Smart Building Center Technical Webinar Series

BOC offers live instructional webinars throughout the year to keep you informed on the dynamic field of facilities management. Learn practical solutions to deal with the energy hogs in your building from industry experts.

For the BOC graduate, successful completion of the webinar and accompanying quiz provides 1.5 points towards maintaining your BOC Credential and .15 IACET CEU’s towards the renewal of industry certifications, certificates and licenses including but not limited to AIA, PE, LEED, IFMA, ASHRAE, and AEE.

The 2020 Webinar Series has concluded. Browse our Webinar Library to see past webinars available in recorded format. 2021 webinars will be announced soon. Signup for our Mailing List to be notified of the next series.

2020 Recorded Webinars

  • Emerging Smart Building Technology & Enhanced Building Performance

    This webinar will introduce smart buildings technologies and practices that harness building data and controls to optimize performance and enable more efficient, comfortable, and cost-effective operations. Opportunities for building retrofits and new construction provide promising pathways for buildings to incrementally implement new technologies and practices to increase efficiency, intelligence, and performance of buildings. Hear from presenters about resources available to help you explore opportunities to make your buildings smarter. (Recorded Feb. 26, 2020)

    Speaker: Melissa Sokolowsky, Smart Buildings Center

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    Fee: $59

  • Improving the Energy Consumption of Pumps

    Focused on pump system optimization, this webinar will give attendees a primer on how pumps operate, pump applications in buildings, how pumps consume energy, and how they can be controlled to optimize energy consumption. Other topics include new DOE pump regulations, market changes, and circulator pump incentive programs. (Recorded April 1, 2020)

    Speaker: Peter Gaydon, Hydraulic Institute

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    Fee: $59

  • Resiliency & Security in Smart Buildings

    The building systems relied upon to improve operational efficiency, safety, and security may be one of the biggest risks to actually improving operational efficiency, safety, and security. Have those cameras or BMS controllers just increased the threat of being hacked? Are biometric readers being used for access control? Do organizational purchasing practices require you to purchase the lowest cost solutions? Are you certain you’re getting what you’ve paid for? Attend this webinar to learn how collaborative partnerships between building management, information technology, security, and purchasing will help your building reach the goal of being a smart building.(Recorded April 22, 2020)

    Speaker: Wendi Walsh, Aronson Security Group

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    Fee: $59

  • HVAC Controls Including Demand-Control Ventilation

    This webinar will highlight HVAC controls strategies, including demand-control ventilation, that building operators can implement in their buildings to make them more comfortable and efficient. (Recorded May 14, 2020)

    Speaker: Steven Mayou, ATS Automation

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    Fee: $59

  • Financing Energy Efficiency Projects

    This webinar will discuss innovative financing options for energy efficiency projects in commercial buildings including power purchase agreements (PPAs), property assessed clean energy (PACE) bond financing, on-bill financing, and energy service performance contracting (ESPC). (Recorded September 23, 2020)

    Speakers: Erik Makinson, Resource Synergy and Justin Fallstrom, McKinstry

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    Fee: $59

  • Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings

    This webinar will explore the future of grid-interactive efficient buildings and the strategic integration of renewables, storage, and building load flexibility solutions. (Recorded October 21, 2020)

    Speakers: Rois Langner and Joyce McLaren, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Commercial Buildings Research Group

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    Fee: $59