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SBX Session Highlight: Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings as a Utility Resource

July 1, 2024 By SBC staff

Rapidly reducing the carbon content of utility resources while maintaining resource adequacy and grid reliability is a challenge for electric utilities across the country. Programs for demand flexibility and particularly grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) will be key to successfully integrating large amounts of renewable energy into the grid. This panel, featuring Albert Chiu (Pacific Gas & Electric Company), Jingjing Liu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Mark Martinez (Southern California Edison), and Brittainy Pond (Puget Sound Energy), will discuss the efforts by a number of utility leaders across the United States in deploying demand flexibility/GEBs as a central strategy for their future.

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Event schedule
Day 1 (virtual): August 27thΒ 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 2 (virtual): August 28thΒ 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 3 (in-person, Seattle): August 29thΒ 9am-1:30pm Pacific

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

SBX Opening Plenary: Financing the Decarbonization of the Built Environment – Public, Private & Tax Credit Resources

June 24, 2024 By SBC staff

The virtual opening plenary session for Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) 2024 will feature Jigar Shah, Director of the Loans Program Office at the US Department of Energy (DOE). Mr. Shah will provide opening remarks on the extensive efforts by DOE and other federal agencies to help building owners invest in reducing carbon emissions from their properties. He will be joined by an elite panel of experts including Marc Daudon (The Caspian Group), Andy Hammons (Ryan Company), and Molly McCabe (HaydenTanner) in a discussion moderated by Ash Awad (McKinstry) about the public, private and tax credit resources that will catalyze the decarbonization of the built environment.

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Event schedule
Day 1 (virtual): August 27thΒ 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 2 (virtual): August 28thΒ 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 3 (in-person, Seattle): August 29thΒ 9am-1:30pm Pacific

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

Bellevue & Issaquah Clean Buildings Incentive Program

June 12, 2024 By SBC staff

Clean Buildings Incentive Program – Bellevue & Issaquah

Photo Credit – Zac Gudakov

Theβ€―Cities of Bellevue and Issaquah are helping large buildings (20,000+ sf)β€―to reduce energy use, save on costs, and comply withβ€―WA State Clean Buildings Law. Free building energy services include energy benchmarking, scoping assessments, incentive navigation, and compliance reporting support – an estimated $18,000 value.

Sign-up today: Bellevue | Issaquah

Free Training Webinars: WA Clean Buildings Law – For Bellevue and Issaquah Buildings

  • Helping Nonprofits Achieve Compliance TH, 6/20, 11am: bit.ly/CLBnonprofitΒ Β 
  • Intro to the Law & How to Comply W, 6/26, 11am: bit.ly/CBLintro626
  • Helping Multifamily Buildings Achieve Compliance W, 7/17, 11am: bit.ly/MFbldgs717
  • Intro to the Law & How to Comply TH, 7/25, 11am: bit.ly/CBLintro725
  • The Law: A Closer Look & Benchmarking W, 8/14, 11am: bit.ly/Benchmark814

Filed Under: Webinars

Register for Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX), Aug 27-29!

May 20, 2024 By SBC staff

Join the conversation about the role of smart buildings in the clean energy economy at the free 2024 Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) to be held virtually & in-person August 27-29, 2024! Interactive conference sessions featuring a mix of panel discussions and case study presentations will explore the market opportunity for smart buildings and highlight solutions to some of the challenges currently facing the commercial, corporate, and institutional real estate industries. Session topics will include:

  • Financing the Decarbonization of the Built Environment – Public, Private & Tax Credit Resources
  • Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings as a Utility Resource
  • Building Owner/Manager Guide to Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings – Is Demand Flexibility Right for You?
  • Indoor Environmental Quality – Field Results Inform Operational Practices
  • Campus-Scale Decarbonization – Planning & Implementation for Healthcare, University & Corporate Campuses
  • Making Buildings Smarter – Live Demonstration
  • Innovations for an Electrified & Decarbonized Future – Technology, Construction, Finance & Policy
  • Choosing the Smart Building Platform Right for You
  • Fault Detection & Diagnostics – Real World Lessons for Field Service
  • Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Reporting – Losing the Acronym, Improving the Result
  • Building Emissions Performance Standards – How Jurisdictions are Structuring Requirements
  • Connecting Building Performance Standards & Existing Building Commissioning

View the agenda & register for free today!

Event schedule
Day 1 (virtual): August 27th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 2 (virtual): August 28th 9am-2:15pm Pacific
Day 3 (in-person, Seattle): August 29th 9am-1:30pm Pacific

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

Slipstream 6/4: Webinar on Clean Energy Planning for Schools!

May 20, 2024 By SBC staff

Get ready for decarbonization!

Are you looking to take your school district’s clean energy initiatives to the next level? We’re thrilled to invite you to our webinar Decarbonizing schools: From starting points to advanced strategies. Our experts will show you how to revolutionize the way you approach energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in your buildings.

Representatives from three Dane County school districts will be sharing their invaluable insights from a recently completed collaborative clean energy planning project. The project’s focus was identifying the best opportunities for investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next five to ten years.

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

10-11 a.m. Central

Register Now

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to join us on June 4 and be part of a transformative discussion that could shape the future of clean energy in your district. Learn more about our speakers and this webinar today.

Filed Under: Webinars

Upcoming MEEA Webinar 5/30: Engaging Operations and Maintenance Staff in ESG and Building Performance Standard Compliance

May 16, 2024 By SBC staff

Join MEEA for an upcoming webinar:

πŸ”Ή Engaging Operations and Maintenance Staff in ESG and Building Performance Standard Compliance
πŸ“† Thursday, May 30 at 12 p.m.Β CT

Panelists, Malachi R., Melanie Danuser and Kathryn Eggers, will explore challenges and solutions for facility departments tasked with addressing ESG initiatives amongst financial pressures and dynamic market conditions. The discussion will assess applicable standards and their direct impact on the role of building operators.

More details can be found here: ZOOM Registration

Filed Under: Featured Event, Webinars

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