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Join us TODAY for a virtual ‘Why Smart Buildings?’ Executive Forum!

June 10, 2020 By SBC staff

It’s not too late to register to join us for today’s ‘Why Smart Buildings?’ Virtual Executive Forum: Navigating the New World, How the COVID-19 Crisis Has Strengthened the Case for Smart Buildings Practices and Technologies. In this 60-minute webinar, we will hear from Cara Carmichael of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Art Smith of DB Engineering and Matt Golden of Recurve as they explore the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on commercial buildings.

Thursday, June 11th
12 – 1 pm PT
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Seattle Benchmarking Deadline & Video Tutorials

June 10, 2020 By SBC staff

As a reminder, multifamily and non-residential buildings 20,000 sf or larger must be accurately benchmarked and reported to the City of Seattle by July 1, 2020 (for the prior year’s energy use).

More details and resources, including benchmarking tutorial videos, can be found below and on the City of Seattle’s benchmarking compliance website.

Compliance Checklist outlines the steps required to submit a benchmark report. Use the checklist to track your progress during the benchmarking process.
How to Guide includes detailed step-by-step instructions to help you successfully benchmark your building and comply with the annual reporting requirement.
Video Tutorials provide energy benchmarking instruction, outline the benchmarking process and include follow-along procedures from start to finish. Individual videos are linked below, and the complete series is available here.
- Introduction to Benchmarking (video)
- Data Collection (Part A): Property Use Data (video)
- Data Collection (Part B): Energy Meter Data (video)
- Creating a Portfolio Manager Account and Entering Data (video)
- Obtaining Data Usage: Seattle City Light (video)
- Obtaining Data Usage: Puget Sound Energy (video)
- Confirming Energy Use & Submitting Report to City of Seattle (video)
- Understand Results and Create Reports (video)

Webinar: Resilient Buildings in a Time of COVID-19

June 10, 2020 By SBC staff

Resilient Buildings in a Time of COVID-19

June 18, 2020 | 6 PM PST
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Description: Professor Victoria Hardy, RCFM, will be hosting this webinar on how building and facilities managers can strengthen their response to COVID-19. What are others in the field doing to make their buildings safer and more useful during this time? How can you address this change and prepare for other emergencies before they happen?

Moderator:
Victoria Hardy, RCFM, ASHRAE Associate, Consultant and Adjunct Faculty, B.A.S. Sustainable Building Science Technology

Panelists and SBST alumni:
– Amy Cho, Critical Environment Program Manager, Puget Sound Datacenter
– Patrick Hart, Executive Director, National Association of Church Facilities Managers
– Kevin Kajita, CHFM. Director of Support Services at Evergreen Hospital
– Casey Lawrence, Director of Plant Engineering, Pacific Research Labs

Resilient buildings are those able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. In today’s world, that means sanitizing with new cleaning schedules and a fresh approach to HVAC management, filters, air quality, humidity control, and disinfectant.

Many organizations are planning workplace reorganizations, with more remote access and social distancing in the office. Then there are the energy and transportation implications of the shutdown.

Host Professor Hardy is an expert in facilities management. Hardy developed the first Human and Environmental Factors Competency Guidelines for the International Facility Management Association and served as principal author on the Facility Management Commissioning Module for the Project Resource Manual from the Construction Specifications Institute.

Come hear these speakers share their perspective about how COVID-19 is changing building operations, finance, and workplace health and safety.

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Webinar: What To Watch For In Electric Vehicle Development

June 10, 2020 By SBC staff

Join Jim Jensen with the WSU Energy Program for a webinar on What To Watch For In Electric Vehicle Development
June 24th, 10:00 AM PDT

Register now!

Despite the economic downturn caused by the current pandemic, manufacturers of many stripes are still working hard to bring new electric vehicles to the marketplace. We’ll take a deep look at vehicles ready for purchase or still in development throughout the light-, medium-, and heavy-duty categories.

Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future

June 10, 2020 By SBC staff

An interactive online building conference. Connect in conversation and develop the path to realize your goals.

Every Wednesday, June 24-July 29, 1:00 – 4:00 PM (EST)

What is this virtual event about?
Our global pandemic and climate emergency ask: How will you change? What will you choose to do? Passive House 2020 embraces these tough fundamental questions and provides you with actionable answers. You’ll get the framework for making system switches from best selling author Dan Heath. You’ll achieve clarity about the role of Passive House, in conversation with building developers who’ve done it. You’ll learn the inside story from industry leaders, including from Passive House Institute research scientists. And you’ll discover opportunities to leverage changing public policies, consumer awareness, and industry competence, to make built environments that support the business and life goals most meaningful to you. Join the conversation.

Join us at this live virtual co-creation event.
Participants from across the country will exchange ideas about opportunities to create change, discuss promising developments, and explore solutions through connection, learning and delving into alternative futures for chapters.

Learn more and register now

SBC Launches Remote Learning Calendar & Library

June 1, 2020 By SBC staff

The Smart Buildings Center (SBC) is excited to announce the launch of our new Remote Learning Calendar and Library. We are all adjusting to telecommuting and missing in person training and networking events, all the while still seeking to stay plugged into the latest in energy industry training and trends. Along with the initiative sponsor, Puget Sound Energy, we wanted to address this need by providing access to a clearinghouse for remote education and training opportunities. The calendar and resources are curated for commercial energy managers, trade allies, facility managers, and those with a general interest in energy efficiency and smart buildings technologies and provide details and links to upcoming live and previously recorded remote learning events covering a wide range of topics including:

Energy efficiency
Demand response
Building operations
Benchmarking
Building tune-ups
Smart buildings technologies
Grid-enabled buildings

To submit upcoming or previously recorded events for inclusion on the calendar or in the library, please use the links below. We hope you will find this to be a valuable resource that increases awareness of and access to industry remote learning events.

Submit calendar event

Submit recording

A special thank you to Puget Sound Energy for supporting the development of the Remote Learning Calendar and Library.