New Buildings Institute

Save the date! GTZ Forum 2026 is returning to New York City 🗽 with host sponsor NYSERDA. Join hundreds of leaders advancing high-performance buildings on October 5–6. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for the call for proposals, advance registration, and more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Nywdk0 #GTZ26 #Buildings

A really insightful and timely perspective in BUILDINGS by Mauro J Atalla of Trane Technologies and Nora Wang Esram of New Buildings Institute, highlighting how buildings sit at the nexus of sustainability and human health, with a powerful business case to match. And appreciate that both are Commissioners of The Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air, working to bring more attention and focus to the critical role of indoor air quality. Highly recommend taking a look. #Leadership #Sustainability #Health #IAQ #HealthyIndoorAir #EnergyEfficiency https://lnkd.in/e4VsT5KD

This week marks the one-year anniversary of our incredible CEO, Dr. Nora Wang Esram Esram, joining the New Buildings Institute team. Nora is not only a dynamic leader who has guided NBI through a turbulent year in the built environment sector – she is also a scholar, an architect, a collaborator, an innovator, and doer who has made a significant impact on clean air and energy efficiency efforts throughout her career. As Women’s History Month comes to a close, it is fitting that we highlight Nora’s leadership and contributions not only to NBI, but to a healthier and more resilient future for us all. Read Nora’s blog posts here: https://lnkd.in/em37pHCn #NationalWomensHistoryMonth #EnergyEfficiencyLeadership #GreenBuilding 

Excited to co-author this piece on a simple idea we often overlook: Buildings are one of the most powerful levers for human health. Health is the foundation for everything we do—and it shouldn’t be a tradeoff. We don’t have to choose between clean air and energy efficiency. With the right collaboration and innovation, every building can—and should—be both efficient and healthy.

Update from the New Buildings Institute team at the The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Hot Water and Hot Air Forums! Our team has been speaking and attending sessions, sharing the latest insights on best practices around energy efficiency, air source heat pumps, affordability, career pathways, and more. Photos: Team members Noah Gabriel, Susan Harris, Dr. Vidhisha Kannan Moopnar, and Joseph Wachunas at the conference. Susan is also pictured with her co-panelists after presenting on Market Drivers and Shifts: Getting HPWHs into Houses: Grace Michienzi, MIEBC; Jennifer Green, MCE; Roch Naleway, A.O. Smith #EnergyEfficiency #HotWaterForum #HotAirForum #GreenBuilding

Are you attending the 2026 The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Hot Water and Hot Air Forums in Phoenix, Arizona? This exciting conference brings together equipment manufacturers, utility program managers, implementers, and researchers advancing energy efficiency. New Buildings Institute staff will be presenting on and moderating panels, including Joseph Wachunas, senior project manager; Dr. Vidhisha Kannan Moopnar, senior project analyst; Noah Gabriel, project manager; and Susan Harris, building innovation communications manager. Learn more about the event here: https://lnkd.in/eSsnucnt See a full conference schedule, and where and when to catch our staff speaking, here: https://lnkd.in/ejUx6Z3n #EnergyEfficiency #HeatPumps #GreenBuilding #Sustainability

This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're celebrating women who shaped climate science, energy efficiency, and modern buildings! Today, we're starting with Alice Parker, who invented the first residential natural gas home heating system (awarded a patent in 1919). At a time when most homes were heated by burning coal or wood, Parker's invention offered a way to reduce fire risk and spread heat more evenly through a house. While little is known about Parker herself, her invention laid the groundwork for central heat and air, as well as the thermostats we see in buildings today. To see more about Parker's impact, as well as the many mysteries surrounding her life, enjoy this piece from Canary Media Inc.: https://lnkd.in/eRyQfqck Image below: Text about Alice Parker next to an image of her patent for a residential natural gas heating system. #WomensHistory #EnergyEfficiency #WomenInEnergy #WomenInSustainability

Join us at this year's Building Innovation Conference 2026, May 19–20 in McLean, VA! Building Innovation convenes leaders across government, AEC, and industry to strengthen America’s infrastructure through innovation, collaboration, and future‑ready practices. BI2026 is the place to not just learn about innovations in the built environment, but how to actually move toward integration. Attendees will dive into expert-led sessions exploring innovations in system of systems, modular offsite construction, digital delivery, building codes, housing, capital investment strategies, adaptive design, and more. Save 20% with code: NBI20 https://lnkd.in/efZ7z5DU

New Buildings Institute is partnering with Center for Green Schools and the National Center on School Infrastructure (NCSI) to help educators and students breathe easier! Learn more about the new HVAC Change Lab in FacilitiesNet/NFMT: https://lnkd.in/ekG8UnGJ Ready to get involved? Visit the Change Lab webpage here: https://lnkd.in/dEvw4gSf

Are you attending the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's BuildingEnergy Boston conference? Come find our team there! Ariel Brenner, project manager, will be presenting in "Keeping It Cool! Toolkits and Strategies for Extreme Heat and Urban Heat Island Mitigation" on Monday, March 23. Meanwhile, Tristan Grant, our director of codes & policy, is a member of the conference content committee and will be attending various sessions. Learn more about the conference here: https://lnkd.in/ev2RbqCb See more about Ariel's session here: https://lnkd.in/eZpxb4fx   #BuildingEnergyBoston #SustainableEnergy #UrbanHeatIslands #GreenBuilding