Webinar
Decarbonization That Works: From Targets to Results
October 16, 2026
How can building owners and operators turn decarbonization goals into projects that improve performance and reduce operating costs? Drawing on his book and experience developing corporate energy and sustainability programs, Mike Dieterich will walk through a five-step framework: understand your systems, identify priorities, execute effectively, verify performance, and scale what works. Practical examples will connect
Incentive Updates: Use City Light Funding and Expertise for Your Energy Projects
September 15, 2026
Seattle City Light incentives and expertise can help you ensure the electricity used in your building systems is as efficient and emissions-free as possible. With upcoming annual rate increases it becomes even more important to use electricity wisely. Seattle City Light’s Customer Energy Solutions Division staff will share information on the latest incentive program improvements
A Guide to the Guide: “Decarbonizing Building Thermal Systems: A How-to Guide for Heat Pump Systems and Beyond”
August 31, 2026
This publication, produced by NREL in conjunction with the US Department of Energy and ASHRAE offers essential guidance as we prepare to decarbonize and electrify buildings through the application of heat pump systems. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN This webinar seeks to facilitate answering the following questions: AUDIENCE Building owners, facility managers, HVAC engineers and installers,
Get to Know Air-Source Heat Pump Chillers – Technology, Lessons Learned, and Design Considerations
August 12, 2026
This presentation explores the shift toward air-source heat pump chiller (ASHPC) technology driven by Washington’s evolving energy codes and global decarbonization goals. Participants will learn to define capabilities and differentiate the reality of these machines from their common misconceptions. Also explored will be the technical nuances of modularity and compressor types. You will hear lessons
Electrifying the Ocean Pavilion: Connected Systems Help Showcase Our Connected Waters
August 12, 2026
How do you electrify a waterfront aquarium while maintaining precise environmental conditions for marine life? This session tells the story of the Ocean Pavilion, from early goals through implementation, highlighting how heat pump technology enabled a low-carbon solution. The presentation connects technical design with climate and operational outcomes. What you will learn Audience Policy makers,
Performance Commissioning: Delivering High-Performance Buildings and Enabling Electrification
May 15, 2026
Commissioning (Cx) is one of the most impactful actions you can take to ensure your building performs as intended — both today and into the future. Performance commissioning is often the missing step in both new construction and low-carbon retrofit projects and is a leading reason buildings fail to meet energy targets, systems do not
Deliver High Performance Heat Pump Retrofits
May 15, 2026
Heat pumps are receiving more attention from our industry and homeowners than ever before. And unless you have a plan for how to retrofit this equipment into existing homes, the results may disappoint you. In this session, David Richardson will layout a blueprint for how you can add High Performance Heat Pump Retrofits to your
Urban Business District Lighting Review
May 15, 2026
Outdoor urban lighting can be a challenging and often poorly understood endeavor. More is not necessarily more for either human vision or security. This discussion is based on a recent series of walks through several areas of downtown Seattle at night with a varied group of participants looking critically at existing installation types and opportunities
Selling Energy Projects with Pro Forma Thinking
May 14, 2026
Energy projects don’t fail in engineering – they fail in the boardroom. If decarbonization is such a no-brainer, why are we still selling it with simple payback?Capital exists and is available to push energy projects and decarbonization. We, as an industry, need to be better at how we ask for that capital. In this webinar,
