Event Description

NESEA's BuildingEnergy NYC conference and trade show is a chance to enage in a full day of networking and intensive learning with peers from the fields of design, construction, engineering, policy, finance, and beyond. This unique event is designed by and for NESEa's community of practitioners, ensuring that the content is useful, relevant, and on the leading edge. Conference sessions present best practices and lessons learned based on real case studies and proven data, as well as showcasing innovative technologies and programs. 

2025 Conference Theme: Action and Adaptation

The NESEA community has always been a force for courageous, innovative change. The climate movement in the United States is at a pivotal moment this year, with federal government actions likely to slow or even reverse progress toward established targets. At the same time, we are facing the rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events—uprooting people's lives and costing billions of dollars annually. In this new climate reality and complex policy environment, it is more important than ever for us to find creative ways to adapt and move forward with confidence, and to design buildings that will continue to perform at the highest level while withstanding these changing conditions.

The 2025 BuildingEnergy NYC conference will focus on how those of us in the building industries can continue to take effective action by incorporating resilience, adaptation, and mitigation strategies towards large-scale climate goals, while navigating an environment where regulatory and funding structures are unpredictable. We all must think critically and innovatively about the approaches that are feasible to continue driving impact in an uncertain national landscape, as well as how design and policy considerations themselves can look toward the future and center climate adaptation.

BuildingEnergy NYC attendees are leaders and emerging professionals from across the Northeast, committed to developing a more sustainable, healthy, and resilient built environment. They represent a wide range of industries, backgrounds, and levels of experience.