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Future-Ready Facilities: Navigating Risk Through Property Resilience

October 17, 2025 By SBC staff

As risks to the built environment grow more complex – from environmental threats to technology disruptions – facility leaders must adopt a proactive approach to resilience. This session will share strategies for identifying vulnerabilities, mitigating emerging risks, and embedding resilience into everyday operations and long-term planning. Drawing on real-world examples, we’ll explore how to integrate resilience into facility planning. We’ll also highlight the new ASTM Standard Guide for Property Resilience Assessment as one of several tools to structure your approach. Whether you’re just starting your resilience journey or looking to strengthen an existing program, you’ll leave with actionable insights and planning tools to build readiness and ensure continuity in the face of disruption.

SCL Launches Commercial Strategic Energy Management (CSEM) and Multifamily Strategic Energy Management (MSEM), Register Today!

September 18, 2025 By SBC staff

Seattle City Light is offering a new no-cost program for commercial and multifamily buildings that are larger than 20,000 square feet. The Commercial Strategic Energy Management (CSEM) launches this fall! And Multifamily Strategic Energy Management (MSEM) will launch in early 2026. This coaching and training program will help commercial and multifamily buildings lower their energy consumption, prepare to meet the requirements of the Washington Clean Buildings Performance Standard (WA CBPS) and—for buildings within the city limits of Seattle—the Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard (Seattle BEPS). Here are some of the benefits of participating in this program:

Learn how to lower operating costs and achieve persistent energy saving and emissions reduction.
Get on the path to compliance with both the Washington Clean Buildings Performance Standard and Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard.
Join dynamic quarterly workshops, offering technical and organizational training and the opportunity to share practices and solutions alongside peers.
Work with an energy and climate coach for ongoing support throughout the program – up to two years. This includes:

o One site walkthrough to identify energy-saving opportunities and help prioritizing project implementation.

o Assessments and action plan to support integrating energy into business practices.

o Coordination with the organization’s extended energy team to address specific needs and goals.

The program is free for participants. Your investment is your time spent attending workshops and activities – an investment which should yield energy savings as well as valuable organizational benefits.

Want to learn more about the Seattle City Light SEM program? Join an upcoming 60-minute information session! Register in advance:

Questions? Email: Seattle City Light Energy Advisors, [email protected]

Free webinar: Seattle’s ambitious Metropole Project | Sep 22

September 2, 2025 By SBC staff

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Join BetterBricks and the University of Washington Integrated Design Lab for a no-cost webinar on the Metropole Project—a set of 19th-century buildings reimagined as a vibrant, sustainable hub for community, culture, and collaboration. Earn 1 AIA HSW credit as you learn how the project incorporates historic preservation and integrated design principles to set a new standard for efficient building renewal.

The first event is a live webinar featuring the building owner and design team as they share the project’s vision, challenges, and integrated design strategies. Then, those in the Seattle area can optionally join us for an in-person tour and gathering at the Metropole to experience first-hand the building’s high-performance features and community impact.

These events are ideal for architects, mechanical engineers, building owners and managers, and sustainability professionals interested in adaptive reuse, deep energy retrofits, and whole-building integrated design.

Join SBC and FEA on 8/14 at 8:30 PT for Future-Ready Facilities: Navigating Risk Through Property Resilience

July 16, 2025 By SBC staff

Smart Buildings Center and FEA are excited to partner for this educational LIVE webinar. Join us as we discuss risks and opportunities for your facilities in the ever-changing world of the built environment.

Registration Open for Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) 2025!

May 12, 2025 By SBC staff

Early-bird registration for SBX 2025 is now open at sbxconference.org/register

The Smart Buildings Center is excited to host the 5^th annual Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) in 2025! This year’s event builds on a successful history of exploring smart and efficient building operations—but it’s not just more of the same.

SBX 2025 invites attendees to think bigger. This year’s focus is on how smart building strategies can solve today’s real-world challenges—like cutting operational costs, reducing peak energy use, and retrofitting fossil fuel-based equipment with heat pumps. For those navigating the evolving demands of building ownership, operations, and energy management, SBX 2025 offers a space to explore practical solutions while also engaging with the bold ideas shaping the future.

The fall conference theme, “Smart Buildings in Action: Leading the Future of Building Performance,” reflects our region’s growing leadership in reimagining the role of buildings—not just as energy users, but as dynamic assets that influence everything from grid interaction and occupant well-being to cost management, security, and building resilience.

SBX 2025 features both a virtual webinar series and an in-person event:

The webinar series, held in the months leading up to the conference, dives into practical applications and real-world examples of smart building technologies and solutions.

Register for the webinar series!

The in-person conference, to be held on November 5^th in downtown Seattle, will bring together regional and national leaders for thought-provoking discussions on the big ideas—exploring where we’re headed, what’s needed to accelerate progress, and how the Pacific Northwest fits into the national and global landscape.

Register for the in-person conference!

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BEPS Rulemaking Webinars Announced

May 5, 2025 By SBC staff

The Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) is hosting two webinars to solicit feedback from stakeholders to inform its drafting of the Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS) Director’s Rule.

A Director’s Rule is required by Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) to clarify elements of the BEPS ordinance (SMC 22.925), which was signed by Mayor Harrell in December 2023. This includes details like reporting procedures, documentation, exemption and extension timelines, and more.

Register for the webinars below:

Webinar #1: May 8 from 12 p.m.–2 p.m.

Webinar #2: May 22 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

OSE will post full webinar agendas in early May, but expects to cover:

Webinar #1: Benchmarking Verification, emissions reporting & documentation requirements, documentation for exemptions and extensions, and more.

Webinar #2: Reporting end use deductions, building portfolio & campus reports, alternative compliance options, and more.

Each webinar will cover different topics, so please attend both if you wish to receive all information. Webinar recordings and slides will be posted online a few days after the events.

The rulemaking webinars precede an upcoming formal 3-week comment period, where OSE will invite the public to give input on the draft Director’s Rule. More information on exact dates for that will be available towards the outset of the comment period. Learn more about BEPS Rulemaking on our website.

Early-bird registration for SBX 2025 is now open at sbxconference.org/register

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