Past Events

ESUS Webinar: Destination Circular Economy

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

View Recording

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

Register Now!

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.

Register Now!

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

Register Now!

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.

Keep the Lights on this Summer with CHP

Tuesday, June 28th, 2022

10:00 am – 11:00 am CT

Facilities are increasingly concerned with power resilience for continuity of operations during outages that can occur with storm events or other causes. The drive to improve efficiency, resiliency and have a sustainable source of power is ever-present. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) offers both power resilience for confident emergency preparedness and energy efficiency essential for maintaining power during an outage. The Department of Energy’s Southcentral CHP Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAP) will be leading a webinar on the opportunities and applications of CHP that can be used to keep your lights on in the summer.

Register Here

Register Now!

The Upper West CHP TAP invites you to join this panel for an exploration of the use of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) with agriculture production. Agriculture facilities have distinct energy use profiles and opportunities for CHP. Learn how dairies, dryland and irrigated agriculture, greenhouses, and more can improve energy efficiency, save money, and reduce GHG emissions with CHP.

Speaker: Prof David Greenfield

This session will provide an overview of the concept of circular economy and how it links to the broader sustainability discussions that are currently taking place across the world. David will cover some real-life examples of how circular economy works and also provide tips on how we as facility manager can incorporate a circular mindset to make a difference.

View Recording

Location: Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78759 USA

Schedule

Register