The 2025 ASHRAE Building Decarbonisation Conference, set for October 22-24, 2025, in Chicago, will be the gathering place for professionals to determine how to accelerate building decarbonisation strategies.
Commenting on the plan; 2025-26 ASHRAE President Bill McQuade, P.E., CDP, Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP; said, “Decarbonisation is not just about technology. It’s about rethinking how we design, operate, and value our buildings. This conference is about equipping building professionals with the strategies, partnerships and tools needed to make measurable progress. This is the ‘must-attend’ conference for professionals in the business of designing, constructing or operating buildings.”
The two-and-a-half-day programme will feature 21 seminars, 14 panels, five technical tours and three keynotes across four tracks: Scaling Decarbonisation, Innovator’s Showcase, Blueprints for Change, and Beyond Decarbonisation. Sessions will deliver both visionary perspectives and practical solutions that attendees can apply immediately in their own projects.
Among others, some highly anticipated sessions include: Demystifying Existing Building Decarbonisation: New Tools for Strategic Decarbonisation Planning (Panel); Innovating to Zero: Developer Arriving at Net Positive, Operator Electrifying a Community Including Shared EVs and Designer Outthinking AI in “Human Versus AI.”
