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Benchmarking 201: Update Your Account, Understand Your Score, and Take Action

February 21, 2018 By SBC

The Smart Buildings Center and The City of Seattle are offering a free workshop for participants that have previously benchmarked their commercial and multi-family properties. This hands-on session will teach you how to make annual updates to your building’s energy performance using the free on-line tool ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager. Participants will also learn tips to make their energy score as accurate as possible, learn how to use the data to track their energy performance overtime, and will be introduced to the “beyond benchmarking” with a viewing of tools, resources, and utility incentive programs that can help them achieve energy savings.

Details:
Date: Thursday, March 8
Time: 8:30 – 11:30 am
Where: Smart Buildings Center, 1200 12th Ave S, Seattle
Cost: FREE
Registration: Click Here

Energy Storage Systems Safety and Reliability Forum 2018

February 21, 2018 By SBC

On behalf of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) Energy Storage Program, you are invited to participate in an upcoming workshop on the safety and reliability of stationary energy storage systems. Forum participants will learn about the current state of energy storage safety and reliability and will help identify additional R&D efforts that further advance the current DOE roadmap for energy storage. As a key stakeholder within the energy storage community, your input will help identify the challenges, opportunities, and potential solutions for improving energy storage systems.

Energy Storage Systems Safety and Reliability Forum 2018 | The Edgewater Hotel | March 28-29 |Seattle, WA

What’s New With Cooling Tower Operations and Maintenance?

February 21, 2018 By SBC

Pacific Tower-Smart Buildings Center Training Room–Wednesday, March 21st, 2018–11:00am-2:00pm

Does your building have a cooling tower? If you do, you need to attend the March 21^st Workshop on “What’s new with cooling tower operations and maintenance,” presented by Seattle Public Utilities Water Conservation Program. SPU has been providing incentives and education to the local community for many years. After the Cooling Tower Incentive Program Pilot, and a few years of experience and data, combined with new products, the team and customers have lots of information to share.

Join Seattle-area chemical treatment providers, equipment vendors, property and facility managers, building engineers, and other cooling tower professionals as well as customers who may potentially be interested in participating in cooling tower-related incentives.

Attendees will learn about new innovations, incentivized equipment upgrades and new technologies to improve systems and save money. There will be lots of shared experiences from customers large and small who are using best practices in Cooling Tower Maintenance. There will be a tour of the Pacific Tower cooling tower. Also, in partnership with the Smart Buildings Center and NEEC, this workshop will count toward 1.5 continuing education hours for BOC Credential Maintenance.

Lunch will be provided.

Follow this link to register for this free class on Wednesday March 21, 2018, and to get more information. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-new-with-cooling-tower-operations-and-maintenance-tickets-42684850537

Recruit Your Future Workforce Today!

February 21, 2018 By SBC

The Seattle 2030 District is partnering with Got Green to promote their Green Pathways job program at a lunch and learn on February 28. Consistent with Got Green’s mission to ensure that the benefits of the green economy reach low-income communities and communities of color, Got Green is developing a fellowship program to increase leadership of color in the environmental sector. This would include finding candidates, training, and skills enhancement opportunities for building construction and operations. Come learn about the program and how it can help you find qualified, diverse employees. Please also invite your human resources colleagues.

Event details:

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Noon to 1 pm

Alki Room, Century Square, 1501 4^th Avenue

(located up the escalators from the 4^th Avenue lobby)

RSVP for free here

Lunch is provided!

Super Bowl Stadium Can Withstand Snow…and Save Energy!

February 1, 2018 By SBC

Rest assured, the roof on this years Super Bowl stadium, the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, will have a good chance of staying put..unlike it’s predecessor, the Metrodome, which collapsed in December 2010. The stadium features a new roof made of a material that let’s snow fall into a gigantic snow gutter. The stadium is also the first NFL stadium to be built with LED sports lighting, is certified LEED Gold, and is tracking energy use through benchmarking.

Read more about the ETFE roof and how the stadium is saving energy with the full article by ACEEE here and have a great Super Bowl weekend!

BetterBricks, Redesigned with You in Mind

February 1, 2018 By SBC

Whether you design, build, manage, and operate commercial buildings, BetterBricks partners with Northwest utilities to provide the resources you need to incorporate energy efficiency into your buildings and business practices. Based on feedback from Northwest commercial building professionals and energy experts, we’ve redesigned the BetterBricks website to make it easier to find the resources you need, when you need them. Now you can quickly search by technology, case studies, your specific industry role, or by the energy efficiency solution you need. Not sure where to get started? Check out these new website features:

Easily Searchable Resource Library

Search or browse our extensive library for commercial building resources, including guides, tools, videos, and case studies. Our resource library includes downloadable resources rated by quality and shares, and curated collections by industry role.

Create and Share a Collection

Our create a collection module lets you select the resources most relevant to you or a client and package them together in one place. After selecting the resources, you can name the collection of resources you have selected and write a brief description, and generate a private link to share or save, which gives you access to your collection whenever you need it.

CRE Hub

Developed alongside industry leaders and Northwest utilities specifically for the commercial real estate market, the CRE Hub helps you narrow your list of energy efficiency resources to quickly get the building design, use, operation and maintenance tools you need the most. You can search commercial real estate resources by building lifecycle (maintenance, tune up, retrofit and major renovation), desired non-energy benefits, problems and solutions, or by technology.

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