Building-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling
2026-02-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
The existing building stock in the United States was not designed to cope with current extreme temperatures. Much needs to be done to fix aging housing, from upgrading poor insulation to fixing ineffective air conditioning, while also designing new buildings for future temperatures, if warming trends continue.
This webinar will focus on building-system strategies to reduce the impacts of extreme heat on buildings, showcasing cooling solutions beyond conventional air conditioning. Participants will hear directly from experts on the policies that will enable greater proliferation of resilient cooling solutions that offer co-benefits for energy efficiency, reduced household energy burdens, and greater energy reliability.
Learning Objectives

Understand the Link Between Heat and Housing Affordability: Scope how housing infrastructure is unprepared for current temperatures, impacting consumers costs to adequately cool their indoor environments.
Explore Technology Solutions: Discover how resilient cooling technologies can offer co-benefits for energy efficiency and reduced household energy burdens, as well as resilience during power brownouts and blackouts.
Examine the Policy Landscape: Understand how existing federal, state and local policy levers and strategies can increase access and affordability of resilient cooling technologies, and discover real-world examples of implementation.

Community-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling
2026-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Community infrastructure, such as thermal energy networks, district geothermal, urban forests, shade structures, and smart surfaces, can have a collectively lower upfront cost and lower community-wide energy consumption and the costs of cooling. For example, strategic deployment of cool roofs in Atlanta, mandated by ordinance, are expected to cool the city by 2.4°F in peak summer, deliver $310 million in direct energy savings, and generate $760 million in net financial benefits
This webinar will explore community-system technologies and strategies for resilient cooling and their benefits for community-wide energy reliability, grid resilience, and extreme heat preparedness. Participants will hear directly from experts on targeted solutions and the policy levers needed to scale up their broad adoption.
Learning Objectives

Explore Technology Solutions: Discover the range of solutions that can be implemented at a community-system level to lower temperatures outdoors and indoors.
Clarify the Co-Benefits for Mitigation: Learn how shared cooling infrastructure can provide community-wide energy reliability, grid resilience, and extreme heat preparedness.
Examine the Policy Landscape: Understand how existing federal, state and local policy levers and strategies can increase access and affordability of resilient cooling technologies and discover real-world examples of implementation.
Understanding Traditions of Community Cooling: Connect Traditional and forward-thinking community-level cooling solutions.

CxEnergy2026
2026-04-21 08:00 - 2026-04-24 10:00 | Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel, 301 E North Water Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
The #1 Conference & Expo in Commissioning, Energy Management, & Building Technology

Grid-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling
2026-04-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
The U.S. electric grid is straining to keep up with rising demand for electricity, creating potential risks to communities’ cooling systems in the face of intensifying extreme heat. This challenge presents an opportunity for policymakers to proactively identify potential vulnerabilities in energy systems’ ability to sustain safe indoor temperatures.
This webinar will explore grid system technologies and strategies for resilient cooling. Participants will hear directly from experts on how they prepare the electric grid for increased energy demand and ensure its reliability during extreme heat events as well as the policies needed to scale up these interventions.
Learning Objectives

Understand Grid Vulnerabilities: Clarify the current state of grid systems in the U.S. and the needs for extreme heat preparedness. Define resilient cooling as a solution and what it looks like for communities and energy officials.
Examine solutions for Grid Resilience: Explore how grid-enhancing technologies and demand-side management can prepare electric grid for increased energy demand and ensure its reliability during extreme heat events.
Clarify Roles for Utilities and Policymakers: Learn about the existing policy tools that utilities and policymakers have to advance grid resilience solutions that offer benefits for resilient cooling
Explore Opportunities for Action: Hear from energy and utility experts on real-world examples of policy implementation

Building Innovation 2026
2026-05-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Building Innovation attendees come to explore challenges, possibilities, the latest tools, groundbreaking strategies, and more.
