As the holiday season approaches (and quickly passes us by!), please consider donating to the Smart Buildings Center Education Program.  Your tax deductible contribution will help the Education Program advance its mission to accelerate the adoption of smart buildings and technologies in the community.  One of the resources that the SBC offers is the use of common space through our conference and training rooms – free to the community, so if you have used our space for your meetings or events, please consider making a donation that will help the SBC continue to provide this type of resource to the industry.  If you are unable to make a donation at this time, your employer may be willing to help!

Double your donation!  With help from a generous donor, we have the opportunity to MATCH your donation – but this opportunity only lasts through December 7th.  So please don’t wait and click the button below to donate today!

Friends,

In this year’s election, we have the opportunity to not only add clean jobs to our state, but to also propel our building stock and infrastructure into the future through an annual fund for clean energy projects that is estimated to reach $1 Billion by 2021. That means $1 Billion each year for conservation, efficiency, electric vehicles, solar and other renewables—the technology and development needed to grow our state in a clean and healthy manner. We urge you to vote yes on this initiative and to publicly endorse I-1631.  And if you’d like to go a step further, the Yes on 1631 campaign could use your support to help get this passed:

• Join a door knocking event near you.
• Sign up for phone-banking or to text voters.
• Send an email through Voter Circle to your Washington contacts.
• Make a donation, which keeps the Yes on 1631 ads rolling.

Together we can enable a new and brighter future for efficiency. Thank you for your support!

Kerry Meade

Executive Director, Northwest Energy Efficiency Council

2019 CALL FOR SPEAKERS

Deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, November 9, 2018

The Electric League of the Pacific Northwest invites you to submit a proposal for consideration to speak at the Powerful Business Energy Conference, Keeping Current in a Transforming World, being held April 4, 2019 at the Lynnwood Convention Center in Lynnwood, WA.

Hosted by Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light, and Snohomish County PUD, the conference will be attended by commercial building owners and managers, building operations and engineering staff, architects, and engineers. Breakout sessions feature speakers and panels that discuss practical energy solutions and
strategies to improve energy performance and sustain operational cost savings.

We are pleased to announce that our Keynote and Plenary Speaker is Steve Brown, The Bald Futurist.

Please submit proposals (400 words or less) to Brook Walker at [email protected].  Suggested topics other than the ones listed below may be submitted.  All presentations must be educational and have learning objectives.  You will be sent notice of selection by December 7.
Registration fee for the conference will be complimentary for the selected presenters.

If your company is a product manufacturer or representative firm selling a
product, the presentation must be non-commercial in content.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM TOPICS

Utility Energy Efficiency Programs	High Performance Buildings Operations	Energy Auditing
Energy Project Financing	Case Studies	Internet of Things
Green Communities	Role of the Energy Manager	Smart Grid / Microgrid
Net Zero	Advanced Energy Solutions	Building Automation
Energy Management Success Stories	Advanced Cooling Technologies	Building / Retro Commissioning
Energy Management Systems	Renewables	Building Rating Systems & Updates
Lighting	Distributed Generation	Building Retrofits
Institutional & Campus Energy Management	Data Analytics & Energy Services	Measurement & Verification
Industrial Energy Management	Big Data & Energy Analytics	Metering & Submetering