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Heading to #NYClimateWeek later this month and am aware of my lack of planning so far. These days I’m working on strategies related to the climate-infrastructure nexus, #energymodeling, and sustainable responses to AI-driven demand. Would love to hear about any standout sessions.

#ClimateWeek26

September 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM

Rate It Green

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Inside Elco Yards: A Green Campus Tour, September 22, #RedwoodCity #California buff.ly/f8jQy4p @USGBCCalifornia @USGBC #decarbonization #highperformance #energyfficiency #energy #design #buildings #HVAC #heatpumps #waterheating #energymodeling #greencampus #greenbuilding

Inside Elco Yards: A LEED Gold Green Building Campus Tour, September 22, Redwood City, California - Green Building Events - Rate It Green

Tour LEED Gold-certified Elco Yards and explore innovative systems, decarbonization strategies, and high-performance campus design. Join USGBC California...

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September 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM

Rate It Green

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Commercial Stretch Energy Code -Targeted & Relative Performance Paths, a #Free 2-Part Webinar Series, September 22 & 24, 10am - 12pm ET buff.ly/LvoAXRU @MassSave #energycode #stretchcodes #commercial #buildings #energymodeling #energy #retrofits #HVAC #greenbuilding

Commercial Stretch Energy Code - Targeted & Relative Performance Paths, a Free Two-Part Webinar Series, September 22 & 24, 10 am - 12 pm ET - Green Building Events - Rate It Green

New commercial buildings over 20,000 ft2 must use a performance path for compliance with the 2023 Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code. This two-part training...

buff.ly

September 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM

Open Energy Transition

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How do you know a solver works on your real-world energy models?
➕ Contribute your benchmarks following the instructions at: openenergybenchmark.org/blog/open_call

#OpenSource #EnergyModeling #Solvers #OpenEnergyBenchmark

March 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM

Open Energy Transition

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FREE webinar: Commercial-Grade Open-Source Software for Energy Planning

Sept 18, 16-18:00 CEST | Online

PyPSA & PowSyBl for grid simulation. Panel + lightning talks from RTE, Artelys, ACER, Austrian Power Grid, TransnetBW

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e...

#OpenSource #EnergyModeling

August 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Open Energy Transition

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⚡ It's not just renewables — it's system integration. We asked our Head of Energy System Modeling Dr. Martha Frysztacki about emerging trends and challenges of modeling future grids. This is what she said: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#EnergyTransition #OpenSource #EnergyModeling #freethemodels

August 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM

Open Energy Transition

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James Glynn @drglynn.bsky.social (ESMA_Ltd) tested #OpenEnergyBenchmark — an open-source benchmark of optimization #solvers from energy planning. Mixing open & proprietary with smart filters. Join & contribute!

Thank you for insights, James.

🔗 openenergybenchmark.org

#EnergyModeling #OpenSource

July 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM

Open Energy Transition

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Open Energy Benchmark is live. Supported by @BreakthroughEnergy, it compares 5 solvers across 120 energy modeling benchmarks.

Test user Victor Guillot (MINES Paris) calls it intuitive and a huge time-saver.

🔗 Check it out: openenergybenchmark....

#EnergyModeling #OpenSource

Open Energy Benchmark

An open-source benchmark of optimization solvers on representative problems from the energy planning domain.

openenergybenchmark.org

July 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Open Energy Transition

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New tool for modelers&solver devs! The Open Energy Benchmark lets you compare 5 OSS & commercial LP/MILP solvers across more model framework, enhancing speed, scale, transparency of the energy transition.

🔗 More at openenergybenchmark.org

#OpenSource #EnergyModeling #Benchmarking #EnergyTransition

June 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Open Energy Transition

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We did a #PowerMarkets Modelling w/ #OpenSource course in Johannesburg! 35 energy pros from 6 countries learned PyPSA.

Some takeaways:
📌 Open-source democratizing energy planning
📌 Local capacity growing strong

Thanks @InternationalCentreHydropower & @HansBredesen! 🙏

#EnergyModeling #Africa

June 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Open Energy Transition

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We are not only #PyPSA users, but also experienced in open-source frameworks like #Calliope, #TIMES, and #Temoa. We can solve your energy planning needs with open tools.

📩 solutions@openenergytransition.org

Modeler? Tell us what you use—we’d love to connect!

#EnergyModeling

May 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Open Energy Transition

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Only 19 countries have submitted their NDCs, but it is still far when aiming for the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal. With open energy modeling, policymakers plan and turn ambition into action.

We can give a hand: openenergytransition...

#ClimateAction #EnergyModeling #ParisAgreement #FreetheModels