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Your April registration carries over to the new July date. If you are unable to attend, please let amy@aminc.org know.
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By understanding available, high-performance technologies and the ways each aspect of a building works together, building owners, designers and operators can plan improvements that not only save time, money, and energy—but also improve occupant health, comfort, wellbeing, and productivity. This range of positive health outcomes is supported by recent peer-reviewed research studies on the benefits of daylighting, lighting, and ventilation on a variety of health aspects including cognition, sleep, and absenteeism.
This session will introduce building-industry decisionmakers to several energy-efficient technologies applicable to retrofits and new construction, with an emphasis on approaches to upgrading existing buildings to meet current and emerging building performance standards, such as the Washington State Clean Building Standard.
Learn Objectives:
- Understand the value of sequencing building upgrades and integrating the following emerging technologies to maximize cost and energy savings.
- Learn how energy-saving technologies can further benefit occupant health and well-being.
- Understand some of the primary considerations and best practices when deciding what upgrades to employ in your building(s).
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The IFMA Foundation is offering scholarship opportunities to those interested in earning their Sustainability Facility Professional® (SFP®) credential. The Eric Teicholz Sustainability scholarship currently has 35 awardees from 11 countries.
Applications are due July 19.
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For the third year in a row, we are working with IFMA National to grant (5) free base professional memberships as a thank you to FM professionals for their contributions and to attract new FMs to our group. If you know of an FM who would benefit from IFMA membership, please send us a note at melanie.danuser@buildingpotential.org | | |
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Clean Buildings Incentive Program – Bellevue & Issaquah
The Cities of Bellevue and Issaquah are helping large buildings (20,000+ sf) to reduce energy use, save on costs, and comply with WA State Clean Buildings Law. Free building energy services include energy benchmarking, scoping assessments, incentive navigation, and compliance reporting support – an estimated $18,000 value.
Sign-up today: Bellevue | Issaquah
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Research Opportunity with Edo!
The Edo Product team is looking for Building Operator input to help shape the future of our Demand Response/Flexibility product. Tristan and Jess from Edo would like to spend ~30-45 minutes with individual facility managers and engineers. During that time, they’ll ask questions about your work experience and share early prototypes of Edo's new products. These sessions will help Edo build better tools for facility managers participating in Utility Demand Flexibility programs. As a small token of their appreciation, they’ll provide participants with a $30-50 gift card to a retailer/restaurant in their area.
If interested, please reach out to tristanr@edoenergy.com or sign up for a meeting time here: Book time with Tristan Reni: Edo Research Opportunity
About Edo: Edo reduces costs and carbon in commercial buildings by deploying hardware, software, and services to improve efficiency and position owners to unlock new revenue from the grid. Visit our website at: https://edoenergy.com/
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New Benchmarking Technical Assistance Offerings
The benchmarking help desk has expanded technical assistance offerings to assist building owners, managers, and service providers with completing benchmark reports. In addition to emailing the help desk for compliance support, you can now directly schedule 1-1 appointments with technical assistance staff or sign up for weekly office hours.
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Schedule a 1-1 Appointment: Virtual appointments (up to 25 minutes) are offered weekly and can be scheduled for assistance with setting up buildings in Portfolio Manager, completing the enrollment process for automated utility uploads, troubleshooting data errors, and Portfolio Manager account review for those who benchmark campuses or own/manage multiple buildings. 1-1 appointments are best suited for users that have started the benchmarking process and need assistance updating existing Portfolio Manager accounts.
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Sign-up for Weekly Office Hours: Help desk is hosting virtual weekly office hours (in small groups) on Tuesdays from 11: 00 AM – 12:00 PM (PST). The virtual office hours held over Zoom include a brief benchmarking compliance overview and a Q +A segment to answer specific questions. Virtual office hours are open to everyone, but best suited to assist folks new the benchmarking compliance process that need assistance getting started.
Do you need to report gas consumption in Portfolio Manager?
PSE will continue to offer free online training for Seattle building owners and managers who need assistance completing enrollment in EnergyCAP® automated data exchange. Sessions are every Thursday at 1:00 PM (PST) - register here. You can also check out the updated benchmarking How to Guide, which now includes end-to-end instructions to complete enrollment in PSE EnergyCAP® for annual reporting.
Please note: Benchmarking reports are due June 1, 2024. Failure to submit an accurate annual benchmarking report will result in a $2,000 fine for properties between 20,000 and 50,000 square feet and a $4,000 fine for buildings larger than 50,000 square feet.
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International Facility Management Association
5727 Baker Way NW Suite 200 | Gig Harbor, WA 98332
(253) 265-3042
https://www.ifma.org/
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