NZA 8 | 2026 EVENTS
COMPLETE
California: State of Sustainability
July 23, 2026
9a–10a Pacific
Virtual (Zoom)
Kicking off USGBC-CA's Cohort 8 work group series, this session provided a state-of-the-state overview from CEO Ben Stapleton on the policy, market, and technical landscape shaping California's built environment. Topics include embodied carbon policy (AB 2446, SB 253, SB 261), Building Performance Standards, electrification, workforce development, and where NZA companies can plug into the state's advocacy and market-connection efforts.
UPCOMING
Pilot Scoping & Flight Plans
July 29, 2026
9a-10:30a Pacific
Virtual (Zoom Link in Invite)
A working session combining the NZA Pilot Scoping Workshop with the Flight Plans Best Practices Guide. Along with Colin Mangham, Senior Advisors Kevin Powell and Wayne Alldredge will walk Cohort 8 companies through designing, pricing, and delivering a pilot, covering customer identification, value proposition validation, site selection, financial and legal considerations, and post-pilot next steps. Includes a live workshop exercise: the Pilot Pitch.
OPTIONAL
Carbon FWD
September 17, 2026
Session Time TBA
In-Person | Los Angeles
Carbon Forward: Towards LA28 is California's premier event for embodied carbon, materials, and sustainable construction, held September 17 at La Kretz Innovation Campus, HQ of USGBC California. Framed around the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the summit brings together architects, engineers, developers, manufacturers, and policymakers for sessions on low-carbon concrete, steel, and mass timber, procurement strategy, and circular construction, plus the release of a first-of-its-kind regional assessment of lower-carbon concrete suppliers.
Select NZA companies will participate in an innovation panel.