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Using Vehicles to Enhance Building Resilience

As vehicles rapidly electrify to meet decarbonization goals, there's an opportunity for increased building resilience within our communities. Electric vehicles (EVs) are essentially “batteries on wheels”. By using emerging EV...

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Decarbonizing School Buildings – The Building Electrification Technology Roadmap (BETR) for Schools

Join us to learn about the Building Electrification Technology Roadmap (BETR) for K-12 Schools and hear a California school district’s firsthand experience with electrification. Incorporating electrification upgrades into K-12 project...

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Manufacturers Roundtable: All Electric Commercial Kitchens

Join us for an online Roundtable that explores electric equipment for commercial kitchens. Commercial kitchen electrification is a growing movement. Reasons include safety, improved cooking, easier cleaning, better HVAC operations,...

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Both Sides of the Meter: GridOptimal Building Strategies (Part 2)

Buildings are at the center of our energy systems and account for over 70% of US electricity consumption. To succeed in decarbonizing our grid, buildings and the systems within buildings...

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Both Sides of the Meter: GridOptimal Building Strategies (Part 1)

Buildings are at the center of our energy systems and account for over 70% of US electricity consumption. To succeed in decarbonizing our grid, buildings and the systems within buildings...

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Combi Heat Pump Webinar

This webinar will delve into combination space and water heating systems, also known as combi systems. While these systems seem promising, they present a level of complexity that raises questions...

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Manufacturers Roundtable: Low-Global Warming Potential (GWP) HVAC, Refrigeration, and Water Heating Equipment

This manufacturer's roundtable will focus on options to reduce the impact of refrigerants on a building's lifecycle emissions in light of new and upcoming policy requiring a transition to low-GWP...

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Streamlined Permitting & Inspections: Solar, Storage, EV Charging Lessons Learned

Join us for a deep dive into New Buildings Institute (NBI)’s work with new tools for clean energy permitting and inspection, highlighting resources and case studies...

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Efficient and Healthy Schools: Funding for Facilities’ Needs

Join the Efficient and Healthy Schools Program’s webinar to learn about funding for achieving efficient and healthy school improvements. K-12 schools and their supporters will hear about federal funding opportunities,...

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Sizzling Solutions: Accelerating Heat Mitigation – Policies, Programs, and Design Dynamics!

Join New Buildings Institute and Cool Roof Rating Council for an informative journey through heat mitigation policies and cool surface strategies! Speakers will present examples of extreme heat mitigation policies...

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Manufacturer Roundtable: Air Source Heat Pumps

Air source heat pumps for space heating are a key technology in helping individuals, building owners and communities move towards rapid electrification and decarbonization. The roundtable will feature panelists from...

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Helping Schools be BETR with the Building Electrification Technology Roadmap

Join New Buildings Institute and Resource Refocus to learn more about the Building Electrification Technology Roadmap (BETR) for K-12 schools. BETR for schools is a new technical guide for school...

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Manufacturer’s Roundtable: Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters

Heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are two to four times more efficient than standard residential water heating technology. Join us as we bring together major manufacturers of ENERGY STAR certified...

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2023 Passive House Network Conference

The 2023 Passive House Network Conference is a hybrid event for builders, designers, and community members to connect, learn, and plan for a decarbonized future. Over 2.5 days and thirty...

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2024 Getting to Zero Forum

The Getting to Zero Forum is the premier event dedicated to building decarbonization. With a growing number of climate emergencies across the United States and around the world, there is...

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Heat Pump Water Heater Day 2023

An entire day dedicated to heat pump water heater (HPWH) education and awareness will be Wednesday, October 25, 2023...

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All-Electric Commercial Kitchens

Commercial kitchen electrification is a critical component of building decarbonization but is often thought of as a stumbling block due to its perceived expense, complexity and the affinity of the...

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Net Zero Conference

The Net Zero Conference has been bringing together climate leaders to build a net zero, decarbonized future for a decade. We showcase the latest on: Carbon + Climate + Equity...

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Manufacturers Roundtable: Central Heat Pump Water Heaters

This manufacturers roundtable will provide a high-level overview of commercial heat pump water heaters and how they can electrify and decarbonize the commercial water heating sector. The roundtable will begin...

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Highway to Healthy Schools: Districts on the Road to Achieving Efficient, Carbon Neutral Schools

To celebrate Earth Day in 2022, NBI released the Decarbonization Roadmap Guide for School Building Decisionmakers. The guide outlines achievable goals that result in healthy, affordable, all-electric facilities, and explains...

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Plug-In Heat Pump Water Heaters: An Early Look to 120 Volt Products

In this webinar, NBI's Amruta Khanolkar will give an overview of the emerging, retrofit ready 120V heat pump water heaters (HPWH) and findings from the California statewide field validation effort...

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IFMA’s Facility Fusion

With sweeping changes in work and workplace, it’s imperative for facility management professionals to lead their organizations to higher levels of performance and experience. Hosted by the association that has...

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Green Schools Conference

The Green Schools Conference (GSC) is the only event to bring together all the players involved in making green schools a reality: people who lead, operate, build and teach in...

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2023 Midwest Energy Solutions Conference

Once a year, MEEA invites all energy stakeholders to gather at our annual Midwest Energy Solutions Conference to raise awareness and reinforce the importance of energy efficiency in the Midwest...

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Efficient and Healthy Schools Campaign Webinar Series Track 2: Emissions Reduction and Resilience

Participating schools and districts will complete a 3-part webinar series (Jan-Mar 2023) to learn about assessment tools and get assistance in planning activities. Schools must complete a final plan describing...

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Efficient and Healthy Schools Campaign Webinar Series Track 1: Energy Efficiency Plus Health

Participating schools and districts will complete a 3-part webinar series (Jan-Mar 2023) to learn about assessment tools and get assistance in planning activities. Schools must complete a final plan describing...

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Unpacking the 2024 IECC Residential Public Comment Draft

The residential section of the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) has been released for public comment. Watch NBI and NRDC experts in this on-demand webinar that summarizes the major...

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PhiusCon 2022

PhiusCon (formerly North American Passive House Conference) is the leading passive building conference for climate-specific zero energy design, construction, and building science expertise. Now in its 16th year, the conference...

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Embodied Carbon: Deeper Decarbonization of the Built Environment

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocates billions of dollars toward low-embodied carbon material procurement, documentation, and labeling as new policies seek low-carbon solutions. As materials and construction account for 11%...

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Efficient and Healthy Schools Campaign Recognition Kick Off Webinar

K-12 schools can gain national recognition for efforts to improve school facilities with the Efficient and Healthy Schools Campaign. In this free webinar, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and...

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