Per Montgomery County: Montgomery County will host its 10th Annual Energy Summit over two days on Tuesday, March 28, and Wednesday, March 29, at the at the Silver Spring Civic Building. The Summit will be presented by the County’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and will focus on preparing the commercial building sector for compliance with the County’s energy benchmarking and building energy performance standards, as well as educating building owners about cost-cutting opportunities and programs. Since 2013, the Summit has offered cutting-edge education and workshops focused on the latest trends in green building, energy efficiency, renewable energy and related commercial, multifamily and residential topics.
New this year will be the featured “Innovation Alley,” a display of innovative products and services available to the commercial and multifamily building sector to aid in building energy efficiency, renewable energy, electrification, building decarbonization, healthy buildings and zero-emission vehicles. Exhibitors interested in participating should submit an expression of interest on the Energy Summit website by Wednesday, Feb. 1.
“For the last 10 years, we have been proud to host the Montgomery County Energy Summit and to see how it has grown over the last decade,” said County Executive Marc Elrich. “As we continue to adopt policies and programs that move the building sector to an energy-efficient, low-carbon future in line with the County’s climate action goals, partnerships between the private sector and local government are crucial. The Energy Summit is an annual convening where this collaboration happens.”
Summit attendees will be able to have hands-on learning opportunities, as well as hear case studies regarding commercial and multifamily buildings. The Summit will provide education sessions, the Innovation Alley showcase of products and services, hands-on building audit demonstrations and a networking reception.
The Silver Spring Civic Center is located at 1 Veterans Plaza in Downtown Silver Spring. It is easily accessible from the Silver Spring Metrorail station. Registration for the Energy Summit will open in early February. To find the full schedule for the Montgomery County Energy Summit, visit www.mcenergysummit.org.
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