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Seattle 2030 District – Seattle Summer Social

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Join the Seattle 2030 District as they bring together 150+ property owners and managers, architects, engineers, contractors, developers, sustainability professionals, and community partners for an evening of networking, collaboration, and connection.

This event is an opportunity to connect with leaders across Seattle’s built environment and engage in conversations around building performance, sustainability, and the future of our

communities.

Date: September 17, 2025

Time: 4-6pm
Location: BNBuilders, Seattle Office
Register today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seattle-summer-social-registration-1991399828494?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

We hope to see you there!

SBX Early-Bird Registration Deadline Extended!

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Early-bird registration deadline extended to September 12th!

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We hope you’ll join us for the 2026 Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX)(opens in new tab) to be held in downtown Seattle on November 9th & 10th, 2026! SBX 2026 brings together building owners, operators, engineers, technology providers, utilities, policymakers, and energy professionals for two days of high impact discussion, debate, and collaboration to address one critical question: what will it take to move smart buildings from promising projects to genuine, repeatable scale?

Across keynotes, panels, workshops, and networking events, participants will explore the practical barriers and opportunities that matter most right now—financing structures, policy alignment, AI-driven operations, and what it will take to make smart buildings the norm rather than the exception. Join the leaders helping shape the next generation of smarter, more resilient, and more efficient buildings.

Register today at the early-bird rate!(opens in new tab) Discounts are available for SBX sponsors, Building Potential members, and BOC students and grads. Please reach out to Britton Rife(opens in new tab) if you need a discount code.

SBX 2026 Keynote Announcement & Early-Bird Deadline (8/15)

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We’re excited to announce our SBX Day 2 Opening Keynote “Accelerating Performance at the Speed of Innovation”

Megan Owen, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Markets at McKinstry, will deliver an opening keynote that focuses on the changing landscape for building owners and managers and how cost pressure, resilience, risk, security, operational complexity, and AI are reshaping expectations for smart buildings.

Megan’s insightful strategic approach is defined by never-ending curiosity and the ability to visualize and champion development and direction for McKinstry and its clients. With a focus on market strategy across all McKinstry operations, Megan’s experience and leadership have led to complex high-profile projects and advancements in climate and energy policy across the country. By establishing and strengthening market strategy, sales enablement, marketing and government affairs, Megan has shaped McKinstry’s go-to-market approaches to ensure success and client satisfaction.

Prior to joining McKinstry, Megan served as former Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire’s director of King County outreach. In this role, she united public and private entities around common interests. Her passion for stakeholder engagement and removing climate harm from the built environment is shared beyond McKinstry through nonprofit support and service. She currently serves on the board of directors of the NW Energy Coalition.

Stay tuned for more exciting speaker announcements soon!

The early-bird registration deadline is August 15th. Register now to join us at the event on November 9th & 10th and save!

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SBX 2026 is where the Pacific Northwest’s smart buildings community comes together to do the hard work of figuring out what’s next. Whether you join us as an attendee, a speaker, or a sponsor, we hope to see you there.

Questions? Reach us at [email protected]

More information: www.sbxconference.org

Early Bird Registration for SBX 2026 Ends in 2 Weeks!

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The early-bird registration deadline is August 15th. Register now to join us at the event on November 9th & 10th and save!

Smart Buildings Exchange 2026 is fast approaching! You won’t want to miss our 2-day in-person event. Right now, you can save big on registration by taking advantage of the early-bird rate, but only if you register by August 15th. At the event, you can expect inspiring keynotes, collaborative workshops, and thought-provoking panel discussions and debates featuring regional leaders and industry professionals, as well as networking opportunities and happy hours. For more details check out the schedule: https://www.sbxconference.org/fall-conference/ and stay tuned for upcoming speaker announcements!

You also won’t want to miss SBX Plus, a virtual webinar series held from February-October. Sessions from February-May are recorded and available to view now with two more sessions to come in September and October. You can select SBX Plus with your registration and get instant access.

Happening This Week: Meet Rebecca Sheppard, Senior Project Manager

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Meet Rebecca Sheppard, Senior Project Manager at Building Potential and the Smart Buildings Center. Rebecca is on the front lines of one of the most significant shifts in commercial building policy in the Pacific Northwest — helping building owners, managers, and operators navigate Building Performance Standards in the Northwest.

The Clean Buildings Performance Standard (CBPS) is a Washington State law designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency across the state’s commercial building stock. All commercial buildings 20,000 square feet and larger are required to comply, and for many building professionals, figuring out where to start can feel overwhelming. That’s where Rebecca comes in. Through the Smart Buildings Center’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard Helpdesk — sponsored by the Washington State Department of Commerce and participating utilities — Rebecca provides one-on-one technical assistance, benchmarking support, resources, and trainings to help buildings get on the path to compliance.

Oregon has also implemented a Building Performance Standard, and Rebecca is expanding her work to support building professionals there as well. In partnership with ClearlyEnergy and the Oregon Department of Energy, Rebecca will be leading helpdesk services for Oregon, bringing the same hands-on technical assistance to building owners, managers, and operators as they work toward compliance with Oregon’s standard.

Rebecca’s work doesn’t stop at her desk. She regularly attends industry conferences to speak about Building Performance Standards compliance and to train building professionals on what they need to know. Whether she’s leading a workshop, presenting to a room full of facility managers, or walking a building owner through their first benchmarking submission, Rebecca brings both deep technical knowledge and a genuine commitment to making clean building operations accessible to everyone she works with.

 

Last Call for SBX 2026 Speakers! Deadline is Friday 7/17

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Interested in speaking or have speaker suggestions? We want to hear from you!

Ready to share your expertise or know great speakers who should be considered? Complete our speaker suggestion form to tell us about yourself or the suggested speaker(s), areas of expertise, and which topics would be a good fit. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and our programming team will be in touch with those whose experience aligns with our conference themes.

Submit Speaker Suggestion Form by July 17th!

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We’re excited to announce our SBX Day 2 Lunch Keynote “Smart Buildings in a Chaotic World.”

Joseph Aamidor, an experienced product leader and expert in smart buildings, real estate decarbonization, and facility operations, will deliver a keynote on the forces reshaping the built environment centered on questions like ‘what’s next for smart buildings?’ and ‘where is this industry headed and what will it take to lead it?’ Joseph provides product and market strategy guidance to building owners/operators, established building management firms, technology providers, investors, and early-stage innovators. Previously, he served as Director of Product at Lucid Design Group and was a product manager at Johnson Controls. Stay tuned for more exciting speaker announcements soon!

 

The early-bird registration deadline is August 15th. Register now to join us at the event on November 9th & 10th and save!

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SBX 2026 is where the Pacific Northwest’s smart buildings community comes together to do the hard work of figuring out what’s next. Whether you join us as an attendee, a speaker, or a sponsor, we hope to see you there.

Questions? Reach us at [email protected]

More information: www.sbxconference.org

Contact Us

Smart Buildings Center
Pacific Tower
1200 12th Ave. S., Suite 110
Seattle, WA 98144

206-538-0832

[email protected]

Smart Buildings Center is a project collaboration with Building Potential