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SBX Session Highlight: Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings as a Utility Resource

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Rapidly reducing the carbon content of utility resources while maintaining resource adequacy and grid reliability is a challenge for electric utilities across the country. Programs for demand flexibility and particularly grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) will be key to successfully integrating large amounts of renewable energy into the grid. This panel, featuring Albert Chiu (Pacific Gas & Electric Company), Jingjing Liu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Mark Martinez (Southern California Edison), and Brittainy Pond (Puget Sound Energy), will discuss the efforts by a number of utility leaders across the United States in deploying demand flexibility/GEBs as a central strategy for their future.

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Event schedule
Day 1 (virtual): August 27th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 2 (virtual): August 28th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 3 (in-person, Seattle): August 29th 9am-1:30pm Pacific

SBX Opening Plenary: Financing the Decarbonization of the Built Environment – Public, Private & Tax Credit Resources

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The virtual opening plenary session for Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) 2024 will feature Jigar Shah, Director of the Loans Program Office at the US Department of Energy (DOE). Mr. Shah will provide opening remarks on the extensive efforts by DOE and other federal agencies to help building owners invest in reducing carbon emissions from their properties. He will be joined by an elite panel of experts including Marc Daudon (The Caspian Group), Andy Hammons (Ryan Company), and Molly McCabe (HaydenTanner) in a discussion moderated by Ash Awad (McKinstry) about the public, private and tax credit resources that will catalyze the decarbonization of the built environment.

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Event schedule
Day 1 (virtual): August 27th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 2 (virtual): August 28th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 3 (in-person, Seattle): August 29th 9am-1:30pm Pacific

Register for Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX), Aug 27-29!

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Join the conversation about the role of smart buildings in the clean energy economy at the free 2024 Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) to be held virtually & in-person August 27-29, 2024! Interactive conference sessions featuring a mix of panel discussions and case study presentations will explore the market opportunity for smart buildings and highlight solutions to some of the challenges currently facing the commercial, corporate, and institutional real estate industries. Session topics will include:

  • Financing the Decarbonization of the Built Environment – Public, Private & Tax Credit Resources
  • Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings as a Utility Resource
  • Building Owner/Manager Guide to Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings – Is Demand Flexibility Right for You?
  • Indoor Environmental Quality – Field Results Inform Operational Practices
  • Campus-Scale Decarbonization – Planning & Implementation for Healthcare, University & Corporate Campuses
  • Making Buildings Smarter – Live Demonstration
  • Innovations for an Electrified & Decarbonized Future – Technology, Construction, Finance & Policy
  • Choosing the Smart Building Platform Right for You
  • Fault Detection & Diagnostics – Real World Lessons for Field Service
  • Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Reporting – Losing the Acronym, Improving the Result
  • Building Emissions Performance Standards – How Jurisdictions are Structuring Requirements
  • Connecting Building Performance Standards & Existing Building Commissioning

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Event schedule
Day 1 (virtual): August 27th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 2 (virtual): August 28th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 3 (in-person, Seattle): August 29th 9am-1:30pm Pacific

Upcoming MEEA Webinar 5/30: Engaging Operations and Maintenance Staff in ESG and Building Performance Standard Compliance

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Join MEEA for an upcoming webinar:

🔹 Engaging Operations and Maintenance Staff in ESG and Building Performance Standard Compliance
📆 Thursday, May 30 at 12 p.m. CT

Panelists, Malachi R., Melanie Danuser and Kathryn Eggers, will explore challenges and solutions for facility departments tasked with addressing ESG initiatives amongst financial pressures and dynamic market conditions. The discussion will assess applicable standards and their direct impact on the role of building operators.

More details can be found here: ZOOM Registration

Washington State University RCM Summit

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Short presentations, networking, and break-out sessions for
Washington State public facility Resource Conservation Managers

Others with similar positions also encouraged to attend

Tuesday, May 7

12:00 to 3:00 PM Pacific Time

A no-cost Zoom meeting

Click here to register!

  • Network with your peers!  We will break out into Zoom rooms by sector, including university/college, K-12, city/county/state, and other.
  • Listen and share ideas about asset data collection and possible software tools to support your operations & maintenance plans. Please come prepared to share about your tools, as well as their usefulness and challenges.
  • Bring your questions, successes, and challenges for a follow-up discussion to the March 20 2024 webinar on energy management plans and O&M programs for Clean Building requirements.
  • Learn about considerations and challenges for electric vehicle fleet readiness and charging stations at your Washington state facilities from a short presentation by WSU Energy Program’s Green Transportation Program Director.

RCMs, energy managers, and staff with similar positions from Washington state public and government institutions and agencies are the intended audience. We may limit attendance by others.

Washington State University Energy Program promotes and supports RCM programs with technical assistance, hiring and job description information, monthly newsletters, webinars, and more.

This free event from Washington State University Energy Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program through the Washington State Department of Commerce Energy Division.

For more information, email [email protected].

Happy Earth Day 2024!

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Earth Day is an excellent time to consider the impact we can all have on creating a greener future for ourselves and our planet, and building owners and operators are in a great position to pave the way toward a cleaner energy tomorrow. Students of theBOC.info know that the impact they have today saves energy, money, and reduce the amount of carbon we add to the atmosphere. What does that look like in terms of energy? Let’s take a look below…

That’s a big deal! Why not make this the year? Check out the courses page for more information on how you can get started with the BOC and become part of a greener, cleaner tomorrow.  You can find more info about training, certification, and continuing education over on theBOC.info.

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