Past Events

Join our expert panel for a conversation about how high-performance infrastructure, including CHP and microgrids, can help end-users optimize energy infrastructure and power generation to achieve their decarbonization and climate risk goals. This session will also discuss the economic advantages of CHP systems and how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) energy tax credits can help overcome investment hurdles.

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
10 am – 11 am Central Time

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Speakers: 

• Jonathan Kraatz, Executive Director, USGBC Texas
• Jerome Garciano, Esq., CPA, LEED A.P, Polsinelli
• Marina Badoian-Kriticos, Director, Upper-West CHP TAP
• Pam Gallagher, Assistant Director, Southcentral & Upper-West CHP TAP

DOE’s CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships (CHP TAPs) promote and assist in transforming the market for CHP, waste heat to power, and district energy technologies/concepts throughout the United States.

Join AMB Sports and Entertainment to learn about their sustainability journey on July 31st. The presentation will detail their operational playbook that led Mercedes-Benz Stadium to becoming the first stadium in the world to achieve TRUE Platinum certification for zero waste.

Date: July 31^st 2023

11:30am to 12:30pm EST

Speakers are:

Andrew Bohenko – Sustainability Initiatives Manager

Dawn Brown – Senior Manager Stadium Tours & Education Programs

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Join us for an informative webinar focusing on the application of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in recreational athletic facilities such as the new Aquatic Center of Round Rock Independent School District (ISD) and how it was designed and built with the goal of minimizing its operational costs. A panel of experts will discuss the drivers for and impact of installing CHP in this exemplary facility.

Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
11 am – 12 noon Central Time

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LEARN FROM AN EXPERT

• Understand what CHP is and the benefits end users receive
• Identify the different CHP applications and technologies
• Insight into the new CHP installation at the Aquatic center of Round Rock ISD, located in Round Rock, Texas
• To navigate different resources available for CHP

Who should attend?        

• Facility Managers
• Energy Managers
• Sustainability Officers
• Resiliency Officers
• Engineers
• K-12 and Higher Education Staff

• Doug Edgar, Vice President of Operations, White Harvest Energy
• Pam Gallagher, Assistant Director, Southcentral & Upper-West CHP TAP
• Christian Jones, Research Assistant, Southcentral & Upper-West CHP TAP

DOE’s CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships (CHP TAPs) promote and assist in transforming the market for CHP, waste heat to power, and district energy technologies/concepts throughout the United States.

Join our expert panel for an interactive conversation about the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act energy and climate provisions for clean energy investments, including combined heat and power (CHP). This session will discuss how energy provisions in the bill will help accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies and build an affordable and reliable energy sector while lowering emissions and decreasing operational costs, and how this can help you achieve your LEED certification goals.
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023
11 am – 12 noon Central Time

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ESUS Webinar: Destination Circular Economy

Wednesday, November 9th, 2022, 12 pm – 1 pm CT

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Develop an understanding of Circular Economy (CE) and how it is succeeding in the built environment with specific examples. Learn ways to introduce the CE thought process into your organization. Understand what are some of the future endeavors in the circular economy evolution and the opportunities to participate.

ESUS Webinar: Chemistry 101 for Building Managers

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 12 pm – 1 pm CT

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Facility managers are charged with maintaining healthy built environments. With the flux of tenants and occupants, there is a constant flow of materials being moved in and out of a facility. These facility materials may be in the form of renovation construction materials or technology equipment. Often, materials arrive with possible unknowns and unintended consequences. In this session, you will learn the basic chemistry behind how common indoor air pollutants behave. Understanding this basic behavior will help you manage the air quality in the built environment. Knowing which products will off gas over a short time period versus which will accumulate in dust over the duration of their lifespan will have significant implications on mitigation strategies. Understanding how real-world conditions will impact the products in a space is essential to crafting your own management plans. Toolkits and mitigation strategies will be shared with you to put into practice knowledge gained.

Join Hannah Debelius of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Program and Eliot Crowe of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to explore key opportunities and resources for realizing energy and emissions reductions in buildings and making progress toward carbon goals. DOE’s Better Climate Challenge encourages organizations to set ambitious emissions reduction targets and supports staff in realizing progress through robust technical assistance, pathways to reductions, and open access resources based on real world barriers. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab will share all the basics and advanced innovation on Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) including trends, how facility managers can utilize these tools, and what’s next.

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT

Speaker: Charlie Cichetti, LEED Consultant and Trainer

Hear from our green (and healthy) building experts about the shift from operating carbon (building efficiency) to embodied carbon (supply chain and materials). By 2035, experts predict that the biggest energy/carbon demand will come from embodied carbon, as our buildings continue to become greener & more efficient. While we still have work to do on both fronts, join us to learn where mandates are popping up and how you can navigate this evolution in green buildings. We will also highlight tools to track all of this information.

Charlie Cichetti is a LEED Fellow who has dedicated his career to the green building movement – education, consulting, and technology. He has years of experience in commercial construction, real estate development, and LEED consulting. Mr. Cichetti actually was one of the first professionals to hold all of the LEED credentials. He is a sought-after trainer and speaker on green building topics.

Wed, Jul 27, 2022 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM CT

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This webinar will introduce and demonstrate EPA’s new Portfolio Manager Building Emissions Calculator. You’ll learn how the Calculator seamlessly pulls data from Portfolio Manager to help you estimate your building’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, support GHG emissions inventories, evaluate emissions under local building performance standards, and forecast the impact of changes in building efficiency and energy procurement.