trades are trained.

Get your registration quickly because there’s only 20 spots!

Date: Friday, Nov. 8, 2024

Time: 9:00-11:00 AM

Cost:
Professional Member: $30
Professional Non Member: $35
Associate Member: $40
Associate Non Member: $45

Location: 595 Monster Road Southwest

Renton, WA, 98057

Filed Under: Featured Event

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