NYSERDA and Building Energy Exchange, in collaboration with RMI and Ember Strategies, are excited to offer a comprehensive three-part Strategic Decarbonization Planning training series on May 13, May 15, and June 10. This series is designed to help industry professionals tackle complex retrofit projects with confidence. Tailored for professionals in engineering, real estate, and technology, this training series will equip participants with the tools and knowledge to drive practical, cost-effective low-carbon retrofits in large buildings. Grounded in lessons learned from NYSERDA’s Empire Building Challenge and its innovative retrofit demonstration projects, participants will learn how to:

Identify effective retrofit strategies by evaluating technical solutions and real estate conditions;
Make the case for low-carbon retrofits with compelling business narratives that resonate with decision makers; and
Turn plans into action by creating clear, step-by-step decarbonization roadmaps for real-world projects.
Don’t miss the chance to attend live training sessions for all three courses at Building Energy Exchange in downtown Manhattan.

During Training 1 on May 13, you’ll learn from RMI building decarbonization expert Phil Keuhn on how to integrate Resource Efficient Decarbonization (RED) into retrofit planning, drawing on case studies from the Empire Building Challenge cohort. RED is a strategy that can help alleviate space constraints, optimize peak thermal capacity, increase operational efficiencies, utilize waste heat, and reduce the need for oversized electric thermal energy systems, creating retrofit cost compression.