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In commercial buildings, it is estimated that annual building energy use can be cut by an average of 29%, or ~4-5% of overall national energy consumption through corrections to existing buildings controls infrastructure and resulting improvements to operating efficiency. Building data analytics has become a more relevant need to the building design community and energy efficiency building goals.

Building data analytics systems and their providers offer the potential for building owners and operators to perform continuous monitoring, provide fault detection and diagnostics (FDD), and deliver information on the operation of the building assets. These systems which incorporate the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-based computing can identify energy savings projects and inform on measured energy savings. 

This meeting will be a great opportunity to gather building energy experts to present and discuss the impact of deeper building analytics and FDD systems on our profession and on our customers.  We look forward to seeing you at this event.

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Please join MassCEC’s Investments Team for an informative webinar and Q&A on the AccelerateMass Program! 

The AccelerateMass Program is a two-stage investment program that provides up to $150,000 in convertible notes to clean energy graduates of approved accelerator programs. The program exists to support companies as they advance and commercialize clean energy technologies and business models. This webinar will clarify questions about eligibility, application and selection process, time frame, post award milestones, highlight success stories, and allow for Q&A.     

If you are, or will be, a clean energy graduate in 2018 of an approved accelerator program, register for the webinar here.

In the first of two forums exploring resiliency and adaptation, the Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA) and the Boston Green Ribbon Commission (GRC) are partnering to explore the importance of designing for climate resilience at a districtwide scale. The series will begin with a presentation by Carly Foster of Arcadis, planner for Climate Ready South Boston. The forum also provides an opportunity to hear from Senior Waterfront Planner, Chris Busch, about the Boston Planning Development Agency’s (BPDA) efforts to implement flood zoning overlay districts and to create resiliency design guidelines for new and existing residential buildings.

Presenters from the architecture profession will use case studies to talk about best practices for site specific interventions that work well with neighborhood-wide plans. The panel will focus on district-wide approaches to climate adaptation that are relevant throughout the Greater Boston area where sea level rise and increased flooding due to climate change are forcing us to think, design and plan better.

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Join Sustainable Energy Advantage (SEA) for a timely webinar on the bids into the Connecticut Zero Carbon Energy RFP. The webinar will mirror thier recent experience distilling and analyzing thousands of pages of proposals under the Massachusetts Sec. 83D RFP into a webinar covering, which attendees universally praised with testimonials such as “informative”, “truly digestible”, and “comprehensive and well distilled”, noting that it saved them many hours of time going through the bids.

Presenters will first provide an overview of the playing field across nearly 100 bids, detailing project characteristics and offerings. Next, the SEA team will take a step back and discuss their own analysis of the greater context, trends, and implications associated with the solicitation and responses. A 15% discount is available for multiple registrants from the same organization.

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With local and national midterm elections approaching, a question on many professionals’ minds is how to balance personal political beliefs and advocacy with business demands. How do you make time to be an activist or advocate for the causes important to you? How can you avoid any conflicts with your company’s and/or clients’ beliefs?

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's experts are keeping a keen eye on both the trends across corporate America – including making note of instances organizations are speaking out about issues from student debt to gender equity through advertising campaigns, philanthropic contributions, and other means. Join the Chamber of Commerce at this panel to hear both how these speakers have navigated the issue, and where they see it headed in the future.

*Please note this is a lunch program.

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The MIT Water Summit is a gathering of students and faculty from MIT and the greater Boston area as well as leaders from industry, finance, government, and academia organized annually by the MIT Water Club to explore current problems and potential solutions surrounding water resources. This year’s MIT Water Summit brings together representatives of industry, academia, government, and NGOs to reflect upon the unique water challenges facing cities from around the globe.

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Imagine a safe, sustainable way to dramatically reduce total annual U.S. carbon emissions from the atmosphere – without any geo-engineering or new technology breakthroughs. According to the USDA, this is not a fantasy. Using regenerative agriculture techniques, we could sustainably offset much of the country’s carbon footprint— while at the same time making soils healthier, increasing yields, and boosting resilience to climate change. Legislation to incentivize these practices is now pending at both the state and federal level. 
 
Join E2 New England and experts to discuss this innovative approach to reducing carbon emissions while strengthening the farm economy here and around the world.

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You’re getting ready to raise you Seed round - and you’ve gotten a couple of meetings with Angels… Now what?

In this workshop we will focus on the due diligence round and how to best prepare for it. From high level overviews, to in-depth analyses of every number, customer and flaw, our Angel and Legal experts will run the process through which investors evaluate early-stage companies for investment. Market analysis, financial, legal documents… In this in-depth workshop you will walk away with a clear checklist of what business documents and legal contracts investors need to see from you to make the process of investing as smooth as it can be. 

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The pressures of running a business while looking for funding causes many founders to underestimate the importance of creating a clear fundraising strategy. You don’t want to waste your (and the investor’s) time raising money without a clear timeline and plan. In this workshop, experienced investors and entrepreneurs will guide you on how to best, prepare, plan and execute a strategy, even before you sit down for your first investor coffee meeting.

Created in partnership with WeBos (Women Entrepreneurship Week Boston), this workshop is will also address the specifics of what it means to raise a seed round as a female founder in Boston and provide practical tips and interactive exercises so you can start applying these to the specifics of your company.

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Molecular approaches to solar energy conversion with Professor Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University. This presentation will describe several projects that look to understand how to capture solar photons to generate charges and then use those charges to carry out energy-demanding reactions. This research includes new approaches to increasing light harvesting efficiency in molecular solids using singlet exciton fission to generate two triplet excitons, which in turn will produce two electron-hole pairs; self-assembled nanostructures that independently transport electrons and holes over long distances; and new super-redox agents that use radical ion excited states to provide the high redox potentials needed to power catalysts that drive energy-demanding chemical reactions.

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