Conference

Getting to Zero Forum

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is proud to be a sponsor of the Getting to Zero Forum 2023, a premier event dedicated to building decarbonization where industry leaders will convene to share best practices and collaborate on opportunities to transform the built environment.

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Learn more about PNNL's contributions to energy efficiency and clean energy future at the Getting to Zero Forum. 

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May 10-May 12, 2023

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Featured PNNL Speaker

Pushing the 99%: Bringing the Existing Building Stock to Net Zero
Thursday, May 11, 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET
Breakout Sessions 4, Ballroom 3

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Andrea Mengual, Energy Research Engineer. (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

The existing building stock presents the largest challenge and the largest opportunity to reduce carbon emissions from buildings equitably. Building performance standards, policies that set mandatory energy or emissions targets for existing buildings, are one of the tools that exist to meet this challenge. In this session, representatives from jurisdictions and technical experts who are helping craft building performance standards for communities will discuss the challenges they face in addition to the tools and resources that exist to help create a BPS that equitably and cost-effectively decarbonizes buildings.

Moderated by Mark Lyles, New Buildings Institute, and featuring speakers including Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Andrea Mengual, as well as Jeannette LeZaks, Slipstream; Alison Lindburg, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Brendan Hall, EPA ENERGY STAR; and Billierae Engelman, U.S. Department of Energy.

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Click on the flyers below to learn about how PNNL is helping evolutionize buildings as energy assets. 

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Learn about energy careers at PNNL

Interested in jobs related to getting to net zero by increasing energy efficiency and decarbonizing new and existing buildings? See PNNL’s careers page.  

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