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Webinar: Strategic Energy Management in K-12 Schools, Dec 3rd

November 30, 2020 By SBC staff

Thursday, December 3rd
1:00-2:30 pm PT
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In partnership with Puget Sound Energy, the Smart Buildings Center brings you an engaging webinar exploring concepts of Strategic Energy Management (SEM) specific to K-12 schools, and the unique characteristics, challenges, and opportunities this sector brings. In this lively panel discussion moderated by Romana Cohen of Stillwater Energy, SEM experts will share their on-the-ground experience with overcoming challenges and adopting best practices in K-12 buildings. Attendees will come away with practical resources for implementing strategic energy management in their own school facilities.

Panelists include:

Ilana Cember, McKinstry/Highline School District
Phil Johnson, Seattle Public Schools
Bonnie Meyer, Tacoma Power; formerly Seattle Public Schools, Tacoma Public Schools, and Olympia School District
Jackie Wilson, The Environmental Center

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Webinar: Strategic Energy Management in Local Government Buildings, Nov 18th

November 16, 2020 By SBC staff

Wednesday, November 18th
1:00 PM Pacific Time
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In partnership with Puget Sound Energy, the Smart Buildings Center (a project of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council) brings you an engaging webinar exploring concepts of Strategic Energy Management (SEM) specific to local government buildings, and the unique characteristics, challenges, and opportunities this sector brings. In this lively panel discussion, SEM experts will share their on-the-ground experience with overcoming challenges and adopting best practices in local government buildings. Attendees will come away with practical resources for implementing strategic energy management in their own facilities.

Panelists include:

Emma Johnson, Senior Energy Management Analyst for Seattle City Light; formerly Resource Conservation Manager at City of Bellevue
Nicole Laky – Energy and Resource Program Manager for Metro Transit Facilities; formerly Sustainability Specialist for King County Wastewater Division and Resource Conservation Specialist at Seattle Public Schools
Seth McKinney – SEM Specialist, Stillwater Energy; formerly Resource Conservation and Strategic Energy Manager for Pierce County
Kevin Ruuhela – Energy and Resource Conservation Specialist, Snohomish County

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Webinar: Innovation in DCV Strategies: How ATS and Nomad Go Help Customers Increase Energy Efficiency & Improve Sustainability, Nov 18th

November 16, 2020 By SBC staff

Wednesday, November 18
10:00 AM PST
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Learn how ATS and Nomad Go partner together to utilize building management systems and real-time occupancy data to save energy, reduce emissions, create healthier spaces, and optimize space utilization.

Attend this webinar to learn more about the exciting partnership between ATS and Nomad Go designed to help you make your buildings smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable.

In this webinar, you will learn more about:

How intelligent building design can help your organization dramatically reduce energy costs and energy-related carbon emissions
The innovative design that Nomad Go uses to address these issues
Occupancy-based ventilation strategies
How ATS is using the solution today

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Is the Workforce Ready for High Performance Buildings? Report Finds Major Skills Gaps

September 30, 2020 By SBC staff

Melanie Danuser and the Smart Buildings Center team contributed to the ACEEE report “Training the Workforce for High-Performance Buildings: Enhancing Skills for Operations and Maintenance.”

By Mariel Wolfson, Editor/Writer

We know that improving the energy efficiency of the U.S. building stock can reduce building-related carbon emissions by as much as 50%. High performance buildings, which are energy-efficient, durable, resilient, and offer excellent indoor air quality, will be critical for cutting emissions and meeting our climate goals. Yet these buildings also require highly specialized knowledge to optimize performance.

This specialized knowledge is the focus of a new ACEEE report released today. The report — based on an original survey and expert interviews with professionals who work with high performance buildings as owners, managers, and technicians — identifies the precise skills that education and training programs should prioritize to ensure that the workforce can meet current and future demands.

The vast majority of respondents — 92% — said that operations and maintenance (O&M) is the most critical skill area for the buildings workforce of the future…

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Ask the Lighting Experts: What 1:1 Replacement Means for Energy Savings and Light Quality

September 24, 2020 By SBC staff

There’s a lot of buzz about the benefits of luminaire level lighting controls (LLLC), from space flexibility to simplicity of installation and beyond. Now, a new research study shows LED retrofits with luminaire level lighting controls have the potential for big energy savings and high quality of light – but without the big price tag.

For this first-of-its-kind research, experts from the University of Oregon and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) studied a 1,000 square foot office space, analyzing the amount of energy saved when fluorescent lights were individually retrofitted with an LED equipped with LLLC compared to a complete redesign.

Join us for a free, virtual event on Thursday, October 1, at 10 a.m. PT as the researchers behind the study unveil the results and discuss the lighting implications as we look at the future of commercial spaces.

To attend, you must register in advance HERE.

Have questions you want to ask? Feel free to submit them ahead of time in the questions/comments box when you register. Or, send them to [email protected].

Building Tune-Up Accelerator Program – Final Technical Report Published

September 3, 2020 By SBC staff

In 2016, as part of its Climate Action Plan, the City of Seattle passed a mandatory Building Tune-Ups requirement (SBTU) for commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet gross floor area, with a focus on optimizing energy and water performance by identifying low or no cost solutions related to building operations and maintenance.

The Tune-Up Accelerator (TUA) Program was an opportunity for building owners to meet the requirements early and receive incentives from the utilities for the corrective actions implemented to optimize building performance. 102 buildings completed the TUA program representing 6.9 million SF total and about 18% of the target market buildings with 50,000-100,000 SF. The final technical report for TUA program is published on the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) website.

The Smart Buildings Center (SBC) was a program partner and served as a primary provider of training & curricula, Tool Lending Library (TLL) support, project tracking and help desk support for the Tune-Up Accelerator (TUA) Program.

SBC along with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and OSE led the development of the curriculum, which was centered around a customization of PNNL’s Building Re-tuning training for SBTU requirements. To track deliverables required by each participant and evaluate savings resulting from corrective actions taken by buildings, a robust custom database was created by SBC.

SBC also conducted Measurement & Verification (M&V) services on 10% of the participating building population which included onsite verification and data analysis. The aim of M&V was to evaluate the energy and cost savings resulting from energy measure implemented by the buildings.

Read more about the findings of the Building Tune-Up Accelerator Program in the final technical report here!

To Learn more about our Tool Lending Library, click here!

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