US Green Building Council California (USGBC-CA) and the Net Zero Accelerator (NZA) invite you to Demo Day 2025.
The NZA speeds the adoption of impactful solutions in the built environment. To help scale these innovations, the program supports growth-stage companies in de-risking offerings, aligning products and services with market needs, and ultimately implementing new technologies through pilot projects in our shared community,
As such, this annual event is one of our most compelling, featuring live and interactive demonstrations from our NZA 2024 cohort and some milestone updates from NZA alumni going back to our 2019 inaugural cohort.
For our opening keynote, we are duly honored to welcome David Gottfried, Founder of both the USGBC and World Green Building Council and current Chief Commercial Officer for Blue Planet. We look forward to him sharing his vision for how the strides we've all made over the decades are propelling us into a net positive future. David will be followed by a panel discussion (speakers to follow) previewing opportunities and challenges in what will assuredly be an interesting year for the sustainability space.
Then to the heart of the show, when entrepreneurs will pitch breakthrough solutions already making an impact on affordable housing, building decarbonization, energy storage and efficiency, wildfire defense, water conservation, coastal restoration, and more. It’s a unique opportunity to learn how these innovations are not just ideas but real-world implementations driving change and delivering measurable results.
You'll come away with actionable insights and concrete examples of how these technologies can future-proof projects, reduce environmental impact, meet emerging market demands, or simply inspire your own work. Whether you're a developer, policy maker, investor, or other sustainability advocate, you'll gain valuable strategies for integrating leading-edge and vitally necessary solutions
We'll wrap up with interactive discussions for solution-focused deep dives as well as opportunities to connect on pilot projects featured in the next edition of the NZA Pilot Flight Manual, to be announced and shared at the event.
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This is a hybrid event, with keynote, panel discussions, and some demos in-person integrated with virtual demos from around the US and Canada coming to us live on the big screen.
If you're able to join us in-person, we'll have light lunch and refreshments in our event space at the
La Kretz Innovation Campus in downtown Los Angeles.
Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees prior to the event.
Tickets and lunch are FREE thanks to our generous sponsors.
Save the date for Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 12p - 2p PST (with extended networking from 2p to 2:30p PST) and start your new year inspired!
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