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. Guest speaker Grayson Jordan from "The Beacon" project will share experiences, challenges, and successes in leveraging both BOE and EDS for transformational outcomes.
Past Events
BuildingEnergy Pre-Conference Webinar
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
BuildingEnergy Pre-Conference Webinar
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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.
BuildingEnergy Pro Tour
Friday, September 20, 2024
Our thanks go out to our attendees, sponsors, and hosts for making this such a great event. You can see a photo gallery from this Pro Tour here.
Join NESEA for this special Pro Tour event: we’ll be visiting a new, free-standing single-family home and the modular manufacturing facility where it was pre-fabricated.
BuildingEnergy Pro Tour
Friday, September 6, 2024
Join us for a Pro Tour of a recently renovated historic building in New Haven, CT! During this event, attendees will learn how the project team transformed this building, originally a hotel from 1816, into a Passive House-certified commercial space while preserving its historic facade and place in the community.
BuildingEnergy Pro Tour
Friday, August 23, 2024
Join us for a summer Pro Tour of an integrated, mixed-use, phased development project encompassing nearly a full city block in Brooklyn, NY. We will be touring two completed buildings, which are now dedicated to affordable and supportive housing. This four-building project provides an example of phased construction using common-sense sustainability measures for an underserved population.
BuildingEnergy Pro Tour
Friday, August 9, 2024
Join us for a summer Pro Tour of a 1782 Vermont Farmhouse, currently under construction for a zero-energy retrofit and expansion in beautiful Reading, Vermont. This project combines an energy retrofit on a historic Cape and a high-performance vernacular addition built off-site to create a net zero energy building with reduced embodied carbon. This 4181 sq. ft. square-foot building and features updated hydronics, appliances, an air-water heat pump, EV charging, whose energy use is balanced via on-site photovoltaic electrical generation. The building was designed to blend into its rural... Full Description
BuildingEnergy Planning Meeting
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Share your vision for BuildingEnergy Boston 2025!
BuildingEnergy Boston is designed by and for practitioners (like you) in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Share your vision and help to shape next year's event by attending the Open Planning Meeting on June 27. BuildingEnergy Boston 2025 will take place March 2025.
BuildingEnergy Pro Tour
Friday, June 21, 2024
This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled for later in the year.
BuildingEnergy Planning Meeting
Thursday, June 13, 2024
The BuildingEnergy NYC 2024 Content Committee will be meeting in-person to make final decisions about conference session proposals and the 2024 conference session lineup. This meeting is private, open only to the NESEA Member-volunteers serving on this year's committee.
Please contact Ben Sachs-Hamilton, NESEA Conference Manager, at bsachs-hamilton@nesea.org with any questions.
BuildingEnergy Pro Tour
Friday, June 7, 2024
You can see photos from this Pro Tour here...
On June 7, NESEA is offering a tour of a new passive house rental community that is currently under construction in Storrs, CT. This is a chance for attendees to go behind-the-scenes with the project team, to learn about the work being done, and to see the project before it’s finished.