Webinars - Smart Buildings Center

Register for Mar 23 11-12, Clean Buildings General Question and Answer Session

March 14, 2023 By SBC staff

Clean Buildings News!

Commerce is hosting a Clean Buildings General Question and Answer Session on March 23, 2023, from 11:00am to 12:00pm PT.

Please register in advance and submit questions via the online registration form.

If you cannot make the session, feel free to reach out to Smart Buildings Center’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard Technical Assistance Helpdesk.

We offer support to building owners, managers, and facility personnel responsible for their building’s compliance with the Washington State Clean Buildings Performance Standard.

The utility-sponsored helpdesk offers:

Free one-on-one coaching during office hours via phone, virtual meetings, and email.
A resource webpage including training videos.
A searchable table for Qualified Persons and Qualified Energy Auditors.
FAQs

For more information and to schedule a consultation, please visit https://smartbuildingscenter.org/resources/clean-buildings-performance-standard/

Thank you to our sponsors!

Estimating Your Building’s Emissions and Draft Targets for Proposed Seattle BEPS, Thursday Mar 23 12-1

March 14, 2023 By SBC staff

Registration is open for March 23: Estimating Your Building’s Emissions and Draft Targets for the Proposed Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standards (BEPS)
Are you new to understanding your building’s greenhouse gas emissions and want to learn some simple steps to understand your building’s climate impact? Join the Office of Sustainability & Environment (OSE) on this beginner-friendly webinar on Zoom to learn how to quickly estimate and track your building’s current greenhouse gas emissions and estimated proposed targets. Learn more and REGISTER HERE. For details on the proposed BEPS policy, visit www.seattle.gov/building-performance-standards or contact [email protected].

Translation services are available upon request. Call (206) 233-7184  or email [email protected].

About the Proposed Policy: Performance standards are a powerful tool to reduce climate pollution and transition toward cleaner, healthier buildings where we live and work. The proposed BEPS policy is projected to reduce emissions from Seattle’s buildings (in total) 27% by 2050. This proposed policy would gradually phase out carbon pollution from existing nonresidential and multifamily buildings over 20,000 sq. ft. through mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets beginning 2027 for the largest nonresidential buildings. Targets would become more stringent over time, to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Visit www.seattle.gov/building-performance-standards for more information.

Washington CBPS Early Adopter Incentive Program Live Q&A, Feb 22nd

February 14, 2023 By SBC staff

Need help applying for the Washington State Clean Buildings Performance Standard (CBPS) Early Adopter Incentives? Commerce can help! Funding is still available for the Early Adopter Incentive Program.

The program offers payments to eligible building owners to encourage compliance with the CBPS before the required date. Incentive payments are calculated at $.85 per gross square foot.

Live Q&A session – Wednesday, February 22nd | 11 am PST
Commerce is hosting a live question and answer session on February 22nd from 11 am – noon. The Clean Buildings Team and Energy Star Portfolio Manager staff will be available to answer questions about the application process and how to benchmark your building.

Register for the Q&A session

Learn more on the Clean Buildings webpage

Webinar: A National Retailer’s Decarbonization Journey with BrainBox AI

February 13, 2023 By SBC staff

Thursday, February 23rd | 12 pm EST

70% of American consumers have said they would adjust their shopping habits if they knew that a store wasn’t operating sustainably.

With over 200 stores coast to coast, see how Sleep Country director of ESG Mary de Guzman is making their brick-and-mortar operations greener. She joins Rebecca Handfield, VP of Marketing & PR at BrainBox AI, to discuss their project together and the development of a successful ESG strategy.

Reserve your seat for the live webinar!

Webinar: Submetering in Municipal & Higher Education Buildings

January 10, 2023 By SBC staff

February 2, 2023
1:00-2:30pm PST
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Many building operations professionals across Washington state are busy developing strategies for meeting compliance with the Clean Buildings Performance Standard (CBPS). Municipal and higher education buildings are two sectors that often share a unique challenge: calculating energy use intensity (EUI) in separate buildings that are metered together as part of a campus.

In partnership with Puget Sound Energy, the Smart Buildings Center brings you an engaging information session and panel discussion exploring the challenges and potential solutions in submetering as required when taking the EUI target (EUIt) path to compliance with CBPS. In this webinar, we’ll briefly discuss the EUIt path requirements and a technical overview of the submetering options available to meet compliance. O&M professionals in the field will share their on-the-ground experience with overcoming challenges and their strategies for moving forward to achieve compliance. Attendees will come away with practical resources for implementing submetering in their own facilities and will learn how utility incentive programs such as Strategic Energy Management (SEM) can help with implementing energy efficiency programs to help streamline the compliance process.

Register in advance for this webinar

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Webinar: Retro-commissioning in K-12 Schools

December 22, 2022 By SBC staff

January 19, 2023 | 1:00-2:30pm Pacific Time

K-12 school superintendents and facility staff face many challenges to operating their buildings efficiently and effectively. Common challenges include funding and staffing issues. Deferred maintenance, antiquated systems, or even poorly operating modern systems can have a direct impact on learning outcomes. Retro-commissioning (RCx) is a process that optimizes building system performance by defining current operating requirements and identifying root causes of problems and energy saving opportunities. An RCx report can be useful evidence in securing funding for needed upgrades or efficiency measures that can often pay back favorably.

In partnership with Puget Sound Energy, the Smart Buildings Center brings you an engaging webinar exploring concepts of RCx specific to K-12 schools and the unique characteristics this sector brings. In this information session and panel discussion, O&M professionals working in the K-12 sector will share their experience with RCx initiatives. Attendees will come away with practical resources for implementing RCx programs in their own facilities and will learn how utility incentive programs such as Strategic Energy Management (SEM) can help with funding and implementation.

Register in advance for this webinar

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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