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This calendar is intended to serve as a resource for those interested in remote learning events related to commercial energy and facilities management. Submit your event. All submissions moderated by SBC.

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Program Design with Everyone in Mind: Low-Income Solar Program Strategies

Virtual/Online

This webinar will highlight examples of low-income renewable energy programs, including the Solar in Your Community Challenge and the Clean Energy for Low-Income Communities Accelerator, best practices, and discuss DOE’s recently launched National Community Solar Partnership. Speakers: Emily Schapira, Philadelphia Energy Authority; Nate Hausman, Clean Energy States Alliance; Chris Jedd, Denver Housing Authority

Free

The Value of Connected Lighting

Virtual/Online

The commercial lighting market has seen significant shifts, first with the proliferation of LEDs, and now as controls become more sophisticated. As controls progress from a wall switch with a manual on-off control to more advanced controls that incorporate multi-feature sensors and luminaires embedded with controls, lack of understanding, interoperability issues, and often an unclear […]

Free

The Dynamic Duo: Unleash Public Sector Energy Savings with Financing and Technical Assistance

Virtual/Online

Access to financing and technical assistance is key to unlocking the significant energy savings potential within the public sector. For states, local governments, and K-12 stakeholders seeking to reduce costs and meet efficiency goals, financing needs to be customized and simplified through technical assistance. Speakers will discuss how financing products such as energy-as-a-service, energy savings […]

Free

Virtual Central Valley Facilities Expo

Virtual/Online

Your free all access pass will provide you with two full days of valuable content and resources, including: • A full virtual exhibit hall featuring the exhibitors you want to meet • Exhibitor resources with articles, videos and information to help you succeed • On-demand conference sessions On-Demand Conference Sessions (Sessions Subject to Change) • […]

Free
Event Series Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future

Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future

Virtual/Online

Our global pandemic and climate emergency ask: How will you change? What will you choose to do? #PH2020, embraces these tough fundamental questions and provides you with actionable answers. You’ll get the framework for making system switches from best selling author Dan Heath. You’ll achieve clarity about the role of Passive House, in conversation with […]

Free

Strategies to Combine Energy + Health Upgrades in Multifamily Housing

Virtual/Online

This interactive webinar will provide an opportunity for speakers and attendees to share their strategies for combining energy and health upgrades to help promote health and wellness for residents of multifamily buildings. Panelists will present case studies of innovative partnerships between affordable housing providers, public health, and building science stakeholders to advance energy + health […]

Free

Case in Point : Oregon’s Recent Efforts to Reduce Plug Load Energy Consumption

Virtual/Online

Join DOE's Plug and Process Load Technology Research Team for a technical presentation about a Statewide Plug Load Strategy developed by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Oregon Department of Energy. Presenters will discuss the strategy's 5 key components: portfolio management, planning and specifications in procurement, reviewing and adjusting settings/configuration before use, optimizing […]

Free
Event Series Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future

Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future

Virtual/Online

Our global pandemic and climate emergency ask: How will you change? What will you choose to do? #PH2020, embraces these tough fundamental questions and provides you with actionable answers. You’ll get the framework for making system switches from best selling author Dan Heath. You’ll achieve clarity about the role of Passive House, in conversation with […]

Free

The Future of Work: Upgrade Your Building Science Toolkit 

Virtual/Online

Live Webinar Panel with Interactive Q&A Thursday, July 23, 2020, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Pacific Time The Sustainable Building Science Technology and WSU Energy programs co-present this Future of Work webinar. Are you prepared for the jobs of the future in building science, operations, and management? Join us for this panel discussion about how the building […]

Free

Lighting Design Process

Virtual/Online

The process of developing and documenting a lighting design can vary widely depending on the project type and scale, and on the manner in which it is being delivered. Regardless of the project, there are common steps to be undertaken for all successful lighting projects if we are to maximize the performance of our buildings […]

Free

Everyone has a Data Center: How to Be an Energy Champion for Yours

Virtual/Online

Learn how to make the business case for energy efficiency in data centers. This webinar will help participants identify key stakeholder interests, underlying drivers, and institutional and technical barriers that need to be considered and give attendees an overview of the technical concepts and relevant tools and resources involved. Attendees will also hear a real-world […]

Free
Event Series Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future

Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future

Virtual/Online

Our global pandemic and climate emergency ask: How will you change? What will you choose to do? #PH2020, embraces these tough fundamental questions and provides you with actionable answers. You’ll get the framework for making system switches from best selling author Dan Heath. You’ll achieve clarity about the role of Passive House, in conversation with […]

Free

Succeed with Submetering: How to Make the Business Case

Virtual/Online

Organizations of all shapes and sizes can benefit from better understanding their granular energy usage. Partners from both the public and private sectors will discuss how to persuade decision-makers and make the business case for the value of submetering; they will also share how to tie submetering to benchmarking and data management efforts for greater […]

Free

HVAC Total System Performance Ratio (TSPR) Training

Virtual/Online

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:00 – 1:30 PM · Pacific Time This live webinar training will provide an introduction to the HVAC Total System Performance Ratio (TSPR) code compliance path. We will discuss what TSPR is, when it is required by code, and how it is calculated. A click-through demonstration will highlight key features of […]

Free

Energy Exchange 2020

Virtual/Online

The Federal Energy Management Program and the U.S. Department of Energy will modify Energy Exchange in August to a one-time virtual training August 10-14, 2020. Now more than ever we need to provide the energy management community accredited training, critical information, and flexible solution sets to ensure energy and water professionals have the resources and […]

$95 – $175

Audit & Retrofit Techniques

Virtual/Online

The advent of LED lighting has caused a seismic shift in the lighting industry, creating a renewed interest in how to best upgrade the lighting in existing buildings. One of the best places to start is to do an inventory of what your current lighting system is and what its strengths and weaknesses are. This […]

Free

Introduction to Codes & Standards

Virtual/Online

There can be a dizzying array of influences on any lighting project. Beyond design and budget constraints, there are a wide range of codes and standards that will affect the ultimate selection of lighting fixtures and controls. This class will look not only at current Energy Codes, but will see how LEED, Well Building, NFPA, […]

Free

Benefits of Energy and Domestic Water Submetering

Virtual/Online

One of the top priorities of building owners and operators is the need for more efficient and accurate BTU metering. Having good and reliable information can help reduce the amount of energy used, by operating more efficiently. This can help reduce operational costs and recover revenue from inaccurate billing. Since the early 1980’s ultrasonic clamp-on Flow […]

Free

Promoting Energy Efficient Lighting Systems

Virtual/Online

Have you ever been involved in a project where the new LED fixtures have been value engineered out and replaced by retrofit kits, TLEDs, fluorescent technology, or disregarded from the project altogether? Has your Networked Lighting Control (NLC) system design been downscaled to a simple wallbox solution? All too often, new construction and renovation projects […]

Free

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