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Don’t miss these SBX Keynotes & Networking Opportunities!

October 22, 2026 By SBC staff

 

We’re excited to have Perry England (MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions) provide the SBX Day 2 Welcome Remarks followed by an Opening Keynote on “Accelerating Performance at the Speed of Innovation” by Megan Owen (McKinstry). Joseph Aamidor (Aamidor Consulting) will deliver the Lunch Keynote on “Smart Buildings in a Chaotic World” and Dawn Lindell (Former Seattle City Light CEO) will deliver a forward-looking Closing Keynote on “What Will It Take to Reach Scale?”

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

Discounts are available for SBX sponsors, Building Potential members, and BOC students and grads. Please reach out to Britton Rife if you need a discount code.

Networking Opportunities

Don’t miss the opportunity to network with SBX attendees from the following companies/organizations, including our SBX sponsors who are looking for new hires to join their teams!

47N Energy
Aamidor Consulting
Alco Investment Company
Allumia
Ambeince Corp.
ATS Automation
Auburn School District
Bonneville Power Administration
CBRE
City of Bellevue
City of Lynnwood
City of Seattle
Clean Energy Transition Institute
Climate-Aligned Law
CopperTree Analytics
Custom Energy
CWD Group Inc
DB Engineering
Dorse & Company
DPR Construction
E3
Ecoreal
Ecotope
EEI
Eide Bailly
El Centro de la Raza
Ellensburg School District
Energy 350
Hargis Engineers
ICF
Inland Power and Light Company
INTEGRA
Integra Testing WA
Kent School District
Kidder Mathews
King County
Lakewood School District
Lattice Energy Works
Left Coast Facilities Consulting
LONG Building Technologies
lumenomics
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
McKinstry
MetroNational
Microsoft
Model Solutions
Multicare
National Nordic Museum
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Northwest Partners LLC
O’Brien360
Overcast Innovations
Ovus Partners 360
PacifiCorp
Perform Properties
Pierce College
Pierce County Department of Facilities Management
Pilotlight
Port of Seattle
PSR Mechanical
Puget Sound Energy
Radius Data Centers
RDH Building Science
Rubicon Investments Inc.
Sazan Group, Inc.
Seattle City Light
Seattle Housing Authority
Seattle Public Schools
Siemens
SMB Climate
Snohomish County
South Seattle College Sustainable Building Science Technology
SSA Marine
Tacoma Power
The Boeing Company
The JPI Group
Touchstone IQ
Trane
TRC
UMC
Unico
University of Washington
Velocity Building Technical Services
Washington Builds
Washington State Department of Commerce
Washington State Department of Enterprise Services
Washington State Military Department
Waterman Consulting
Windsor Engineers

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, SBC News, SBX

SBX Day 2 Highlights

October 20, 2026 By SBC staff

Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) 2026 is coming up soon and we wanted to share some highlights for Day 2!

Jonathan Heller (Ecotope) will moderate a cross-sector conversation between Ian Brown (Seattle Public Schools), Lisa Dulude (University of Washington), and Tearle Whitson (MetroNational) focused on building owner needs and how we can speed up the changes in existing buildings that are needed to support the clean energy transition.

Also on SBX Day 2, Robby Martin (ATS Automation) will moderate a discussion between Kurtis Anderson (Kent School District), Stephanie Leisle (Pierce County Facilities Management), and Matt Wiley (RadiusDC) focused on how the industry can move from custom smart building projects to repeatable, scalable solutions.

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

Discounts are available for SBX sponsors, Building Potential members, and BOC students and grads. Please reach out to Britton Rife if you need a discount code.

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, SBC News, SBX

SBX 2026 Keynote Announcement & Hotel Room Block

October 13, 2026 By SBC staff

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

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, SBC News, SBX

SBX 2026 Prize Drawings & 9/12 Early-Bird Registration Deadline

September 7, 2026 By SBC staff

This year, when you attend SBX 2026 on November 9th & 1oth you will be entered into a prize drawing for two great prizes: a $500 airline travel voucher and a $250 Hyatt travel voucher! All you need to do is check in at the registration table and be present when the drawings happen each day during the networking happy hours.

SBX features a great line up of inspiring speakers and engaging sessions(opens in new tab), and by just showing up you have a great chance at winning these prizes.

Early-bird registration ends on September 12th – register today and save!(opens in new tab)

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(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.

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, SBC News, SBX

SBX Day 2 Highlights | 9/12 Early-Bird Registration Deadline

September 2, 2026 By SBC staff

We’ve almost finalized the agenda for Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) 2026 and wanted to share some highlights for Day 2!

We’re excited to have Perry England (MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions) provide the SBX Day 2 Welcome Remarks followed by an Opening Keynote on “Accelerating Performance at the Speed of Innovation” by Megan Owen (McKinstry). Joseph Aamidor (Aamidor Consulting) will deliver the Lunch Keynote on “Smart Buildings in a Chaotic World” and Poppy Storm (2050 Institute) will deliver a forward-looking Closing Keynote on “What Will It Take to Reach Scale?”

Also on SBX Day 2, Nicole DeNamur (Climate Aligned Law) will moderate a debate between Larry Eisenberg (Ovus Partners 360), Kristin Gustafson (Eide Bailly), and Eli Lieberman (Washington Builds) centered on the question: should building performance continue to be financed as one-off owner projects, or treated like infrastructure? Topics will include green banks, public vs. private capital, utility investment, and the capital models most likely to unlock scale.

Early-bird registration ends on September 12th – register today and save!

Discounts are available for SBX sponsors, Building Potential members, and BOC students and grads. Please reach out to Britton Rife if you need a discount code.

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, SBC News, SBX

SBX Early-Bird Registration Deadline Extended!

August 19, 2026 By SBC staff

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.

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, SBC News, SBX

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