Join Us For A Complimentary On-Line Simulation Program On Innovation! ExperienceInnovation, a workshop in innovation, provides teams with a meaningful experience with design thinking. Design thinking is an approach to innovation which draws from the designer’s toolkit—taking a human-centered approach to translating ideas into tangible strategies and offerings. Design thinking accelerates innovation, helping create better solutions...

This series provides a comprehensive overview of advanced lighting systems, for both interior and exterior applications. This series covers lighting sources, technology applications, controls, emerging technologies and future trends. This series also covers federal purchasing requirements and specific agency requirements and resources. By completing this Series, participants will learn to: Identify various lighting sources and their most effec...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will present a new First Thursday Update webinar, Energy Performance Contracting: Tools for Success,from 1:30 to 2:30 pm ET on March 2, 2017. The First Thursday Update will introduce cutting-edge web-based tools and user-friendly software that make matching project financing options, including Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs), Utility Energy Service Contra...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will present a new First Thursday Seminar, Electric Vehicle Charging for Employee Vehicles and Agency Fleets, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm EST on January 5, 2017. This First Thursday Seminar will provide fleet and facility managers with an overview of how meeting electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) goals can decrease greenhouse gas emissions, save money, and lead by exam...

In 2015, we explored our future in an urbanized world. By all indications, the future sees population increasing and densifying within urban areas, and growth halting elsewhere. Whether we face a future where technologies increasingly reduce cities’ dependence on the hinterlands for food, water and energy, or whether we face a future where the ecological stress on the hinterlands continues to grow, we are faced with hard choices about th...

Is there ever such a thing as too much data? When you get models from a completed project, are you treating them like CAD drawings or, worse yet, a PDF?Don’t waste time re-creating and entering data that already exists in your building model. Use it to link to your facilities management system, create efficiencies and hit the ground running with your new building. Join us where we’ll discuss: What you can do with model data receive...

National and International Importance to Energy Professionals - The WEEC is the one truly comprehensive event where you can fully assess the "big picture" and see exactly how the economic and market forces, new technologies, regulatory developments and industry trends all merge to shape your critical decisions, as well as define what specific steps are needed to achieve optimum energy efficiency and performance within your organization. View t...

The U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will present a new First Thursday Update webinar on August 4, 2016 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Fiscal Year 2015 Government Performance Toward Energy and Sustainability Goals. This First Thursday Update will provide a current assessment of progress made towards federal energy/water management and greenhouse gas reduction requirements. The session will include the most up-to...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will present a new First Thursday Seminar, Federal Thought Leaders Roundtable,from 1:30 to 3:00 pm EST on June 2, 2016. FEMP Director Timothy Unruh will facilitate a round table discussion on cutting edge topics among senior agency officials. Federal energy and environmental leaders will share insights and discuss sustainability goals, policies, and initiatives. Panel...

The US Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program is pleased to announce the First Thursday Seminar Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices that will air on Thursday, April 7th, 2015 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm EST. This seminar will cover why energy-efficient data centers are critical, energy-efficiency opportunities, and energy management improvement processes. Topics include best practices for acquisition, benchmarking, performanc...