BTF ‘25 Set to Feature Existing Building Interventions & Innovations Track

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Our 2025 Building Tech Forum is shaping up to be our most impactful one yet.

Last year, we sold out the presenter slots for the first time. This year, we launched our first-ever Call for Presentations to help curate the most compelling lineup possible.

Building Tech Forum 2025 is an evening of 45 x 5-minute lightning talks and networking, where industry leaders present the latest innovations in building technology accelerating the sustainable and regenerative design, construction and operation of the built environment. But this year, there is a unique opportunity.

BE+ and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) are pleased to announce one track room of 15 presentations dedicated to strategic interventions and innovations decarbonizing existing buildings. As we gear up to launch the Massachusetts Building Performance Exchange together, we are leveraging this powerful gathering to highlight cutting-edge approaches to optimizing building retrofits.

Strategies, solutions, and research selected for our competitive Existing Building Interventions & Innovations track will have a deeply discounted presentation fee.

For this curated track, we are looking for presentations that address some of the following questions:

• • What are the smartest ways to reduce carbon in existing buildings?
  • What strategies can get the most reduction per dollar spent?
  • How can we dramatically reduce energy use while keeping buildings occupied?
  • What are the most promising technologies and innovations?

We are particularly interested in strategies and solutions for the following:

• • Electrification
  • Energy Loss, Recovery, & Storage
  • HVAC, Hot Water
  • Lighting, Appliances
  • Renewable Energy Integration
  • Resident & Tenant Engagement
  • Sealing, Insulation, Envelope
  • Smart Meters & Energy Management
  • Sweet-spot Energy Retrofits
  • Zero-over-time Planning

We will judge each presentation proposal by how innovative, relevant, replicable, and scalable the strategy is to make a sizable impact on the overall emissions of Massachusetts’ existing building stock. For more information, download our 2025 Call for Presentations.

Submit your proposal by Friday, May 30th, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET.

Register for Building Tech Forum 2025 on July 17, 2025 as we get ready to curate some of the most exciting strategies for existing building decarbonization!

About the Massachusetts Building Performance Exchange
BE+ is working with MassCEC to accelerate market transformation for larger building energy retrofits through knowledge sharing, training, peer-to-peer interaction, and targeted research. The Exchange will make retrofitting existing buildings easier through a library of guides, case studies, and webinars. It will create a community of professionals with the expertise to transform large, out-of-date existing buildings into modern, energy efficient and healthy buildings.