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CEL Presents: Smart & Resilient Schools Summit

April 2, 2024 By SBC staff

Ready to make your school a beacon of sustainability? Join Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), Hoquiam School District, and CEL for a jam-packed day of inspiration, ideas, STEM continuing education credits, and actionable strategies at the Smart & Resilient Schools Summit. For more info click here.

Washingtonians, sign up below to join! 🎒🍏

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WHO: Educators, Administrators, Facilities Professionals, and Sustainability Enthusiasts! 🧑‍🏫
WHAT: A collaborative summit on sustainable schools just in time for 🌎Earth Month🌍
WHEN: April 27, 2024, from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm 🗓️
WHERE: Lincoln Elementary, Hoquiam, Washington 🏫 (700 Wood Ave, Hoquiam, WA)

4/16/24: WA Clean Buildings Performance Standard – Facts, Myths, and Misinformation

March 29, 2024 By SBC staff

Attend this FREE event at the Smart Buildings Center presented by the WA Dept of Commerce Clean Buildings Team on 4/16 starting at 1PM. More details and full agenda at the registration link below!

Learn everything there is to know directly from the WA Dept of
Commerce – Clean Buildings Team. They will be addressing
common concerns, dispelling myths and misinformation.
Discover available resources.
Find out how to reduce your out of pocket costs by using current
Tax Incentives.

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Take Control and Save Money with Seattle City Light’s HVAC Controls Upgrade Incentives

March 18, 2024 By SBC staff

Are you a commercial or industrial building owner, building operator, or controls contractor considering building controls upgrade projects in City Light’s territory? A major HVAC controls upgrade typically reduces electric consumption by 10%-15%. Attend this action-packed hour to learn how to earn incentive dollars – worth up to 70% of the cost of your project – by collaborating with City Light. You will also hear about resources and incentives City Light offers to optimize operations of existing systems.

After attending this HVAC controls webinar, commercial and industrial customers, as well as controls contractors, will be able to:

Understand the steps to leverage City Light’s financial incentives for upgrading controls
Promote the incentive to customers by reviewing example projects City Light helped develop
Understand City Light’s supplemental incentives and whole building solution approaches to maximize return on investment

Register:

Take Control and Save Money with Seattle City Light’s HVAC Controls Upgrade Incentives

Thursday, April 4, 2024 –10:00 to 11:00

PRESENTED BY
Ted Brown, Energy Management Analyst Supervisor | Seattle City Light
Elly Bunzendahl, Senior Manager | AESC, Inc.

Ted Brown, Energy Management Analyst Supervisor | Seattle City Light

Ted Brown is an Energy Management Analyst Supervisor in Seattle City Light’s Customer Energy Solutions Division. He supervises a team of EMA’s responsible for delivering commercial energy efficiency projects for the utility. Ted has worked for City Light since 2008 in key customer and efficiency program management roles.

Ted is accredited as Certified Energy Manager by the Association of Energy Engineers. He holds of BA in Economics from the University of Cincinnati and has led facility optimization and utility energy efficiency programs for almost 20 years.

Elly Bunzendahl, Senior Manager | AESC, Inc.

Elly brings 18 years of experience in energy efficiency, building science, and sustainability in the built environment, and specializes in improving existing building operational performance, translating technical topics to empower any audience, and managing projects and teams.

City light has created this excellent primer with more information on the incentives available to those building owners that are looking to save on their energy bills.

Questions? Please email [email protected] with questions or concerns.

New WSU Energy Webinar & Clean Buildings Basic Training Workshop

February 29, 2024 By SBC staff

Clean Buildings Portal Basic Training Workshop

Join the WA State Commerce Clean Building’s Team on Tuesday, March 12^th from 10-11AM for an overview of the Clean Buildings Portal that is perfect for the new user or anyone who has portal questions.

The session will end with a Q&A. Topics include:

Troubleshooting Secure Access WA (SAW)
Requesting Building Owner Notification letters and Shared Access
Building data page – common questions and forms overview
Basic application navigation

Registration is required. Your unique Zoom link will be emailed to you upon registration.

New WSU Energy Program Webinar on Clean Buildings Requirements

Attend the upcoming WSU Energy Program webinar on March 20, 2024 for a presentation and discussion about using Energy Management Plan (EMP) and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) program templates to satisfy requirements for Washington State’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard. While no-cost and open to everyone, preference is given to those working at Washington state public facilities and buildings. Register here.

Feb 14 – SBC and Aeroseal Present: Exhaust Ventilation System Energy Conservation Measures for Savings

February 8, 2024 By SBC staff

Join the Smart Buildings Center and Aeroseal for a free 1-hour webinar on Exhaust Ventilation System Energy Conservation Measures for Savings on February 14^th at 11 am PT/2 pm ET!

Webinar description: Exhaust ventilation systems in commercial & large multifamily buildings are a vital building system with significant energy, sustainability and occupant health & safety implications. Recent code requirements place increased emphasis on getting them right in both new construction and retrofit projects. This session explores how these systems work, as well as some scenarios where they don’t work. It explores where to find these projects and how to integrate them into an overall “airside” energy and building performance project.

Learning objectives

After completing the webinar, participants will be able to:

Explain how exhaust ventilation systems really work in the field and the factors that contribute to their role in a successful project.
Identify good candidates for retrofit and the “pain points” that motivate action for building owners and operators.
Explore the components in an overall solution that will achieve desired energy and building performance results.

Speaker: Thomas Holmes, Aeroseal

Register Now!

BuildingEnergy Boston 3/19-3/20

February 8, 2024 By SBC staff

BuildingEnergy Boston is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Conference sessions and sponsored presentations offer best practices and lessons learned, case studies and proven data, technical how-to’s, emerging technologies, and innovative policies and programs. If you are a professional in the built environment in any stage of your training and career, plan to immerse yourself in two days of networking and intensive learning on March 19th and 20th. BuildingEnergy Boston 2024 anticipates offering credits for AIA, BPI, GBCI, PHIUS, and RESNET. Learn more and register at: nesea.org/bebos24

BuildingEnergy Boston is also eligible for BOC Credits! Don’t miss out on this conference, register today!

Clean Buildings Portal Basic Training Workshop

New WSU Energy Program Webinar on Clean Buildings Requirements

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