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Energy Efficiency Innovation Center, Tool Library & Data Visualization

10/30 Tool Time Lunch and Learn: Identifying Opportunities for Operational Improvement

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Join us on October 30th for a Lunch and Learn event at the Smart Buildings Center at Pacific Tower! We’ll be talking about diagnostic and monitoring tools including acoustic imagers, loggers, thermal cameras and more. You’ll also have the opportunity to get hands-on with the tools themselves. This opportunity is brought to you at minimal cost thanks to generous contribution from Seattle City Light, so don’t miss out! You can register for the IFMA Member Rate at: Oct 30, 2026 IFMA Lunch & Learn: Tool Time

SBX 2026 Keynote Announcement & Hotel Room Block

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We’re excited to announce our SBX Day 2 Closing Keynote “What Will It Take to Reach Scale?”

Dawn Lindell, former CEO of Seattle City Light, will deliver a forward-looking closing keynote focused on where we should go from here and what it will take to truly accelerate the industry. Dawn has 20 years of utility experience in electric distribution and transmission, water, wastewater, and gas. Before her time at City Light, Dawn served as the General Manager at Burbank Water and Power, setting strategic direction and delivering water, power, and business high-speed internet to the media capital of the world. She has experience leading two federal multi-state regional transmission utilities, serving as a transformational Chief Information Officer at both municipal and federal utilities, and leading customer service at a large municipal utility to top-quartile J.D. Power customer service performance. Dawn has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in business administration, with a focus on information technology, from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Register now to join us at the event on November 9th & 10th!


Hotel Room Block – reservation deadline 10/19

We secured a limited number of rooms at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront across from the Bell Harbor International Conference Center where SBX will be held for $239/night plus tax. The deadline for booking is Monday, October 19th. You can use the link below to book a room for Nov 9-10th, and if you’d like to add Nov 8th or 11th to your reservation, please email Ethan Vollers with your confirmation # and desired dates of stay.

Book a room here

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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

Q3 Quarterly Recap

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SBX ‘26

SBX Registration is OPEN – Smart Buildings Exchange Nov 9-10 2026 register today and use this link to direct your colleagues to the registration site.

We’re excited to announce our agenda for this year’s 2-day show. You can find all the details on our agenda page at the official website here.

You also won’t want to miss out on SBX+, our year-round SBX webinar series that brings the exchange to your device with topics that dive into real world applications of technologies and solutions. All webinar recordings are available now with the final webinar taking place later this week on the 16th. Get all the details or register here: SBX Plus Virtual Series

Building Operator Certification – Fall & Winter Courses

Registration is now open for our Fall & Winter BOC courses. Building Operator Certification® (BOC) is the leading training and credentialing program for Operations & Maintenance and energy management professionals looking to make their buildings more comfortable, efficient and environmentally friendly, all while reducing energy bill costs. Find training here. Or watch an our informational webcast to see what BOC training can do for you (and your building)! Come with questions, leave with answers. Watch On Demand Here.

Behind the Benchmarking Help Desk

Are you familiar with the help desk? Every year, Seattle building owners and property managers turn to one place when they have questions about energy benchmarking: the Smart Buildings Center’s Benchmarking Help Desk. Behind that resource are two Building Potential staff members, Jessica Cherry and Shino Severson, who provide the technical assistance that keeps building owners on track with the City of Seattle’s Energy Benchmarking ordinance.

Meet the team that’s helping you Benchmark your buildings with our meet the staff post here.

Operator of the Year 2026

Each year, BOC requests nominations for people working to improve the energy efficiency of their work environment using skills they learned in the BOC program. We received many impressive 2026 nominations detailing how methods learned in BOC classes are helping people make improvements in their work environments, but this year Michael’s work stood out among the other candidates.

Meet our Operator of the Year, Michael Durham, and hear more about his story and the work he’s put in to meet his buildings energy efficiency needs in this post from the Smart Buildings Center. And remember, we’ll be looking for nominees for 2027 before long!

Tool Lending Library

The TLL continues to offer a wide array of tools to service professionals in Washington and Oregon. You can always find an updated list of tools here along with instructions on how to request a tool and videos and guides for tool use and care.

A New Event Calendar and Call for Shared Content

We are always looking for new posts, listings, news and content to share on our blogs and newsletters. Please reach out to us using this form with any content you would like to see shared on TheBOC.info, SmartBuildingsCenter.org, or BuildingPotential.org. We’d love to hear from you and help get the word out!

10/30 Tool Time Lunch and Learn: Identifying Opportunities for Operational Improvement

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Join us on October 30th for a Lunch and Learn event at the Smart Buildings Center at Pacific Tower! We’ll be talking about diagnostic and monitoring tools including acoustic imagers, loggers, thermal cameras and more. You’ll also have the opportunity to get hands-on with the tools themselves. This opportunity is brought to you at minimal cost thanks to generous contribution from Seattle City Light, so don’t miss out! Register today: Oct 30, 2026 IFMA Lunch & Learn: Tool Time

Register for Tomorrow 9/24’s Unplugged: Dawn Lindell on the Grid Ahead

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More info and registration at: Unplugged: Dawn Lindell on the Grid Ahead — A candid conversation with Seattle City Light’s former CEO · Luma​

Join 9Zero for an unfiltered fireside conversation with Dawn Lindell, former CEO of Seattle City Light. After years leading one of the nation’s largest public utilities, Dawn is finally free to say what she really thinks — about where energy and climate are headed, the role utilities should (and shouldn’t) be playing, and the emerging technologies she’s genuinely excited about. She’ll cover both sides of the meter — supply and demand — come with questions. This one’s off script.

​About 9Zero: We are a community of founders, investors, scientists, and innovators who drive climate action together. Through our club, events, and connections, we build relationships and accelerate solutions.  If you’re working toward a healthier world, you belong here. Join us – 9Zero.com

​Refreshments provided following the event.

9Zero Climate Innovation Hub
1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Parking is available in the building, entrance on University St (there are EV chargers!) + check SpotHero. Link Lightrail Station is Symphony. There is a bike room located on the C/D level of the garage. It’s inside the double doors by the elevator. To access it, ask the security desk in the lobby for the door code. Elevators unlock to our floor 30 minutes before the event start time.

Help Move Building Projects from Scope to Financing with C-PACER 10/27

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Energy engineers, contractors, ESCOs, and other building professionals are often among the first to identify the improvements a building needs — and the capital required to get the work done. Understanding available financing options can help those projects move from recommendations to implementation.

Join C-PACER program administrators and professionals from across the Puget Sound region on October 27 at 9Zero in Seattle for the 2026 Puget Sound C-PACER Symposium to learn how Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resilience (C-PACER) financing can support eligible building improvements, including energy efficiency, HVAC, electrification, resilience, and other qualifying projects.

The symposium will bring together the key players involved in C-PACER projects, including building owners, C-PACER lenders, first mortgage lenders, brokers, engineers, contractors, commercial real estate professionals, and program administrators.

For professionals who help owners identify, scope, and implement building improvements, the symposium is an opportunity to learn when C-PACER may be a good fit, how to introduce it earlier in project planning, and who to connect with when a project needs financing. It’s also an opportunity to build relationships with the owners, lenders, and other professionals needed to move more projects forward.

The event is free, but registration is required.

Register: https://luma.com/z6jermrp

For questions about C-PACER financing or the symposium, please contact Don Robinson at [email protected].

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