Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex)

Main Offices:

New York, NY

Project Locations:

New York with a national reach

Mission:

The Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) is a center of excellence dedicated to reducing the effects of climate change by improving the built environment. BE-Ex accelerates the transition to healthy, comfortable, and energy efficient buildings by serving as a resource and trusted expert to the building industry.

Areas of Practice:

Education, Exhibitions, Research, Networking, Facilitation, Energy Efficiency, Decarbonization, and Buildings

Since its founding in 2009, Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) has established itself as a trusted and objective resource for decision-makers across the building industry. Through education, exhibits, and actionable research, BE-Ex plays a central role in the climate action plans of both New York City and State. Through its global partnerships, as a founding member of the United Nations’ International Centre of Excellence for High Performance Buildings, BE-Ex helps to facilitate international knowledge-sharing and advance high-performance buildings around the world.

Impact:

Over the past 15 years, BE-Ex has developed over 2,000 educational programs, reaching more than 50,000 decision-makers, with annual campaigns, like Daylight Hour, engaging partners from across the globe. BE-Ex programs have been focused on scaling high-performance opportunities, technologies, and strategies – all in the service of decarbonization and preparing communities for a low carbon future.