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BuildingEnergy NYC 2025 Conference Events

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Community Event

Please join us for a light breakfast while you visit the exhibitors at the Trade Show.

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Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

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The member businesses of the Seed Collaborative pursue a common mission: to lock carbon into the walls of buildings through the use of straw structural insulated panels (S-SIPs). The… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Forum

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Community Event

Have a cup of coffee or a snack while visiting the exhibit tables.

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Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

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How do high performance building practitioners persuade clients to pursue deep reductions in operational and embodied carbon? Industry experts from architecture, energy consulting, and… Full Description

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Room/Location: Innovation Space

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By sharing measured results from multifamily housing ventilation system retrofits across organizations, this group of industry leaders comes together to accelerate learning and raise the… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Forum

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New York State is leading by example to decarbonize facilities in support of the state’s climate action goals. State entities (Office of General Services and SUNY) managing large… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Hub

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This session explores NYC’s first C-PACE financing for a co-op, highlighting how a mission-driven financing approach unlocked decarbonization for a traditionally hard-to-serve building… Full Description

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Room/Location: Club Parlor

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Community Event

Have a cup of coffee or a snack while visiting the exhibit tables.

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Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

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Can the fight against climate change also create a more resilient and emergency-ready campus? Stony Brook University’s decarbonization efforts prioritize resilience and engagement of a… Full Description

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Room/Location: Innovation Space

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This panel will highlight practical lessons and past experiences of designing energy efficiency and decarbonization programs and projects with communities in mind. We will focus on how… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Forum

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Embodied carbon assessments have traditionally excluded MEP systems, but recent analyses show MEP systems contribute more embodied carbon than structures and enclosures for certain… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Hub

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This session will focus on how AI is impacting project workflows today. One of AI’s strengths is reducing manual effort and enabling analysis at a scale not feasible with human labor… Full Description

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Room/Location: Club Parlor

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM

Community Event

Enjoy lunch while networking with other attendees, speakers, and sponsors.

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Community Event

NESEA Lifetime Members and BE the Future Scholarship recipients are invited to bring their lunches to the Board Room to make new connections.

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Room/Location: Board Room

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM

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The building decarbonization conversation is shifting from one focused on emissions, energy use and cost, towards something more tangible: the air people breathe, the buildings they live… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Hub

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As AI reshapes, well, everything, practitioners are asking: How can I use AI to expand my impact without compromising my values or professional judgment? This session presents… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Forum

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In many affordable housing preservation projects, seemingly good electrification projects are deemed infeasible. We present real NYC projects where the decision was made not to electrify… Full Description

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Room/Location: Club Parlor

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The housing and climate crises demand scalable, high-performance solutions, but the building industry remains structurally fragmented—more Tower of Babel than interconnected system. This… Full Description

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Room/Location: Innovation Space

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM

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Have a cup of coffee or a snack while visiting the exhibit tables.

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Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM

Community Event

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Room/Location: Club Parlor

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Everyone knows sustainable design is good for people and the planet—like spinach, it’s good for us, but not everyone wants a bite. This interactive session shows how to make… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Forum

Speakers: Juan GuarinJana Silsby

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This session presents lessons learned and actionable recommendations for designers, operators, and owners of central heat pump water heater systems (CHPWHs) from on-going research of… Full Description

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Room/Location: The Hub

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Deep energy retrofits are critical to achieving climate goals while preserving affordable housing. This session examines the transformation of Whitney Young Manor, a 195-unit multifamily… Full Description

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Room/Location: Innovation Space

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 4:15 PM to 4:45 PM

Community Event

Join us for the conference's closing reception, celebrating a day of learning and new connections.

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Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Community Event

Keep the conversation going, connect with speakers and fellow attendees, and meet next year's conference chairs at our after party! We'll gather just down the street at St. Pat's Bar and… Full Description

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Room/Location: St. Pat's Bar & Grill