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2°C: A COTE|LA SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE
2020-02-07 07:30 - 16:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | LADWP John Ferraro Building, 111 N Hope St , Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The third annual 2°C Symposium on Climate Change, February 7, 2020, looks through the lens of LA’s newly adopted Green New Deal. Carbon neutrality by 2050 is one of the most ambitious targets of this policy. As advocates of great design with sustainable goals, we can improve our profession with a firm understanding of the Green New Deal and be better positioned to lead our industry and the world in mitigating climate change.

ENERGISE 2020
2020-02-11 - 2020-02-13 | The Park, Hyderabad, India
ENERGISE 2020 is India’s signature biennial conclave that brings together the key government agencies, business leaders, researchers, academicians, civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders on one platform to help build a culture of energy efficiency in India. We at Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy perceive energy efficiency as a resource and first fuel.
This 3-day flagship conclave studies the best practices and successes of today through white paper presentations. You can expect paper presentations on business leadership, innovation, policy evaluation, within the context of emerging trends and technologies of tomorrow, to scale up benefits of energy efficiency well into the future years on core thematic areas

Buildings and Communities
Urban Infrastructure and Utilities
Energy Efficiency for Business Competitiveness.

Further, there will also be dedicated Exhibition & Techno Buzz setup for the Original Equipment Manufacturers, Technology and Service Providers, Startups, System Integrators and other stakeholders from the energy efficiency domain to showcase their unique offerings.
Finally, breakaway sessions at Energise 2020 will have opportunities for side events by government and government affiliates, domestic and international foundations.

Designing for outdoor thermal comfort
2020-02-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
The conventional way of building accelerates heat island effect of cities and therefore decreases the quality of outdoor spaces, especially in warm and humid climates. In times of global warming, outdoor comfort is becoming an important factor for liveability and well-being of human habitats.
While active systems only have a limited range and are not suitable for outdoor areas, good passive design can make a big difference if an outdoor space feels comfortable or not. It determines how much and how often it is used. In many ways, outdoor comfort complements high-performance buildings.
The webinar explains the principles of outdoor thermal comfort and how to evaluate it. It also illustrates strategies and examples of how to design for comfortable outdoor spaces, especially in warm and hotter climates.
About the speaker:
Alexander works at Transsolar’s Munich office. His approach to the different projects is based on his architectural understanding in combination with energy efficiency and sustainable design. He has been involved in the development and implementation of innovative climate and outdoor comfort concepts. Alexander works on daylight and passive house calculations focusing on the holistic process.
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/[REDACTED]
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program (http://maitree.edsglobal.com) to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.

Acrex India 2020
2020-02-27 10:00 - 2020-02-29 17:00 | India Expo Centre, IEML, Plot No. 25, 27,28,29, Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, Delhi-NCR, 201306, India
Acrex India is an international exhibition on air conditioning, refrigeration and building services. It will provide an ideal platform for the exchange of ideas among professionals and the opportunity to highlight the latest products, trends and innovations in the industry. Special focus is on products and services for energy efficiency and saving. Target visitors of the fair are air conditioning, refrigeration and heating and ventilation engineers, architects and interior designers, facility managers as well as end users from the private and public sector. Acrex India also includes various technical workshops and lectures on selected subjects.

CarbonPositive’20 CONFERENCE and EXPO
2020-03-02 - 2020-03-04 | Intercontinental, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA, United States
This event provides a “how-to” for planning, designing, building and manufacturing a CarbonPositive future – where buildings, developments and entire cities are constructed to use sustainable resources, generate surplus renewable energy, and convert atmospheric carbon into durable materials and products.

Sessions, speakers and exhibitors will showcase the best design and planning practices, breakthrough tools and technologies, advanced materials and construction methods, and leading-edge policies to rapidly and dramatically reduce building sector emissions globally.

CarbonPositive’20 is an interdisciplinary, practice-focused event that prepares architects, planners, engineers, builders, developers and building product manufacturers to make CarbonPositive built environments a reality

Metrics that Matter- A Business case for Energy Efficiency
2020-03-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
How often have you missed getting a decision maker’s approval for your sustainability measures or projects? The reluctance of authority figures often frustrates even the most seasoned practitioners amongst us. Is there a way to navigate this seemingly mysterious decision-making process to good effect? Absolutely, but it is only possible if one tells compelling stories, communicating the metrics that matter, translated to the language of the decision-makers. Join this webinar to find out more.
About the speaker: Aalok Deshmukh is the Director of Energy Efficiency India at Schneider Electric and has 19 years of extensive experience spanning contributions to more than 125 projects in 11 countries. He is a distinguished name in the domain of implementing energy and sustainability projects as well as leading consulting and research for corporate, government and non-profit sectors.
Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1831953902773995276
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program (http://maitree.edsglobal.com) to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.

Lighting Beyond Illumination
2020-03-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
Lighting is an essential element of spaces today, with approximately 15 billion lights installed around the world. However, less than 1% of all our global lights currently are connected or intelligent. The emergence of big data, the Internet of Things and connected, digital lighting will bring much more intelligent functionality into lighting systems across workplaces, homes, and cities.
Lighting that goes beyond illumination will play an important role in making cities, homes, and workplaces more livable, enjoyable, safer and also more economically sustainable. Lighting in workspaces can have a profound effect on occupant well-being, productivity, and vitality. Effectively lit and attractive environments enhance company reputations, help recruit and retain high-value employees, and increase the total value of the facility. This webinar will give you an overview of intelligent lighting infrastructure and its potential to revolutionize the built environment.
About the speaker:
Ashish Bahal leads the Architect Program & Experience Design at Signify (previously- Philips Lighting). He has over 18 years’ qualitative experience in design, construction management in interiors, buildings, real estate, industrial and development sector. He has worked in many high profile lighting projects with Signify/Philips and is also a permanent faculty at the Philips Lighting Academy.
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program (http://maitree.edsglobal.com) to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.

CLIMATE RESPONSIVE DESIGN | Online Certificate Course
2020-04-27 - 2020-05-18
3-week online certificate program to learn analytical techniques, software tools and communication skills with clarity of fundamentals to design a climate-responsive building
Empower yourself with skills and knowledge to design contemporary buildings that are climate responsive. Learn software tools to identify design strategies, analytical techniques to validate decisions and communication skills to tell the story effectively. This training program will be conducted online in a unique blended learning format combining live webinar sessions with online self-paced courses.
Learning objectives:
1. Refresh passive solar design fundamentals and technical concepts
2. Identify passive design strategies applicable to the project location
3. Learn software skills to execute technical analysis during concept design stage
4. Validate design decisions using analytical techniques
5. Communicate your ideas effectively to client and team members
6. Tell an effective story of your design using communication skills
7. Practical application of concepts for contemporary design
8. Explain technical terms pertaining to climate, psychrometry, solar geometry and daylighting
Program takeaways:
1. Develop a comprehensive ‘Climate Responsive Report’ for your project
2. Know-how of 6 free software tools and analytical technique
3. Copy of all training materials
4. Lifetime access to online courses
5. Feedback on assignments
6. Interaction with expert faculty to answer your queries
7. Certificate on completing the capstone project
8. Continuing Education (CE) hours of 6 credits from USGBC on completing the self-paced courses
Program format:
This engaging and immersive program includes 15 hours of e-learning and 16 hours of assignment time comfortably spread over 3 weeks. The format is as follows:
• 1 webinar will be conducted each week as per the detailed schedule. This will cover the software demo and other tools.
• Weekly assignment will be given after each webinar
• Online course modules on various topics will be introduced each week as per the schedule for further reading. While these modules can be taken at your pace, it is recommended that they are complete in that week for the most effective learning experience. Each course module has a quiz to assess learning outcomes
• Participants will apply concepts learnt in each week in a Capstone project and work on their design project to create a comprehensive ‘Climate Responsive Design Report’
This program is designed for:
• Any professional involved in designing buildings
• Architects, green building consultants
• Students studying architecture or related discipline (4th year and beyond)
• Faculty teaching architecture or related discipline
Detailed program schedule: CRD program 2020_detailed schedule

Post-COVID Zero Waste Management Strategies
2020-06-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
Mixed waste has been identified as a potentially dangerous carrier of the COVID-19 virus, right from its generation to collection and subsequent disposal. Pollution Control Boards at State and Central level in India are developing several guidelines to promote proper waste management amidst the pandemic, while leveraging existing programs like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Can we carry this momentum forward towards achieving zero-waste in our buildings? Zero-waste facilities are well positioned to meet the guidelines for disease control while reducing landfill waste by 90%. This webinar examines practical and easy-to-implement zero waste strategies for the Post-COVID scenario in India.
About the speakers:
Shobha Raghavan is Chief Operating Officer at Saahas Zero Waste where she leads the operational strategy to ensure growth and scale-up of a niche industry. She also connects actively with her community to build waste champions.
Hiren Bhagat is a Senior Associate Director at Environmental Design Solutions [EDS] ,Mumbai where he leads the Zero Waste division. A LEED AP, WELL AP and a TRUE Advisor, he specializes in Building Energy Efficiency, Green building design, Occupant Health & Wellness and Zero Waste Facility Operations. He has worked on more than 120 projects for developers, multinational banks, IT companies, housing and hospitality industry.
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program (http://maitree.edsglobal.com) to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.

Online course for LEED GA Exam preparation
2020-06-22 - 2020-07-04 | online event
2-week online certificate course for professionals and students to prepare for LEED Green Associate Exam
Program Dates: 22nd June, 2020 – 4th July, 2020
Program Fee
Professionals – INR 6,500
Students – INR 5,000
Early Bird – INR 4,000
Use Code ELYBDGA2020 to avail early bird discount until 8th June, 2020
LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. A LEED credential denotes proficiency in today’s sustainable design, construction and operations standards. Passing a LEED exam sets you apart from the pack by validating your field expertise. This online training program will help you prepare and ace the LEED GA exam in 2 weeks while you are working full time. The course content is concise and to-the-point geared to give you the necessary knowledge required to learn about LEED and will give you the confidence to crack the exam.
WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?
• If you want to stand apart from the pack in the green building industry, then becoming a LEED GA is the first step. This workshop will help you prepare for that!
• “I am aware of green building concepts but want to learn about rating systems” – If this is you, then this workshop is right for you.
• If you are looking for a professional credential that will add value to your expertise, then LEED GA is the first step and this program will prepare you for the exam.
• If you have been wanting to take the LEED GA exam, but did not know where to start, this workshop is for you!
• If you are a busy professional who does not have the time to research and look up resources for exam prep, this course is exactly what you are looking for!
• Architects, engineers, product manufacturers, real estate professionals, green building consultants, students, faculty, and all professionals associated with the building industry can take this workshop.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Understand LEED GA exam structure
• Clarity of green building fundamentals
• Describe LEED Process, Sustainable Thinking and Core Concepts
• Explain the intent and key concepts for all LEED credits
• Define steps to LEED Certification
PROGRAM TAKEAWAYS
• Access to 11 online course modules
• Short quiz for each online course module
• Weekly live webinar with experts for Q/A session
• Access to online practice tests for two months after the program
• Reference study material other reading resources
• Access to 5 GBCI CE credits worth INR 10,000 for LEED GA credential maintenance after successfully passing the exam
PROGRAM FORMAT
• 15 hours of e-learning comfortably spread over 2 weeks.
• 2 live webinars will be conducted each week
Detailed program schedule can be found here
For any queries, write to us at <education@edsglobal.com>

Integrated controls in NZEBs: Technologies for lighting and HVAC
2020-07-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Live Webinar
Archives: EventsModern high performance and net-zero buildings are increasingly smart. And one of the requirements of a smart building is understanding occupant presence. This can increasingly be accomplished through luminaire-level lighting controls (LLLC) with occupancy sensing in every fixture, creating a dense mesh network of sensing. These occupancy sensing networks are in turn paired with digital communications that allow these sensors to be tapped for many uses, not just lighting. The sensor signals can also be used to save HVAC energy, control plug loads, understand space utilization, and more. This presentation will describe the basics of LLLC, how they can be integrated with other systems, and how designers and operators can make the most of the data from them, including specific sequence suggestions. We will also discuss use cases in some example buildings.
About the Speaker:
Scott is the Director of Research and Innovation with Slipstream, leading research efforts focused on commercial building energy systems. His work focuses on applied research of technologies and processes through field monitoring, analysis, and extensive energy modeling. He has specialized in the research of HVAC, lighting, and plug load controls, as well as ground source heat pumps. In addition, he consults with architects and engineers on high-performance building designs and systems. Scott is an active member of ASHRAE at both the local and national levels; including membership in their national Technical Committees. Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from UW-Madison, as well as a graduate certificate in energy analysis and policy.
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program (http://maitree.edsglobal.com) to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.

35th PLEA CONFERENCE | Planning Post Carbon Cities
2020-09-01 - 2020-09-03 | UDC School of Economics and Business, 15008 , A Coruña, Spain
PLEA stands for “Passive and Low Energy Architecture”, a commitment to the development, documentation and diffusion of the principles of bioclimatic design and the application of natural and innovative techniques for sustainable architecture and urban design.
PLEA 2020 is organized by the University of A Coruña. The theme of PLEA 2020 is Planning Post Carbon Cities and will explore the interplay between research, technology and design in defining and planning future cities. It is the aim of the conference to bring together designers, academics, researchers, students, and professionals in the pursuit of better and more sustainable environments.

NZ20 | Net Zero Webinar Series
2020-09-17 08:00 - 2020-10-29 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
The Net Zero Webinar Series is an ongoing platform for you to expand your knowledge of innovations and trends in climate, carbon, energy, water, waste, and transit together to build a net zero future for all people.
The series allows the experts to extend the programming beyond a two-day conference and highlight educational content that drills down on a particular topic or theme on an ongoing basis.

24th International Passive House Conference
2020-09-20 08:00 - 2020-10-08 17:00 | online event
The 24th International Passive House Conference, this year for the first time as a VIRTUAL conference was held from 20 September to 08 October 2020, conference participants and visitors of the exhibition had the chance to discover the conference programme, with more that 90 speakers in lecture and building tour sessions, and ONLINE Passive House Exhibition.

Net Zero Festival 2020
2020-09-30 - 2020-10-02
The world’s first Net Zero Festival will now take place virtually across 3 days, from Wednesday 30 September – Friday 2 October 2020, each day dedicated to a different theme – leadership, innovation and culture – with action being the overarching theme for the entire Festival.
BuildingGreen will bring together top business leaders, influential academics and policymakers, and inspirational thinkers to provide an invaluable guide to the economic and industrial revolution that will define the post-Covid world.

Greenbuild | Resilience Summit
2020-10-01 | online event
One Mission:

Raising the standard of resilience by putting green first. Learn the newest research and technology around resilience-enhancing designs, technologies, materials and methods.

Objectives for 2020:

Discuss a sustainable future for all by focusing on the development of resilient cities and communities.
Learn how to champion equitable, safe and healthy development policies by focusing on the implementation of advanced technologies that improve the performance of their communities and cities.
Incorporate concepts like wellness and human experience into city planning, development and management.
Convene government officials, planners, developers, designers, public health professionals, community organizations, etc., who are breaking down fragmentation in the market as they focus on resilient and equitable outcomes.

Zero Carbon Conference
2020-10-07 - 2020-10-08 | online event
The Zero Carbon Conference will respond to this need and forge a collaboration of our community of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, and responsible manufacturers–along with ESG investors and developers who are taking active steps to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment.
Through keynotes, plenaries, panel sessions and 1:1 networking opportunities, practitioners and funders will come together to advance these initiatives around operational + embodied carbon reduction, cost-benefit analysis, and community resources to achieve an equitable decarbonized future. The Zero Carbon Conference will deliver the technology, the materials, the know-how, and the financing models needed to pave the way for scalable decarbonized global communities.

Greenbuild | Global Health and Wellness Summit
2020-10-22 | online event
The Global Health & Wellness Summit brings together employers, building owners, designers, developers, manufacturers, employees and investors who are unlocking enormous benefits and potential in their buildings by committing to green, healthy buildings.

Every story about a green building is a story about people. And it’s imperative that buildings, communities, and cities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation. We believe that above all else, green building is at its heart about people.

Objectives for 2020:

Empower the green built environment in its role in the mitigation of current and future public health challenges.
Promote the rating systems and tools that are enabling public health solutions.
Cultivate the knowledge of employers, owners, designers, developers, manufacturers, and employees who are unlocking enormous benefits and potential in their buildings by committing to green, healthy buildings.
Advance joint efforts in developing equitable and widely used practices to raise the quality of life for everyone and every community across the globe.

Integration of Renewable Energy in Buildings in India
2020-10-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Online Live Webinar
The webinar is expected to discuss different technological options and the enabling regulatory and policy environment to ensure the effective implementation of the models developed under the project. The stakeholders/participants are required to provide inputs about the necessary steps to be taken to customize technologies suitable as per the local conditions before installation and how developers and technology providers should see the market potential for increased use of renewable energy technologies in buildings in India.
In India, Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) has been supporting a project named “Integration of Renewable Energy in Buildings in India”. The broad objective of the project is to design, showcase and monitor building integrated and innovative renewable energy technologies suitable to and affordable in the local condition and applicable for different categories of buildings, which are currently given a major push at the government level in India. Considering that the project is expected to demonstrate the technological interventions for building integrated renewable energy and provide capacity building support to government and private sector stakeholders in India to design and construct buildings and housing societies with increased integration of renewable energy technologies, the project is organizing a webinar with key stakeholders to achieve the following objectives: 1. What kind of technological interventions for building integrated renewable energy can be selected for demonstration of pilots to prove their suitability in different conditions. 2. What kind of models that the project should support for de-risking of investments for promotion of increased use of renewable energy in buildings.

Asia Clean Energy Summit
2020-10-27 - 2020-10-29 | online event
Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) is Asia’s leading event focusing on clean energy technology, policy and finance supported by leading government agencies, research institutes and industry in Singapore. ACES provides a common platform for regional thought leaders in both the public and private sector to collaborate on critical issues and opportunities in harnessing clean energy for the future. As the regional platform to share and co-create innovative clean energy solutions, ACES supports the vision to be a clean energy hub for Asia.
ACES also

Provides a platform to discuss, understand and experience Singapore’s “living laboratory” for solar adoption, the integration of renewable energy and electric vehicles, and learn how sustainable energy management is essential to liveable cities.
Helps shape the future of clean energy and smart-sustainable cities.
Explores collaboration and innovative clean energy solutions within a vibrant ecosystem of technology / service companies, research institutes and energy leaders.

IGBC Green Building Congress 2020
2020-10-29 - 2020-10-31 | online event
With a modest beginning of 20,000 sq.ft of green footprint in the country in the year 2001, today( as on March 2020) over 5,918 IGBC green building projects, amounting to 7.17 Billion sq.ft are adopting IGBC green building rating systems. This in turn has enabled India become one of the top 5 countries in the world in terms of largest registered green building footprint. IGBC aspires to facilitate 10 billion sq.ft of green building footprint by 2022 (75th year of India’s Independence).
To realize this vision and further advance green building movement in the country, IGBC has been organising its annual flagship event since 2001 onwards which has been evoking excellent response from the stakeholders. Over the years, the event grown significantly in terms of content, outreach and participation. Today, Green Building Congress has consolidated itself as India’s annual flagship event on green built environment. Leading national and international stakeholders will converge at the event to share, learn and explore new growth opportunities.
To further advance green building movement in the country, IGBC is organising its 18th edition of Green Building Congress during 29, 30 & 31 October 2020 on the CII HIVE Virtual Events Platform, India. In line with the global spotlight on people and health, the theme for this year is: ‘Hygiene, Health and Wellbeing’ in Green Built Environment. The annual Green Building Congress for this year has been conceptualised differently to pave way for new opportunities for the building sector, in view of the ongoing pandemic and the challenges ahead, The event has also been designed to be a platform to discover new ways of working for the sector.

NZEB Knowledge Series | Low energy cooling and ventilation strategies for tropical residences
2020-10-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
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The webinar will present design and control of low energy cooling and ventilation strategies suitable for residences located in tropical countries. These strategies have been developed under the research project funded by the Engineering and Physical Research Council – Global Challenges Research Fund (EPSRC-GCRF) and is carried out by Loughborough University, UK and Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE) at CEPT University. The webinar will explain the process of designing suitable ventilation openings for natural (NV) and mixed-mode (MM) residential buildings in tropical countries. The webinar will describe intelligent control algorithms that harness natural ventilation for residences to optimize indoor air quality and thermal comfort, whilst minimizing the use of air-conditioning. The webinar will also share the expected energy and comfort benefits of implementing the low energy cooling and ventilation strategies in tropical residences.
About the speaker:
Dr. Yashkumar Shukla is Technical Director (Energy Systems) at Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE). He has more than fifteen years of international experience in building energy-efficiency research and serves as a lead on several energy-efficiency research projects at CARBSE. His current research includes calibration of simulation models, performance characterization of envelope and HVAC systems, net-zero energy buildings, and development of next-generation control algorithms. He has extensive experience in the building management systems, building energy analysis, HVAC system operation, component characterization facilities, development of test chambers, building simulation modeling, and energy efficiency control algorithms.
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program (http://maitree.edsglobal.com) to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.

Residential rooftop solar - ready for take-off
2020-11-03 08:00 - 17:00 | online event
BRIDGE TO INDIA hosted a webinar to discuss rooftop solar adoption by MSME consumers. The Webinar was graced by an eminent industry panel comprising Ravinder Singh (Chief – Solar Rooftop Business, TATA Power), Mr. Harsha Venkatesh (Director, Enphase Energy), Mr. Shravan Sampath (CEO, Oakridge Energy), Mr. KP Baiju (DGM, State Bank of India), Mr. Suyog Malviya (National Lead – BD, Bajaj Finserv), and Mr. Madhulal J (Sr. Project Manager, Kerala State Electricity Board).

International Passive House Open Days
2020-11-06 08:00 - 2020-11-08 17:00 | online event
Live tours
– Panel discussions and Q+A sessions with professionals
– Info sessions focussing on specific aspects of a building, for example, comparing different mechanical ventilation strategies or different types of balcony thermal bridge detailing.
– Any other ideas you may have!

These events will be put into a programme for the International Passive House Open Days weekend so that the community can make the most of the events on offer!

Net Zero Live 2020 - Accelerating Climate Action
2020-11-10 - 2020-11-12 | online event
Net-Zero Live 2020 is aimed at uniting businesses, policymakers, investors, NGO’s, product and solutions providers around a common purpose: to spark new ideas and actions on the path to a sustainable future. This online event will include high-level keynote talks, interactive panel discussions, facilitated networking sessions and educational masterclasses, as well as virtual exhibition booths showcasing the cutting-edge net-zero technologies and services that will shape the decade ahead.

Greenbuild International Conference & Expo 2020
2020-11-10 08:00 - 2020-11-12 17:00 | online event
Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building.
The Greenbuild International Conference & Expo is moving its 2020 event to an all-virtual format. The capstone event will take place November 10-12. This cutting-edge virtual experience will include all the key elements attendees and partners have come to expect from our physical event. Interactive and collaborative education sessions, continuing education, virtual booths, future-focused keynotes from high-profile voices and valuable networking.

NZEB Knowledge Series | A Climate Based Approach to Carbon-Neutral design
2020-11-11 10:30 - 11:30 | Online Live Webinar
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Energy-efficient zero carbon buildings can only be designed after first understanding climate and the design strategies that can be implemented to respond to it. This presentation will describe the Performance-Driven Design workflow at CallisonRTKL using different building simulation tools and applied research results with examples from practice. Research and analysis on carbon neutral design by students at Cal Poly Pomona in the United States carried out under the mentorship of Pablo La Roche will also be shared in the webinar.
About the speaker:
Pablo La Roche
Associate VP, Callison RTKL
Professor, Cal Poly Pomona University
Pablo La Roche is an associate vice president in CallisonRTKL’s Los Angeles office and a leader for the firm’s Performance-Driven DesignTM initiatives, focusing on sustainable design for the commercial practice group. His expansive portfolio includes sustainable buildings all over the world designed with state-of-the-art tools. A tenured professor of architecture at Cal Poly Pomona University, Pablo is also an accomplished author; he has written more than 130 technical papers for journals and conferences, and his book Carbon Neutral Architectural Design placed in the top ten in Amazon’s Energy and Buildings category. He is also past president of the Society of Building Science Educators and chair of the solar buildings division of the American Solar Energy Society.
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.

Net Zero Live
2020-11-18 13:00 - 2020-11-19 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
Some of the topics that will be discussed through our two day programme are:

Delivering net zero – from construction techniques through to operational use
Designing for Embodied carbon – from material specification through to repair and maintenance
Managing and measuring whole Life-cycle carbon costs
What clients want? Costs, impacts and understand planner’s agenda
The Future of Net Zero buildings – what is the evolving picture?

UNFCCC RACE TO ZERO - NOVEMBER DIALOGUES ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
2020-11-18 14:30 - 20:00 | online event
The full day event will facilitate dialogues on radical collaboration and on driving ambition by each actor along the value chain to enable each other to race to zero together. It will feature strategic approaches and tools which can drive sector transformation including the regional roadmaps.
Discuss with the CEOs of Saint-Gobain and Majid al Futtaim, the Minister of National Land Use Planning, Urban Planning, and Urban Policy of Morocco, UNEP’s Excutive Director, the Chile and UK High-Level Climate Champions, and many more, on the responsibility to transform this essential sector, and on the enablers needed to make it happen!

NZEB Knowledge Series | Personal Thermal Comfort Systems: Introduction and Overview
2020-11-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Live Webinar
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Air-conditioned buildings are conventionally designed and operated to maintain homogeneous thermal conditions withing thermal zones. Maintaining the occupied and unoccupied thermal zones at the same thermal conditions lead to higher energy consumption. More importantly, homogeneous thermal conditions do not address the need for individual thermal comfort preferences of the building occupants. A personal comfort system (PCS) allows the occupants to create desired localized thermal conditions around workstations in the office environment.
In this webinar, Prof Rawal will deliberate on the approaches adopted for the PCS to deliver the desired conditions. It also will deal with investigative methods adopted to understand the impact of the PCS on achieving thermal comfort, energy, and well being of the building occupant. The webinar will include metrics and conditions prescribed by the literature to design and operate PCS in the buildings.
About the speaker:
Rajan Rawal
Executive Director, Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
Prof. Rawal is the Executive Director of Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE). He is an architect and his work emphasizes on ‘energy performance of buildings and cities’ and ‘architectural science education’. He is involved in research and development activities at CEPT University and coordinates the activities of CARBSE. He is founder member secretary of India Chapter of International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) and also serves at IBPSA world committee. He has number of research papers, technical reports and three books to his credits. Prof. Rawal is a well known authority in the area of building energy efficiency and performance.
This webinar is part of ‘NZEB Knowledge Series’ – an initiative supported by USAID’s MAITREE program (http://maitree.edsglobal.com) to accelerate the discussions and catalyse actions on Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.
