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Seattle 2030 District Education Event: Green Your Business Program 8/22

July 26, 2023 By SBC staff

The Seattle 2030 District hosts Seattle Public Utilities Green Your Business Program for our 2023 Education series. The Green Your Business Program offers free tools and assistance to help Seattle area businesses conserve resources and prevent pollution.
Come learn about opportunities to reduce waste, prevent water pollution, and save on water use in your buildings. You will also hear from program participants about how the Green Your Business Program has helped them save money.

This is a FREE event!

Pump System Fundamentals (PSF) Course hosted by Seattle City Light & NEEA 8/9

July 17, 2023 By SBC staff

Smart Buildings Center will be hosting Hydraulic Institute/Pump Systems Matter staff from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Wednesday, August 9, for a live, instructor-led event, co-sponsored by Seattle City Light and BetterBricks.

The Pump System Fundamentals Live Instructor-Led

Course is a training designed to educate attendees about the fundamentals of pump and system design.

Topics include system hydraulics and calculations, pump and system curves, system components, factors affecting reliability and energy consumption, and control.

Learn more with this informational flyer. Interested in attending? Register here! Don’t miss out on a special 25% discount using the code below.

IFMA Deep Dive: Digitize Your FM Operations, 10/10/23

July 11, 2023 By SBC staff

Strategies and tactics from industry experts

What FMs need to know about DT, OT and IT to guide organizations toward success
Interactive breakouts focusing on user experiences, operations, and preparing for technology implementation and adoption
Best practices discussion and workshop on developing SOWs and RFPs for procuring the right technology for your facilities
How to lead the OT and IT alignment for your organization

Learn more at the official website, IFMA’s Deep Dive: Digitize Your FM Operations

Or register today here.

WA Tier 2 Building Compliance Cost and Cost Savings Survey

June 22, 2023 By SBC staff

The Washington State Department of Commerce and consultant, Energy System Engineers, is conducting a survey to help understand the costs and cost savings on Washington small businesses related to the Washington State Clean Buildings Expansion Law which is only related to buildings between 20,000 and 50,000 square feet and multi-family over 20,000 square feet (Tier 2 buildings). If you or your company own multiple buildings, please fill out the survey once per building.

Tier 2 Building Compliance Costs/Cost Savings Survey (surveymonkey.com)

REMINDER: Join the Retrofit “Reality Check” Webinar June 14th! Part of Net Zero Buildings Week

June 12, 2023 By SBC staff

Last week we posted about the exciting events happening this week as part of Net Zero Buildings Week! We don’t want you to miss out so here’s a friendly reminder to check out all the events happening this week as well as the Retrofit Reality Check Webinar, more details for that below.

On June 14 – as part of Net Zero Buildings Week – Slipstream will host a webinar that confronts the realities that experts who deliver building retrofits encounter.

Click here to register now.

Wednesday, June 14

11:00 a.m. to noon Central Time

For more information be sure to follow the New Buildings Institue and our partners at SlipStream.

Next Week is Net Zero Buildings Week!

June 7, 2023 By SBC staff

Did you know? Net Zero Buildings Week is the 12th through the 16th of June! There’s lots of ways to engage and share your ideas, stories, and experiences, let’s take a look at what you can expect this year and ways you can contribute.

Sign-up & Participate on Social Media

Net Zero Buildings Week is a social media campaign aimed to showcase and promote the benefits of net zero buildings for a clean energy future. Our theme this year is Decarbonize For Good – to showcase how reducing emissions from the built environment can benefit people and communities as a whole. Use the hastag #Decarb4Good to share your stories with the community!

Wednesday is the Retrofit Ready Reality Check Webinar. Don’t miss the opportunity to be a featured part of this event! You can submit your content here.

A Full Week of Content!

Each day from the 12th through the 16th will have it’s own theme and events! We don’t want you to miss any of them so here’s a quick rundown of what to expect, you can find more details at the link above.

Monday: Demystifying Decarbonization
– Linkedin Live Event hosted by P2S Inc: 10:00 am PT
Tuesday: Net Zero in Schools
– Linkedin Live Highway to Healthy Schools Webinar Encore, hosted by NBI: 11:00 am PT
Wednesday: Existing Buildings
–Retrofit Ready Reality Check Webinar, hosted by Slipstream: 11:00 am PT
Thursday: Embodied Carbon
–Young Voices, Big Impact: How Engaging the Next Generation Can Inspire Action to Reduce Embodied Carbon Webinar, hosted by Carbon Leadership Forum: 11:00 am PT
Friday: Visions for the Future
–Climate Art Workshop with Nicole Kelner: Envisioning the Future of the Built Environment, co-hosted by Urban Land Institute and NBI, 10:00 am PT
-Twitter Spaces Event hosted by Urban Land Institute, time TBD

Who’s Participating?

You can find a complete list of partners and participants at the link above. Interested in adding your organization to the list? You can contact the organizers here. For more information be sure to follow the New Buildings Institue and our partners at SlipStream.

We hope to see lots of engagement on social media next week for this exciting weeklong event! Don’t forget to use the hasthag #Decarb4Good to tell your stories and join enlightening discussions during Net Zero Buildings Week!