2025 ASHRAE Building Decarbonization Conference

The 2025 Building Decarbonization Conference will be an information and idea exchange between stakeholders in the built environment industry concerning the reduction of GHG emissions in new and existing buildings and systems. This is ASHRAE’s 4th building decarbonization conference and will feature a significant focus on strategies and solutions for scaling up building decarbonization. The scope of the conference will cover a range of buildings from residential to small, medium and large commercial buildings to campus and portfolio buildings. The conference will bring together engineering and technical solution providers with building owners, utility program managers, local governments and financial services providers who are increasingly challenged to meet stringent building decarbonization goals, policies and regulations in a practical, cost-effective manner.

The conference program will cover the topics below and more:

• Scaling decarbonized new construction of buildings;
• Scaling building decarbonization retrofits; 
• Scaling across multiple buildings (campus, portfolio) and systems, such as district heating energy system;
• Special considerations in scaling building decarbonization in rural and underserved communities;
• Whole-life carbon and embodied carbon best practices, resources, tools and case studies;
• Pairing decarbonization with resiliency and enhanced IEQ;
• Policies and Standards, including building energy codes and Building Performance Standards;
• Cold climate design, construction and operational considerations including hybrid heating solutions;
• Managing peak electric loads from building electrification – demand reduction, thermal storage, DER integration, demand flexibility;
• Building decarbonization through utility programs – new construction, retrofits;
• Financing solutions for building decarbonization in new construction and retrofits – net zero as a service, ESPC, PACE, green mortgages.