Past Events - 2012
Past events for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building Technologies Program are listed below. Please note that the Better Buildings Alliance was formerly known as the Commercial Buildings Energy Alliance (CBEA). Find upcoming events.
| Date | Location | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 20, 2012 | Conference Call | CBEA Laboratories Project Team Call | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET |
| December 11, 2012 | Conference Call | CBEA Lighting and Electrical Project Team Call | 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET |
| December 6, 2012 | Conference Call | CBEA Plug and Process Loads Project Team Call | Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET |
| November 29, 2012 | Webinar: Introduction to the 50% Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDGs) | ||
| November 14, 2012 | Conference Call | Lighting and Electrical Project Team Conference Call | 3:00–4:00 p.m. ET |
| November 8, 2012 | CBEA Laboratories Project Team conference call | ||
| October 29, 2012 | Hospital Energy Alliance Steering Committee conference call | ||
| October 25, 2012 | Retailer Energy Alliance Steering Committee conference call | ||
| October 24, 2012 | Commercial Real Estate Energy Alliance Steering Committee conference call | ||
| October 23, 2012 | Higher Education Energy Alliance Steering Committee conference call | ||
| October 22-25, 2012 | Development ’12: The Annual Meeting for Commercial Real Estate | ||
| October 20-24, 2012 | EEI Fall National Key Accounts Workshop | ||
| October 16, 2012 | CBEA Laboratories Project Team call | ||
| October 10, 2012 | Webinar: Launch of New Technology Specifications | ||
| October 2-4, 2012 | San Jose, California | Laboratories for the 21st Century Annual Conference | Annual conference for the Laboratories for the 21st Century (Labs21) program. |
| September 27, 2012 | Webinar: The Federal Guiding Principles Checklist in ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager | ||
| September 25-27, 2012 | Scottsdale, Arizona | EEBA: 2012 Conference and Expo | This year's EEBA Conference in Scottsdale, September September 25-27, 2012, featured the best in building science, including presentations from Building America team members. |
| September 24-26, 2012 | Washington, District of Columbia | GreenGov Symposium 2012 | The GreenGov Symposium will bring together leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to identify opportunities to create jobs, grow clean energy industries, and curb pollution by incorporating sustainable practices into the Federal Government's operations. |
| August 28, 2012 | CBEA Laboratories Project Team call | ||
| August 19-22, 2012 | St. Louis, Missouri | GovEnergy 2012 | Join federal employees and energy industry professionals for the 15th Annual GovEnergy Workshop and Tradeshow on August 19-22, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri - The Gateway to Smart Energy Solutions. |
| August 14, 2012 | CBEA High-Efficiency Parking Structure/Parking Lot Project Team call | ||
| August 12-17, 2012 | Pacific Grove, California | 2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings | |
| August 10, 2012 | CBEA packaged HVAC system working group call | ||
| August 8, 2012 | Energy-Goal-Based Building Procurement: Achieving 90% Energy Savings in a Parking Structure | ||
| August 8, 2012 | CBEA built-up HVAC system working group call | ||
| August 2-3, 2012 | Boston, Massachusetts | Municipal Solid-State Lighting Consortium Workshop: Boston, MA | LED street lighting workshop for members of the Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium as well as city, government, and utility officials; designers; consultants; and energy efficiency organizations. |
| August 2, 2012 | Placing Utility Energy Service Contract Task Orders Under a GSA Areawide Contract | ||
| July 30, 2012 | Hydrocarbon Refrigerants in Self-Contained Commercial Refrigeration Equipment | ||
| July 26, 2012 | GovEnergy Webinar Series: Achieving Energy Efficiency in New or Existing Data Centers | ||
| July 19, 2012 | Introduction to Utility Energy Service Contracts | ||
| July 17-19, 2012 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | DOE SSL Market Introduction Workshop: Pittsburgh, PA | The seventh-annual Voices in SSL Efficiency workshop will address the questions and issues associated with the rapidly changing SSL lighting market. In addition to the two-day workshop, DOE offers a half-day of free tutorials on July 17 for newcomers, plus a guided bus tour to local LED installations. |
| July 15-18, 2012 | ASHE 49th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition | ||
| July 12, 2012 | Implementing Deep Retrofits: A Whole Building Approach | ||
| July 12, 2012 | Commissioning Business Case Meeting | ||
| June 29, 2012-July 2, 2012 | NACS Global Forum | ||
| June 28, 2012 | Whole-Building Energy Modeling: Reducing Modeling Time with the OpenStudio 0.8 User Interface and the Building Component Library | ||
| June 28, 2012 | Bloomington, Minnesota | Windows Technology Roadmapping Workshop | Hear the latest updates concerning DOE's windows projects and discuss future goals and priorities for the Buildings Windows R&D Program |
| June 26-28, 2012 | Louisville, Kentucky | FedFleet 2012 | FedFleet 2012 will be held in Louisville, KY at the Galt House Hotel and Kentucky International Convention Center on June 26-28, 2012 with preconference events beginning on June 24. |
| June 25, 2012 | Webinar: Refrigerated Display Case Controls | ||
| June 24-26, 2012 | BOMA International Conference & The Every Building Show | ||
| June 23-28, 2012 | 2012 ASHRAE Annual Conference | ||
| June 21, 2012 | Introduction to Utility Energy Service Contracts | ||
| June 19, 2012 | San Diego, California | Introduction to UESC Workshop | This workshop will provide Federal procurement teams with an overview of the contracting options and services available from their local utility companies to engineer, finance, and install cost effective energy and water savings projects. |
| June 13-14, 2012 | San Jose, California | DOE SSL Manufacturing R&D Workshop: San Jose, CA | This fourth-annual workshop will host lighting industry experts representing the entire breadth of the SSL supply chain. Key agenda topics include global manufacturing trends, strategies for improving product quality and reducing costs, federal funding opportunities, and SSL R&D Manufacturing Roadmap priorities. |
| May 23-24, 2012 | Golden, Colorado | CBEA Efficiency Forum | |
| May 22, 2012 | Introduction to Utility Energy Service Contracts | ||
| May 21-23, 2012 | NACStech | ||
| May 17-19, 2012 | AIA 2012 National Convention and Design Exposition | ||
| May 15, 2012 | Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2012 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption (CBECS) Stakeholder Meeting | ||
| May 9, 2012 | Online | Building Sales with Certification: Quality Control Inspector | Next generation building performance organizations harness the market power found in client awareness of quality and trust. Join us for conversations with home performance contractors and industry experts on communicating the benefits and business case for building performance. This four-part webinar series focuses on growing building performance organizations by adopting industry best practices. Professional certifications provide a recognized platform to build consumer confidence. |
| May 7-11, 2012 | LIGHTFAIR® International | ||
| May 2, 2012 | Online | Building Sales with Certification: Crew Leader | Next generation building performance organizations harness the market power found in client awareness of quality and trust. Join us for conversations with home performance contractors and industry experts on communicating the benefits and business case for building performance. This four-part webinar series focuses on growing building performance organizations by adopting industry best practices. Professional certifications provide a recognized platform to build consumer confidence. |
| April 30, 2012 | Regional Competition: Massachusetts Institute of Technology's MIT Clean Energy Prize (Northeast) | Regional Competition: Massachusetts Institute of Technology's MIT Clean Energy Prize (Northeast) occurs April 30, 2012. | |
| April 30, 2012-May 1, 2012 | Regional Competition: California Institute of Technology's First Look West (Western) | Regional Competition: California Institute of Technology's First Look West (Western) occurs April 30 and May 1, 2012. | |
| April 30, 2012-May 2, 2012 | Denver, Colorado | CleanMed 2012 | |
| April 25, 2012 | Online | Building Sales with Certification: Retrofit Installer Technician | Next generation building performance organizations harness the market power found in client awareness of quality and trust. Join us for conversations with home performance contractors and industry experts on communicating the benefits and business case for building performance. This four-part webinar series focuses on growing building performance organizations by adopting industry best practices. Professional certifications provide a recognized platform to build consumer confidence. |
| April 25, 2012 | Washington, District of Columbia | Federal Partnership for Green Data Centers Meeting | The Federal Partnership for Green Data Centers is a working group composed of representatives from Federal agencies. |
| April 24-26, 2012 | Miami Beach, Florida | NAIOP National Forums Symposium | |
| April 19, 2012 | Webinar: CBEA High-Efficiency Troffer Lighting Specification | ||
| April 10, 2012 | Webinar: Update on the 2012 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) | ||
| April 10, 2012 | Federal Energy and Water Management Awards Criteria Briefing Webinar | The Federal Energy and Water Management Awards Criteria Briefing Webinar provides a general overview of the 2012 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards categories and eligibility requirements. | |
| April 3-5, 2012 | NACS State of the Industry Summit | ||
| April 3, 2012 | 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET | Webcast: Municipal Consortium Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool | In this webcast, Doug Elliott of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will provide an overview of the Consortium’s Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool used to evaluate costs and benefits associated with converting to LED street and roadway lighting. |
| March 29, 2012 | Webinar: Data Center Profiler (DC Pro) Tool Training | ||
| March 27, 2012 | 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET | Webcast: L Prize PAR 38 Competition | In this webcast, Marc Ledbetter of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will share an overview of the PAR 38 competition and explain key changes of the newly retooled competition requirements. Topics will include performance specifications, U.S. content requirements, the product evaluation process, and submission requirements. |
| March 26, 2012 | Webinar: Tools and Best Practices for Implementing Green Leasing | ||
| March 20-22, 2012 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | National Associate of Convenience Stores MPA/MACS Spring Convention & Trade Show | |
| March 20, 2012 | Webinar: Introduction to Utility Energy Service Contract | ||
| March 17-21, 2012 | EEI Spring National Key Accounts Workshop | ||
| March 15, 2012 | Webinar: DOE Commercial Building Energy Asset Rating - Pilot Program Information | ||
| March 14, 2012 | Overview of the U.S. DOE WAPA and FEMP 2012 REC Procurement Offering | Federal agencies interested in meeting their renewable energy goals and mandates, improving the environment and supporting national energy security are invited to join the 2012 renewable energy certificate (REC) solicitation being issued by the Western Area Power Administration. | |
| March 12, 2012 | Webinar: DOE Commercial Building Energy Asset Rating - Pilot Program Information | ||
| March 11-13, 2012 | IFMA Facility Fusion | ||
| March 4-7, 2012 | ASHE 2012 International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning Design and Construction | ||
| February 8-9, 2012 | Burlington, Vermont | Better Buildings by Design | |
| February 6-9, 2012 | Arlington, Virginia | IDEA’s 25th Annual Campus Energy Conference and Distribution Workshop | |
| February 2, 2012 | 1:30 p.m. ET | FEMP Webcast: Outdoor SSL and Spectrally Enhanced Lighting | |
| January 31, 2012-February 2, 2012 | Atlanta, Georgia | Transformations in Lighting: 2012 DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop | This gathering of solid-state lighting professionals is a crossroad where the nation's top researchers and lighting industry leaders meet to explore the science challenges and technology hurdles that must be addressed for SSL to succeed. The ninth annual workshop offers a unique forum to learn, share, interact, and build partnerships. With its focus on the cutting edge, it's a way to stay current with an industry moving at warp speed. |
| January 30, 2012-February 2, 2012 | Winter Business Meeting and National Issues Conference | ||
| January 29, 2012-February 1, 2012 | EUEC 15th Annual Conference | ||
| January 29-31, 2012 | FMI Midwinter Executive Conference | ||
| January 25, 2012 | Webinar: High-Performance Parking Structure Lighting for Federal Facilities | ||
| January 24, 2012 | Webinar: High-Performance Parking Lot Lighting for Federal Facilities | ||
| January 23-25, 2012 | 2012 AHR Expo | ||
| January 21-25, 2012 | 2012 ASHRAE Winter Conference | ||
| January 18, 2012 | Webinar: The L Prize-Winning LED A19 (60-Watt Replacement)—What Commercial Building Owners/Operators Can Expect in 2012 | ||
| January 15-18, 2012 | National Retail Federation’s 101st Annual Convention and Expo (Retail’s BIG Show) |




