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Smart Buildings Exchange Preliminary Agenda Now Available!

April 19, 2022 By Britton Rife

The preliminary agenda for Smart Buildings Exchange 2022 is now available at sbxconference.org/agenda! The free, three-day virtual event to be held August 22-24 will explore the market opportunity for smart buildings through interactive conference sessions featuring a mix of panel discussions and case study presentations on the future of energy services and the built environment, grid-interactive efficient buildings, the role of smart buildings in carbon emission reductions, and more.

View the agenda and register for free today!

In-Person Networking Events
On August 24th, regional in-person networking events featuring a livestreamed conference session on how smart technologies can support building performance reporting will be held. If you are interested in hosting an in-person SBX networking event in your region, please contact Britton Rife to coordinate. Recommended guidelines for hosting the in-person networking events can be found here. Stay tuned for more details as plans are developed!

Sponsorship Opportunities
For more information about ways your organization or business can participate in the conference, please download our Sponsorship Prospectus or contact Stan Price for customized sponsorship/partnership opportunities.

Register for free today!

Registration Open for Smart Buildings Exchange, Aug 22-24!

March 2, 2022 By Britton Rife

The Smart Buildings Center is excited to announce that registration for Smart Buildings Exchange 2022 is now open! The free, three-day virtual event to be held August 22-24 will explore the role of smarter buildings in a changing energy landscape through interactive conference sessions focused on topics including:

Building electrification & decarbonization
System integration & cybersecurity
Smart technology’s role in improving ESG reporting
IT/OT network design & interoperability
Indoor air quality and occupant health & wellness
The evolving buildings operation & maintenance workforce
Optimizing buildings for hybrid work environments

Call for Speakers & Content
Do you have a suggestion for a dynamic speaker or topic with demonstrated application of smart technologies in buildings that should be considered for the SBX2022 agenda? If so, please send your ideas to Britton Rife. Any suggestions are appreciated!

In-Person Networking Events
In addition to the virtual conference sessions, regional in-person networking events featuring a livestreamed keynote address are being planned. If you are interested in hosting an in-person SBX networking event in your region, please contact Britton Rife to coordinate. Stay tuned for more details as plans are developed!

Sponsorship Opportunities
For more information about ways your organization or business can participate in the conference, please download our Sponsorship Prospectus or contact Stan Price for customized sponsorship/partnership opportunities.

Register for free today!

Smart Buildings Exchange Session Recordings Available!

September 2, 2021 By Britton Rife

Last week the first annual Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) delivered a value-packed two days of conversations focused on today’s opportunities for technologies and practices that improve the intelligent operation of commercial and institutional buildings.

The conference kicked off with a moderated panel discussion featuring the chief executives of electric utilities joining experts from the Rocky Mountain Institute and Microsoft to discuss the quickly evolving world of carbon emissions, electric utilities and the customers they serve. Following the plenary session were sessions that ranged from grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs), to the role of artificial intelligence in building operations, to challenges in workforce skills development in a rapidly changing operations environment – and more.

The session recordings are now available on the Smart Buildings Center YouTube Channel so you can watch any you missed and rewatch any you enjoyed.

Thank you to all sponsors, planning committee members, speakers, and attendees who helped make the event a success!

Join us for Smart Buildings Exchange Next Week!

August 17, 2021 By Britton Rife

Smart Buildings Exchange (SBX) is next week — join us for the free two-day virtual event on August 24-25! The event will dive deep into the role of smarter buildings in a changing energy landscape through interactive conference sessions on grid-interactive efficient buildings, workforce development to meet the needs of the smart, clean and efficient buildings industry, post-COVID building occupancy, artificial intelligence & machine learning in buildings, and more.

About the event
Throughout the built environment, new technologies are connecting building systems and occupants in ways that generate new and exciting opportunities. From enabling buildings to perform for occupants and owners in previously unimaginable ways, to leveraging buildings to accelerate smart cities and the clean energy transition for a cleaner and healthier planet, the opportunities are countless and inspiring. The Smart Buildings Exchange brings together the key audiences to challenge the hype, bear witness to the innovation, and explore the business case for accelerating the adoption and commercialization of smart buildings technologies and practices.

Through the virtual conference platform you can add the sessions you want to attend to your agenda, connect and network with other attendees, and access sponsor resources. View the full agenda and register for free today!

Join the SBX 2021 Virtual Tour of a Digital Twin

July 27, 2021 By Britton Rife

The Smart Buildings Exchange 2021 FREE virtual conference has plenty of exciting sessions that explore the technology and practices of smart buildings. Certainly, the end of day one of the conference has something very special for attendees. Willow, one of the world’s leading companies in building digital twin technology will take you on a “tour” of a 2.1 million square foot office building in New York City. As landlords, occupiers and governments are reconfiguring their investment priorities for physical assets in a post-COVID environment, digital twins are enabling them to maximize investments and extend the life of buildings. Tour guides Ian Siegel and Chris Manna of Willow will show how this technology is actively deployed to help achieve cost and operational efficiencies.

Join building owners/managers, facility professionals, utilities, and industry representatives to learn more about the how and why of smart buildings. View the full conference agenda and register for free today!

SBX 2021 Session Highlight: Workforce Skill Development for a Smart Building Future

July 13, 2021 By Britton Rife

The Smart Buildings Exchange virtual conference, August 24-25, will dive deep into the role of smarter buildings in a changing energy landscape. Day 1 of the event will feature an engaging discussion on the importance of workforce skill development in meeting the needs of the smart, clean and efficient buildings industry.

Workforce Skill Development for a Smart Building Future

Creating and maintaining a building environment that is healthy, comfortable, and productive for occupants has always been challenging. That challenge is growing exponentially today as building systems become more sophisticated and employee expectations for their indoor environment become a critical component of talent acquisition and retention. These challenges are creating need for new skills and abilities for all who bear the responsibility for making buildings work better. Leading building owner/manager organizations and the Biden administration’s Better Buildings program effort are focusing on the issue of workforce development. This session will bring practitioners from the front lines of workforce development to talk about how training programs are addressing this need from entry-level to on-the-job training and how these programs open the door to a more diversified workforce in this important area.

Panelists include Melanie Danuser, Smart Buildings Center, Lindsey Falasca, Building Innovation Hub, and Madeline Salzman, U.S. Department of Energy. The discussion will be moderated by Diane Levine with the IFMA Foundation.

View the full conference agenda and register for free today!