If you identify as Black, Indigenous, a Person of Color, a Woman, or as a member of another group underrepresented in the AEC industry and related fields, then you may be a candidate for BuildingEnergy Access, a new program NESEA intends to launch to better support your work. The long-term goal is to bring more MWBE professionals into the high performance space and to connect them with the resources of the NESEA community. On February 6, NESEA will be holding the first in a series of conversations with members of our community who come from historically marginalized groups and would like to get more from NESEA’s resources and programming.

As NESEA explore funding opportunities to support this work, NESEA aims to better understand how their future programming can be as useful and impactful as possible. Given the nature of the program NESEA hopes to offer, they are particularly interested in hearing from business owners or individuals who serve in a leadership/managerial role within their organizations.

The cornerstone of BuildingEnergy Access will be entry into Bottom Lines, NESEA’s business development program. Bottom Lines is a network of more than 60 companies split into professionally facilitated peer groups, all working together to improve their triple bottom line – people, profit, and planet. Other offerings may include assistance with the MWBE certification process, professional coaching, marketing opportunities, and invitations to have work highlighted through NESEA’s other programs (i.e. hosting a project tour, presenting at a conference, writing for our magazine, etc).

Additional location information to come.