| Better Buildings & Better Plants Initiative

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Hearing from the Experts: Emerging Technologies and Trends

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Networking Break & Poster Hall

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Best of Financial Innovation

Best of the Betters: 2026 Better Project Winners

Digging Deep: Unlocking Benefits of Geothermal Technologies

Energy Innovation in Action: Technologies Reshaping Multifamily Housing

Keeping the Lights On: Energy Security Through Reliability

Strategizing Waste Minimization

The Flexible Facility: How Large Load Flexibility Can Save Money and Support the Grid

Train to Gain: Advancing the Workforce’s Capacity for Managing Modern Buildings, Facilities, and Manufacturing Plants

Your Design Team: Key to Achieving Energy and Cost Savings

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Fine Tuning Buildings: Leveraging Advanced Controls for Reliable and Optimized Building Operations

Generating Value: Financing Industrial Energy Projects

Learning from Experience - Things I Wish I Knew Earlier

Lights, Camera, Impact: Messaging That Moves People!

Operational Streamlining: Equipment Optimization for Multifamily Properties

The Gigawatt Gantt Chart: Accelerating Project Implementation and Buy-In to Scale Energy Savings

Turning AI Potential into Industrial Advantage