IAPMO Returns in Key Role at 2025 National High-Performance Buildings Week

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 20 years of help for this progressive initiative, IAPMO will be 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 Government 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 even be 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 workers 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 workers to share insights and advocate for help of high-performance constructing insurance policies and applications.

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 yr’s Congressional Briefing will discover methods for adapting the nation’s constructing inventory to raised face up to excessive climate occasions—akin to hurricanes, wildfires, and extreme storms—which can be 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, shield property, and help financial restoration. The briefing may even highlight laws akin to S. 1323, the Facilitating Elevated Resilience, Environmental Weatherization and Lowered Legal responsibility (FIREWALL) Act.

Shaping the Constructed Atmosphere

“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 mentioned. “This annual occasion highlights how we help laws and insurance policies that shield life and property, promote revolutionary constructing applied sciences, improve US financial competitiveness, and help the event of personal sector requirements, codes and tips that tackle these issues.”

IAPMO is dedicated to shaping the constructed atmosphere by means of the development of protected, accountable codes and requirements, evidence-based insurance policies, and revolutionary options that help public well being, sustainable development, and environment friendly use of water and power.

For extra info or to RSVP for occasions, contact [email protected].