Commercial Whole Building Market Insights 

Join NEEA for a five-part webinar series diving into 2025–2026 market research and data analysis findings from the Whole Building Special Project. These hour-long sessions will reveal new insights into commercial real estate market audiences, buildings, and regional building performance standards.

Upcoming Webinar Topics

Registration is now open for the remaining webinars in the series. You can register for one or more of these free, one-hour sessions. If you missed prior webinars, you can now view the recordings. 

  • Webinar #3: Market Transformation Concept Design Research

    March 26, 2026 | 12–1 p.m. Pacific | Presenter: ETHNO

    This webinar will highlight findings from ethnographic research interviews with commercial real estate market actors, offering a nuanced understanding of the motivations and barriers that shape building upgrade decisions. Gain insights from their responses to potential market intervention concepts, including approaches to helping plan and finance upgrades, and learn about how this feedback is informing market transformation program design. 

  • Webinar #4: From Policy to Practice — Implementing Building Performance Standards

    April 30, 2026 | 12–1 p.m. Pacific | Presenter: Hayden Tanner

    Explore early lessons learned from research on building performance standards implementation across the U.S. and internationally. Drawing on secondary research and interviews with jurisdictions that have met compliance deadlines, this session will share findings about compliance strategies, including challenges and successes.

  • Webinar #5: Insights from NEEA’s Commercial Building Stock Assessment

    May 14, 2026 | 12–1 p.m. Pacific | Presenter: NEEA

    This webinar shares findings from analyses of the 2019 and 2025 Commercial Building Stock Assessment data and the new 2025 Commercial Building Stock Virtual Catalogue, highlighting trends shaping the Northwest market. This presentation will focus on insights related to medium-sized buildings and how the region might best target outreach, engagement and market transformation efforts with this segment.

Completed Webinars and Recordings

The following live webinars are now complete, but you can catch up with the recordings using the links below.

  • Webinar #1: Understanding the Northwest's Small and Medium Commercial Building Market

    Presenter: RE Tech | Click here to view the recording >

    In this webinar, we will delve into findings from recent NEEA-sponsored research on commercial buildings under 100,000 sq. ft. in the Northwest. Drawing on CoStar data and insights from commercial real estate market actors, including building owners, managers, tenants and brokers, this session explores who occupies these buildings, how they’re segmented, and other building ownership and management characteristics.

  • Webinar #2: Market Challenges and Opportunities of Washington's Clean Buildings Performance Standard

    Presenter: Building Potential | Click here to view the recording >

    Based on analysis of help desk data, market actor surveys, and stakeholder interviews, this webinar explores how the commercial building industry is navigating Washington State’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard (CBPS) and Seattle’s Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS). Learn about key compliance challenges, market readiness, and supporting scalable, cost-effective building upgrades.