Community Events

Join us in Boston for a Pro Tour of an innovative new school and community facility, located on a tight, one-acre site in Boston’s dense, historic Chinatown. This building is a transformative example of high-performance, sustainable, and inclusive school. Designed to serve 650 students in grades 6- ...

The BE+ Building Tech Forum is back! Keep your finger on the pulse of industry transformation and connect with 300+ leading architects, engineers, building owners, operators, contractors, manufacturers, utility reps, sustainability consultants, investors, lenders, and more.

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Join NESEA for a Pro Tour that demonstrates, at real scale, how high-performance building strategies can directly support both climate goals and housing affordability. We will be touring and learning about a new development in Dorchester that delivers 12 affordable homeownership units across four ...

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a new, all-electric, 6,000-square-foot nature conservancy headquarters in Southern New Hampshire. This recently completed net-zero energy building demonstrates how high-performance, low-carbon goals can be achieved within a typical nonprofit construction budget when ...

On September 4, NESEA returns to Burlington, VT for an in-depth Pro Tour of a new, all-electric high school and tech center. We’ll be visiting a 250,000 square-foot campus and learning from the professionals behind the project how it all came together.

Join NESEA for an in-depth Pro Tour of a redesigned and fiercely independent art center that dates back to 1979 when it became a haven for radical art and radical politics, squatters and hardcore punks. Over the decades, as other downtown spaces went under or were priced out, this space has endured ...

NESEA returns to New York’s Capital District for a Pro Tour of a new, 3-phase Passive House development project. When complete, this development will total over 200,000 square feet and provide a total of 168 Passive House-certified units, making it one of the largest Phius-certified projects to ...

NESEA is excited to announce the date for our next BuildingEnergy NYC Conference: October 15, 2026! We will be back at Convene 237 Park Ave. for an inspiring day of learning and connecting with a wide array of industry leaders and emerging professionals.

SOLAR 2026 will be held in partnership with the Texas Solar Energy Society (TXSES) during its landmark 50th anniversary year.

The conference brings the solar community together to accelerate the adoption of solar energy as the solution for providing our buildings, homes, and communities

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Join NESEA in Connecticut for a Pro Tour featuring an exciting collaboration between two NESEA Bottom Lines members (Wolfworks and Rare Forms), showcasing a new, single family home, built from straw panels to reduce embodied carbon.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour where we will learn about East Montpelier Vermont's decision to electrify their city garage, which could be a replicable solution for other towns in the Northeast. This is the first building of its kind that NESEA has featured in our Pro Tour program.

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of an occupied 19th century factory building undergoing a re-renovation and electrification using historic tax credits. There are numerous points of interest in this project, including updating to air-to-water electric heating and cooling with minimized refrigerant ...

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of an innovative Single-family home featuring new wood-frame construction on concrete bond beam over 1892 stone foundation. This interesting project uses wood stove heating with no mechanical cooling, heating the home with mechanical ventilation. An attached greenhouse is ...

Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of the landmarked Harlem River Houses, New York City’s first purpose-built public housing development. This development has undergone a thorough and senstive renewal, updating the building for its residents while preserving its historic character. Originally built in 1937 ...