NZA 2026 COHORT

The 2026 NZA Cohort is taking flight!

Following visioning sessions, workgroups, the start of office hours, and a little break before fall conference season, the first drafts of NZA-8 Flight Plans are now available for early review.

These are, in more ways than one, living documents. We’ll be updating it frequently over through October, past Spooky Season, and right to the doorstep of Thanksgiving. Feedback from community advisors and pilot prospects help them and us refine to final and the publication of the 2026 Flight Manual, which we’ll announce at our Green Gala in December.

Building-Focused Innovators to Pilot Market-Ready, Net Zero Solutions Across California

LOS ANGELES (July 8, 2026) — USGBC California (USGBC-CA) named the 15 companies selected for Cohort 8 of the Net Zero Accelerator® (NZA), its growth-stage commercialization program for innovative technology in the built environment. The program officially kicked off June 24th and runs through early December 2026. These companies are ready to put practical, cost-effective […]