SEPTEMBER Climate Action + Equity Events!
A listing of events, webinars, deadlines, etc. that may be of interest to those working for Climate Action and Equity! To return to full monthly list, click here.
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Sep 4, Submission Deadline: Submission deadline - ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and American Institute of Architects (AIA) - collaborative conference focusing on the convergence of education, research, and practice. The 2025 Conference (Jan 9-11, 2025 Austin Texas) explores housing as a process, a product, and a place.
Sep 5, 2pm ET, Scaling Smart Building Automations for Traceable Carbon Reduction Outcomes
Greenbuild webinar sponsored by R-Zero. This session will explore the rise of the non-traditional workplace; the shift toward a need for hard data to track sustainability initiatives, and the impact of health and comfort on tenant experience. They will examine how IoT-driven data is paramount to CRE decision-making; automation sets organizations up for scalable improvements, and carbon reduction achievements that can be measured across portfolios.
Sep 8, 5 pm ET, AIA Materials Pledge Reporting deadline
This year's inaugural Materials Pledge reporting will open on July 18 and close on September 8, 5pm ET. There is an accompanying resource, the A&D Materials Pledge Guidebook (V1) to help firms navigate their first year of reporting data. Materials Pledge signatories only need to report once per firm. Report now >
Sep 10, 1-4 pm ET, Centering Energy Affordability in Low-Income Home Electrification Programs
3-Hour Workshop Deep Dive. Residential Retrofits for Energy Equity (R2E2) is teaming up with the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program for this third workshop in a five-workshop series. Nobody wants electrification to increase energy bills for low- and moderate-income (LMI) households. But what’s the best way to design electrification programs to deliver climate and health benefits while avoiding negative impacts to energy bills?
Sep 15, Submission Deadline – Living Future 2025 Call for Proposals Accelerating Regenerative Action
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) - Living Future Conference May 6 - 8, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. This annual flagship event brings together a dynamic community addressing challenges in the built environment at the intersection of climate, health, equity, and nature. Showcase your impact and innovations to a highly targeted audience.
Sep 16, Deadline, Proposal Steel Design Guide on Sustainability
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) requests proposals for the development of a Design Guide on Sustainability as it relates to structural steel. Design Guide Components Proposals should address all aspects of sustainable structural steel design in the United States, for use by architects, engineers, and other designers and their project teams. It should establish the best practices for sustainable design and construction in steel, and it should showcase how steel can be an ideal sustainable material.
Sep 16-20, Net Zero Buildings Week
Net Zero Buildings Week is a virtual event series that supports partnerships and collaboration across the built environment industry to collectively advance net zero buildings. Climate leaders from across the country are transforming the built environment to cut emissions and provide healthy, safe, resilient buildings for everyone.
Sep 17, 2 pm ET, Driving Rapid Emissions Reductions in Commercial Buildings through Workforce Training and Policy
Webinar 1 - BECC 2024 Webinar Series - Leveraging Social Science for Clean Technology Adoption and Energy Efficiency
Large commercial buildings are responsible for 16% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions but are notoriously difficult to decarbonize due to the expense of replacing equipment, lack of motivation for building/portfolio owners and managers, and the dearth of training opportunities for operators.
Sep 17, 22 pm ET, Biobased Building Materials: the Hype, the Hope, the … Hemp?
Building Green. Can reverting to renewable, biobased materials help? Or might scaling up their use lead to new problems? Let us help you cut through the hype! We’ll dicuss: The true carbon footprint of renewable materials, Why biobased materials fell out of favor, What it will take to bring them back, How to spot greenwashing, What you can do to support innovation
Sep 17, EPA National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call
The purpose of these calls is to inform the community and other stakeholders about EPA's EJ work and enhance opportunities to maintain an open dialogue with EJ advocates. Free and open to the public.
Sep 17-18, Net Zero Conference (Anaheim)
11th Annual Net Zero Conference. The Net Zero Conference has been bringing together climate leaders to build a net zero, decarbonized future for over a decade. We showcase the latest on: Climate + Net Zero + ESG + Equity + Carbon + Resilience. Convening climate leaders to bridge knowledge gaps, inspire, and collaborate on global solutions for change.
Sep 18-20, Women in Residential + Commercial Construction (Phoenix, AZ)
Hosted by Pro Builder, Pro Remodeler, and Building Design+Construction and Furniture, Lighting and Decor. The annual conference gathers 300+ women in construction for 3three transformative and education-rich days packed with industry speakers, AIA-accredited sessions, breakout education tracks, roundtable discussions, panels, and networking events.
Sep 19, 1 pm ET, What’s in the Latest Residential Model Energy Code: Preparing for the 2024 IECC
DOE Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) Webinar Series. Hear about what’s new in the Residential 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Experts will highlight major differences between the 2024 IECC-R and the 2021 IECC-R and help practitioners understand new and updated requirements throughout the code, including the building thermal envelope, energy credits, compliance paths, and more. This session will also unpack the many new appendices introduced and describe how jurisdictions can support their adoption.
Sep 20, Deadline, Call for Abstracts, NIBS, Building Innovation: Emerging Technologies Series
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is gearing up for our inaugural emerging technologies event, where we will dive into the creation, use, and benefits of digital twins. This is an important topic to NIBS and the industry, and we are excited to bring everyone together to connect, collaborate, and design solutions around it. We are LOOKING FOR SPEAKERS to join us for this exciting exploration into digital twins. Series will take place December 9-11, 2024, in National Harbor, MD.
Sep 22-23 UN Summit of the Future in September 2024,
The Summit of the Future (September 2024) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance. It will reaffirm existing commitments, including to the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Charter, and move towards a reinvigorated multilateral system better positioned to impact people’s lives positively.
Sep 22 - 29, Climate Week NYC 2024
Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together over 500 events and activities across the City of New York – in person, hybrid and online. Each year, business leaders, political change makers, local decision takers and civil society representatives of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the world, gather to drive the transition, speed up progress, and champion change that is already happening.
Sep. 23, This is Climate: The Global Stakes
Key stakeholders assess global efforts to counter climate change as world leaders gather for the annual United Nations General Assembly. Presenting Sponsor: Ecolab
Sep. 25-26, 12-4 pm ET, AIAU Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluator Training 2024
Intended for licensed architects, engineers, or certified building inspectors, this training certifies attendees as Building Evaluators in the nationally recognized Safety Assessment Program (SAP).
Sep 25, 4 pm ET. This is Climate. Innovating for the Future.
Washington Post Live - for conversations with changemakers and visionaries about the innovations that could shape the future of our planet. As scientists, entrepreneurs and governments race to develop climate technologies, environmental experts say that the world could be on the cusp of a new green industrial revolution.
Sep 26, Deadline Public Comment ASCE-SEI 24 Flood Resistant Design and Construction
This standard provides minimum requirements for flood resistant design and construction of structures that are subject to building code requirements, or subject to floodplain management regulations or other requirements that cite this standard, and that are located, in whole or in part, in flood hazard areas. This standard applies to the following: (1) New construction, including subsequent work to such structures, and (2) work classified as substantial improvement of existing structures that are not historic structures.
Sep 27, Application deadline, $36 Million to Deliver Innovative Weatherization to Low-Income Households
DOE has announced that applications are open for the $36 million Enhancement & Innovation (E&I) competitive grant program from the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). This grant aims to expedite the nation’s shift to clean energy through demonstration projects. These projects will not only support low-income homes by making them safer and more comfortable, but they are also an opportunity to explore new weatherization techniques and technologies and showcase best practices that could be adopted across the country.