Webinar Recordings
We invite all who are interested to view the following webinar recordings free of charge. You can view and register for upcoming NESEA webinars and events here. To see upcoming events being hosted by the NESEA community, visit our Community Events Calendar. We will continue to post new webinar recordings as they become available, so check back often!
2024 Webinar Recordings
Wednesday, November 13th: Optimizing Ventilation for Decarbonization
This session will explore how to revitalize and optimize ventilation systems in existing multi-family buildings in New York to bring older, inefficient, and poorly performing ventilation systems in compliance with today’s standards for energy and indoor air quality. The session will include an overview of available financing and energy efficiency incentives to support these projects. Presented by Aeroseal.
Wednesday, October 30th: How CPC Climate Capital Supports New Construction and Retrofits for Clean Energy in Multifamily Housing
Learn about CPC Climate Capital and how they're financing carbon-reducing work on existing and to-be-built multifamily buildings. CPC Climate Capital, a subsidiary of the Community Preservation Corporation, is part of Climate United, a national coalition of three nonprofits that received $6.97 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to finance carbon-reduction projects nationwide.
Wednesday, October 16th: BuildingEnergy NYC Wednesday Webinars: Shaping the Future of Clean and Resilient Design
Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the synergy between NYSERDA's Buildings of Excellence (BOE) Demonstration and Early Design Support (EDS) programs. Learn about groundbreaking affordable multifamily projects that have received funding from both programs, with a special focus on Passive House certified projects. Discover how these programs are helping shape the future of clean and resilient buildings.
Wednesday, October 9th: BuildingEnergy NYC Wednesday Webinars: Decarbonizing New York — Local Law 97 and LEEDv5
Join U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) staff and local experts for a discussion about the next iteration of the LEED green building certification system, LEED v5. USGBC intends to drive the built environment toward a low-carbon future that is equitable and resilient and promotes the wise, safe utilization of all resources. USGBC staff and local experts will guide attendees through the new rating system's structure and explain how to engage in the rating system.
Wednesday, March 13th: Refrigerant Phase-Outs: Explained and Untangled: Pre-Conference Webinar by HTS/DXS/CTI
January 2024 marked the beginning of the HVAC industry’s rapid, widespread and complex refrigerant transition. Many States now have bans on the use of R-410a and R-134a (and others) in air-cooled chillers, already impacting what can and can’t ship in different States. The goal of this presentation is to connect the dots and answer as many questions as possible by sharing everything we know and learned thus far.
2023 Webinar Recordings
Thursday, September 28th: Pre-Conference Webinar by NYSERDA: Multifamily Program Updates
Get ready for BuildingEnergy NYC 2023 by attending this pre-conference webinar sponsored and presented by NYSERDA. The presenters will discuss recent changes to NYSERDA's multifamily programs, and the many ways those programs can support the decarbonization of residential buildings across New York State.
Tuesday, September 12th: Pre-Conference Webinar by Daikin: Inverter Technology Explained
Vince Fuentez, Energy Efficiency Market Transformation Manager at Daikin US, will present an overview of heat pump inverter technology, and why it is critical to improving the performance of heat pump systems, leading to greater heating & cooling comfort and energy savings. The presentation will be accessible to a non-engineering audience.
2022 Webinar Recordings
Friday, September 9th: Inverter Technology: Unlocking the Full Potential of Heat Pumps to Decarbonize the Northeast
During this session you’ll gain a better understanding of what an inverter is, how it impacts heat pump and air conditioner operation, benefits inverters bring to occupants, and how inverters play a crucial role in decarbonizing buildings in NY and the northeast.
Wednesday, August 31: Thermal Energy Networks: An Overview and Project Examples
Thursday, August 25: Funding Available for Customized Building Operations & Maintenance Training
Join us this BuildingEnergy NYC Pre-Conference Webinar to hear how NYSERDA funding can help you develop and deliver a building operations and maintenance (O&M) training program that can optimize your bulldings' operations, save money, reduce your buildings' carbon footprint and improve your tenant's comfort.
Wednesday, August 17: Using Local Law 97 to Close More Projects
The City of New York is known for its dynamic, exciting skylines, but those buildings are a major source of emissions. With Local Law 97, the city is introducing emission limits to organizations responsible for their building emissions. As a solution provider, you have a valuable role in helping buildings comply.
2021 Webinar Recordings
Tuesday, March 9: Daikin & Multifamily: There Is a Better Way!
This was the third installment of Technologies that Improve the Air We Live In presented and sponsored by Daikin. JS Rancourt, Principal at Direct Expansion Solutions (DXS), and Patrick Haydon, Owner at Haycon, will provide an overview for a variety of in-development and completed multifamily building projects throughout the Greater Boston area that are efficient and electrified.
Tuesday, February 9: Making a Difference in Single Family Homes
This was the second installment of a 4-part webinar series, Technologies that Improve the Air We Live In, presented and sponsored by Daikin. This session reviewed the core of Daikin’s next-generation solutions, including inverters, heat pumps, and refrigerants. It also took attendees on virtual tours of the Lynbrook Design Center and of a single-family home installation which integrated next-gen and old-gen heating systems.
Tuesday, January 12: What Does Air Intelligence Really Mean
This was the first of a 4-part webinar series, Technologies that Improve the Air We Live In, presented and sponsored by Daikin. The session looked at solutions to help detect, visualize, and improve common indoor air quality issues in both residential and commercial settings, including airborne particles, carbon dioxide, odors and gases, formaldehyde, ozone, and humidity control.
2020 Webinar Recordings
Thursday, April 2: Getting to Zero: Bringing Residential Electrification to Scale
Thursday, April 16: NESEA Board Service Happy Hour
For this virtual happy hour, Nominating Committee Chair Rachel White, Board Chair Lauren Moss, and other NESEA Board Members walk you through the board job description and share their own experiences serving on the board. The application process for the 2021-2024 board term opens this summer.
Wednesday, April 22: Carbon Drawdown Now! Building to Combat the Climate Crisis
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NESEA teamed up with the R.W. Kern Center for this webinar on the major carbon emissions associated with building, how to use systems thinking and creative material solutions to lower these emissions, and how carbon-smart building can advance climate justice.
Thursday, April 23: Lessons from Bottom Lines: Navigating the Current Landscape
During this presentation, NESEA Board Member and Bottom Lines facilitator Kate Stephenson of HELM Construction Solutions shares case studies detailing how NESEA Business Members are navigating the current economic reality, including relief programs, cashflow, and employee management during the shutdown, and how they are planning for the future.
Tuesday, May 12: Public Handwashing System Design Considerations
This webinar, sponsored by Eemax, is designed for architects, engineers, facility managers, contractors, and builders who work in residential, commercial and industrial applications. It addresses the challenges associated with designing reliable, energy efficient, and code compliant public handwashing stations.
Thursday, May 21: ASHPs and VRF: How About These HFC Refrigerants?
This webinar, sponsored by Daikin, covers the basics of HFC refrigerants, their environmental impacts, and their life safety implications with an introduction to the ASHRAE 15 & 34 standards. You'll learn previous and current phase-outs for refrigerants, as well as next generation refrigerants, and building code implications and limitations that are involved.
Thursday, May 28: Finch Cambridge: Truly Affordable Passive House
Finch Cambridge is the largest new construction affordable housing development in the City of Cambridge, MA in 40 years. As a Passive House project with a 105 kW PV array on the roof, it will also be one of the most operationally energy efficient buildings in MA. This webinar focuses on challenges, approaches tried, and how the extensive team of designers, builders and consultants worked together to execute.
Thursday, June 4: Building In & Building Out: Lessons Learned from Deep Energy Retrofits
Maine Passive House has used two different strategies in retrofitting existing homes. One involves adding insulation to the outside of the building; the other is to add insulation to the inside of the building. Most projects involve a mix of the two strategies. In this webinar, presenters Jennifer Hatch, and Anna Heath, and Jesper Kruse use case studies to discuss lessons learned from the field.
Thursday, June 18: Hempcrete 101: Back to the Future for Natural, Carbon-Beneficial Buildings
Hempcrete is a bio-composite material created from the woody core of the hemp plant combined with a lime-based binder. This webinar takes a deep dive into the rich world of carbon-beneficial materials and help lead our industry in responsible design and construction solutions.
You can also view a recording of the the BuildingEnergy Boston 2019 keynote session, Carbon Drawdown Now! Turning Buildings into Carbon Sinks, here and recordings of several conference sessions from BuildingEnergy Boston 2016 here.
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