Join us for Smart Buildings Exchange Next Week!
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!
Registration Open for Smart Buildings Exchange, Aug 24-25!
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Smart Buildings Exchange website sbxconference.org! The free two-day virtual event to be held August 24th and 25th 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, and post-COVID building occupancy.
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.
For more information about ways your organization or business can participate in the conference, please download our Sponsorship Prospectus or contact Brittany.Quigley@neec.net for customized sponsorship/partnership opportunities.
Register for free today!
Free BOMA Webinar: Seattle Building Code – Calculating the Occupant Load of Office Spaces
May 12, 2021 | 12pm – 1pm
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This free webinar will benefit: building managers, leasing professionals, project managers, space planners, and architects.
As tenants and property professionals prepare for increasing numbers of tenants returning to the office, many are considering alterations to tenant spaces. BOMA is offering this free webinar to members and non-members to clarify the design and configuration requirements of the current building code.
Among the topics covered will be calculating the occupant load of spaces. The building code requires all spaces to be loaded fully for the purpose of egress capacity and plumbing fixture requirements. These code requirements do not reflect the non-simultaneous manner that office spaces may be used where the occupants of conference rooms are drawn from surrounding open office area. The number of occupants per suite may require limitation in order to not overload the egress system or the plumbing fixture capacity of the story. Maximum occupant limitations for individual spaces and meeting the egress requirements per suite will be discussed.
Speakers:
Ardel Jala, PE, Building Official, City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections
Richard Pellinger, Building Plans Examiner Supervisor, City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections
Amie Joyce, IIDA, LEED, ID & C, Weaver Architects
Topics:
- SDCI policies for designating a space as Assembly, Office Areas, or the non-simultaneous business use areas (new in 2018 SBC) and the resulting code impacts.
- SDCI policies around non-simultaneous occupancy for the purpose of determining egress, plumbing fixtures or risk category designation.
- Design and treatment of smaller tenant suites.
- Egress design and review of multi-suite office floors and full floor tenant improvements. Including review of occupant loads from a single-tenant and the potential impact to other tenant spaces based on the existing egress capacity from the story.
- Code compliant options to increase existing egress capacity – Sprinklers, Fire alarm, horizontal exits
- What does post-pandemic return to work look like?
Webinar: Buildings, Health & Efficiency: How Lighting Controls Bring It All Together
Wednesday May 19th
10-11 a.m. PDT
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The COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness of the critical role that buildings play in our personal health, well-being and happiness. As we build back from the pandemic, the industry is rethinking how we approach health in commercial spaces. Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) can achieve substantial energy savings (on average up to 63%) and represent the most intuitive, flexible lighting control systems on the market. Beyond these benefits, they can also influence how buildings impact our health. With sensors in every fixture, LLLC offers buildings a distributed mesh-network throughout a space. This has the potential to revolutionize how we monitor and respond to environmental factors that impact human health. Learn how LLLC could be used in countless ways to improve health and efficiency, including:
- Space utilization and optimization
- Asset tracking
- Security and safety
- Ventilation and thermal comfort
- Visual comfort and circadian dosing
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