AEE West 2026 Call For Papers
Highlight your work and enhance your visibility as an industry leader by submitting an abstract for consideration to speak at AEE West, held March 11-12, 2026Â at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington. The papers can include case studies, research, and real-life experiences.
The deadline to submit is December 19, 2025.
Registration fee for the conference will be complimentary for the selected presenters and chairs. You will be sent a notice of paper selection in January 2026. Suggested topics other than the ones listed below may be submitted. Individuals wishing to participate as a session chair should contact Caroline Martz directly.
Vendor Policy: If your company is a product manufacturer or rep firm selling a product, the presentation must be non-commercial in content.  All presentations in the conference must be educational and have learning objectives.
Topics of Interest
Mastering Energy Management
- Building Codes and Benchmarking
- Building Commissioning/Retro-Commissioning
- Building Controls & Automation
- Case Studies
- Commercial Building Operations
- Demand Flexibility
- Demand Response
- Energy Auditing
- Energy Awareness
- Energy Management Success Stories
- Energy Management Systems
- Energy Policy
- Energy Project Financing
- Industrial Energy Management
- Institutional & Campus Energy Management
- Measurement & Verification
- Metering & Submetering
- Performance Contracting
- Utility Energy Efficiency Programs
Decarbonization and Electrification Strategies
- Building Decarbonization
- Corporate Energy Sustainability
- Decarbonization & Electrification
- Electric Vehicles
- ESG- Environmental, Social, Governance
- Fuel Cells
- Funding Opportunities
- Green Hydrogen
- Grid Capacities and Readiness
- Incentives & Investments
- Net Zero
- Policy Funding and Implementation
- State & Local Energy Efficiency Initiatives
- Transportation and Infrastructure
Energy Services & Emerging Technologies
- Advanced Cooling Technologies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Big Data & Energy Analytics
- Building Automation
- Building Retrofits
- CHP
- Distributed Generation
- Energy Procurement
- Energy Storage
- High Performance Design
- Lighting
- Renewables
- Smart Grid/Microgrid
- Solar, Wind, and Wave Power
- Water Efficiency
Clean Energy Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
- Climate Action
- Energy Equity
- Energy Reliability
- Energy Resiliency
- Energy Security
- Extreme Weather Adaptation
- Green Communities
- Public and Private Partnerships
- Sustainable Design
- Workforce Development