WASHINGTON, DC — IAPMO® will as soon as once more take an energetic position in nationwide Excessive-Efficiency Buildings Week, returning to Washington, DC, this week. Celebrating greater than twenty years of help for this progressive initiative, IAPMO will be a part of members of the Excessive-Efficiency Buildings Coalition (HPBC) on Capitol Hill to advocate for resilient, environment friendly, and sustainable constructing practices.
Organized by the HPBC—a private-sector coalition of roughly 200 organizations that help the Excessive-Efficiency Buildings Caucus of the US Congress—this annual occasion connects business leaders with policymakers to advertise forward-thinking constructing coverage.
IAPMO is a founding member of the HPBC. Senior Director of Authorities Relations Jim Scarborough is chair of the coalition, with Govt Vice President of Authorities Relations Dain Hansen and Senior Director of Authorities Relations Christopher Lindsay having beforehand held management roles. Christina Kaeini, Senior Director of Authorities Relations, who chairs the HPBC State and Native Affairs Committee, may also be a part of Scarborough, Hansen and Lindsay in representing IAPMO all through the week.
Schedule of Occasions
IAPMO will take part in every of those occasions this week:
Tuesday, June 24 – Home Conferences
IAPMO and HPBC members will meet with Congressional representatives and their employees to debate priorities associated to constructing efficiency, security, and sustainability.
Wednesday, June 25 – Senate Conferences
Conferences proceed with members of the U.S. Senate and their employees to share insights and advocate for help of high-performance constructing insurance policies and packages.
Thursday, June 26 – Congressional Briefing: “Retrofitting for Resilience”
12:30-2 p.m. | Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing, Room 2045
Convened by Scarborough in his position as HPBC chair, this 12 months’s Congressional Briefing will discover methods for adapting the nation’s constructing inventory to higher stand up to excessive climate occasions—similar to hurricanes, wildfires, and extreme storms—which are changing into extra frequent and expensive.
The occasion will spotlight key findings from the brand new report Retrofitting for Resilience, which demonstrates how focused investments in mitigation can save lives, defend property, and help financial restoration. The briefing may also highlight laws similar to S. 1323, the Facilitating Elevated Resilience, Environmental Weatherization and Lowered Legal responsibility (FIREWALL) Act.
Shaping the Constructed Surroundings
“We’re excited as soon as once more to offer the chance for representatives of the Coalition’s 200 organizations to go to with members of Congress,” Scarborough stated. “This annual occasion highlights how we help laws and insurance policies that defend life and property, promote revolutionary constructing applied sciences, improve US financial competitiveness, and help the event of personal sector requirements, codes and pointers that handle these issues.”
IAPMO is dedicated to shaping the constructed setting by means of the development of protected, accountable codes and requirements, evidence-based insurance policies, and revolutionary options that help public well being, sustainable building, and environment friendly use of water and vitality.
