Atlas Public Policy is excited to host our twenty-third episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment. Join us on Thursday, November 13 at 4:00 PM EST as we sit down with Derek Schnabel, Facilities Engineer at Epic, and Steve Fate, President of West Union District Energy, to discuss the thermal energy networks they manage in the Midwest.

How do they harness geothermal energy to heat and cool entire networks of buildings? How do the needs of a city differ from those of a corporate campus? Tune in to find out!

Atlas Public Policy is excited to host our twenty-second episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment. Join us on Wednesday, October 1 at 4:00 PM EST as we sit down with Daniel Carpenter-Gold, Staff Attorney at the Public Health Law Center, and Chris Dobens, Director of Communications for WE ACT for Environmental Justice, to discuss some recent court rulings on how and whether cities can regulate building electrification.

How have cities changed their strategies around electrification laws since the Ninth Circuit overturned Berkeley’s gas ban in 2023? How have courts ruled on challenges to these laws, and what does it mean for the future of building electrification laws? Tune in to find out!

Atlas Public Policy is excited to host our twenty-first episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment. Join us on Wednesday, June 25 at 2:30 PM EST as we sit down with Ryan Cassidy, Vice President of Real Estate at Mutual Housing California, and Keith Snyder, Energy Branch Manager at the Fairfax County Park Authority, to discuss their efforts that earned them awards at the Better Buildings Summit in May.

What projects are they undertaking and what makes them stand out from the pack? What can other local governments and NGOs learn from their work to help decarbonize their communities? Tune in to find out!

Atlas Public Policy is excited to host our twentieth episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment. Join us on Tuesday, February 25 at 2:30 PM EST as we sit down with Jane Melia, CEO of Harvest, and David B. Calabrese, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at Daikin U.S., to discuss their companies' respective heat pump technologies.

What are their innovations and how are they different from other heat pumps on the market? What are the biggest technical challenges facing heat pumps? What misconceptions about heat pumps do policymakers, homeowners, and contractors hold? Tune in to find out!

Atlas Public Policy is excited to host our nineteenth episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment. Join us on Wednesday, January 29 at 4:00 PM EST as we sit down with Katarina Michalova, Program Manager at the City of St. Louis, and Aidan Callan, BERDO Program Manager at the City of Boston, to discuss nationwide developments and milestones in the implementation of building performance standards (BPS).

Why are BPS' important? How are various state initiatives supporting their expansion? More broadly, what is the role of local and state policymaking for building decarbonization progress? Tune in to find out!

Atlas Public Policy is excited to host our eighteenth episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment. Join us on Tuesday, December 17 at 1:30 PM EST as we sit down with Rose Stephens-Booker, Managing Director of Programs and Partnerships at the Building Decarbonization Coalition, and Tony Sirna, Buildings Senior Policy Lead at Evergreen Action, to discuss the key federal and state building decarbonization policy moments of 2024.

What major developments came out of Congress and the executive branch in 2024? What regulatory themes arose from state legislatures? And how could these evolutions carry into 2025? Tune in to find out!

Atlas Public Policy is excited to host our seventeenth episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment.

Join us on Tuesday, November 12 at 4 PM EST as Policy Analyst Stephen Naimoli sits down with Andy Johnson, Executive Director of Clean Energy Districts of Iowa. The pair will discuss progress and developments in the inception and proliferation of clean energy districts nationwide.

What are clean energy districts and how do they function? How did Johnson start up the nation's first in Iowa? How are state initiatives popping up across the country supporting this effort? Tune in to find out!

Atlas Public Policy is hosting its sixteenth episode of “Buildings Hub Live,” where we spotlight the changemakers and technologies leading the charge to electrify our built environment. Join us Thursday, October 10 at 1pm EST for a discussion on how New Mexico's Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department rolled out the state's federal Home Energy Rebates.

In this joint episode with the Climate Program Portal, join Policy Associate Jaclyn Lea and Policy Analyst Stephen Naimoli as they speak with Yeny Maestas, Inflation Reduction Act Rebates Program Manager, and Rebecca Stair, State Energy Office Director, about the recent award, their program design, and how New Mexico plans to spread the word and encourage uptake of the rebates.