Prop-2 CTEFB: $600M available for Comprehensive High Schools

CA Prop-2 has a $600M carve-out grant funding available for its Career Training & Education Facilities Program (CTEFP) targeted for Comprehensive High Schools. There are two (2) $300M funding rounds, with the 1st round application deadline on Dec. 1, 2025.

The presenters will summarize the Prop-2 CTEFB application requirements, as well as provide a case study for a DSA pre-checked, solar-powered Outdoor Education Classroom that can be fully funded in most cases using the Prop-2 CTEFB and Federal Direct Pay Energy Credits. Agriculture, Athletic, Culinary, and several other CTE program pathways may benefit as well.

If your school district has one or more Comprehensive High Schools, you surely understand the importance of attracting funding for CTE facilities infrastructure. This educational seminar combines several timely and advanced public school funding sources together with easy to understand explanation of how to capture funding, and manage cash flow, so as to benefit your District’s CTE programs.

Learning Outcomes

• Learn why DSA pre-check is a vitally important program to get your project completed quickly, in order to capture the federal Energy Credits. And how to access this.
• Learn how your Comprehensive High School may capture CTE grant funding that is specifically carved-out in the CA Prop-2 Statewide Bond Issue passed on Nov. 5, 2024.
• Learn about recent changes to the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Federal Direct-Pay Energy Credits that are still available for projects completed by Dec. 31, 2027.

Date available:
September 18, 2025
October 14, 2025

Time: 1:30pm to 2:30pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Duration: 1 hour includes ample time set aside for questions and answers.

Hosted by Green Technology, in collaboration with Sustainability Champions First Note Finance inc, Constructive Systems and KYA Group.

Creative Procurement and Funding Solutions Webinar for K-12 Districts: A Lunch and Learn

This engaging lunch and learn offers a comprehensive overview of innovative and alternative procurement and funding models for modernizing infrastructure in K-12 schools.

Exploring Creative Procurement and Funding Solutions
Discover how many school districts leverage alternate budget-neutral strategies to upgrade facilities, improve efficiency, and manage energy and water use. These legally authorized approaches allow districts to make vital improvements while minimizing the reliance on traditional capital budgets or bond funds. By exploring alternative financial mechanisms, and performance-based approaches, districts can implement infrastructure upgrades while maintaining their financial flexibility and security.

Key Topics Covered:

• Enabling Legal Frameworks for Alternative Procurement
• Regulatory and Policy Requirements
• Overview of Processes, Timelines, and Best Practices for Creative Solutions
• Shifting risk to the partner through contractual guarantees
• Benefits, Risks, and Key Considerations
• California Government Code 4217 and 5956.1

Who Should Attend?
This webinar is designed for:
• K-12 school district officials
• Facility and finance managers
• Public agency administrators
• City and county leaders
• Anyone seeking innovative approaches to funding and upgrading public school infrastructure

Join us to explore effective and proven methods to achieve significant facility improvements, reduce operating costs, and enhance resource efficiency, and shifting risk – all without stretching your district’s capital budgets.

Date available:
26 August 2025
10 September 2025

Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Duration: 1 hour includes discussion times.

Hosted by Green Technology, in collaboration with Veregy

Lunch is on us! Grubhub coupons and instructions will be sent to all qualified registered attendees the day of the lunch and learn.

Extending Your Roofs Lifecycle: How to get the most out of your roof roundtable

Buildings today incorporate lighter-weight structural materials than those built years ago. Contemporary roofing systems should, therefore, have the ability to withstand the increased substrate movements and deflections. Durability of the roof can be assured through good planning and by the correct specification and installation of the waterproofing system.

Asphalt is still the best-known waterproofing material. However; it has poor aging characteristics, becomes brittle in cold weather, is fluid in hot weather, and has little resistance to fatigue. Elastomeric compounds such as SBS (styrene-butadiene-styrene) substantially improve these properties. SBS rubber is flexible and has the memory to return to its original form.  SBS rubber to asphalt increases the flow characteristics and improves the low-temperature flexibility and fatigue resistance of roofing asphalt. The end product is a high-performance and can be installed 2-3 ply system assembly. 

Areas that will be covered and discussed in this roundtable are:

• Durable rubberized asphalt roof products that provide over 200-300 mill thickness applied in 2-3 ply roof systems
• Learn more about the MBCare program for free warranty maintenance
• Recycled Content products available for basic maintenance & repairs using our Ecotorch product.  Less heat when applying and doesn’t require a certified applicator to do repair and maintenance
• When roofs are not leaking, but still need a roof system, Overlay Roof System can be a solution over existing roof.  A no waist roof solution
• How to get a free roof assessment to determine what condition your roofs are in

Multiple date available:
August 27, 2025
September 25, 2025
December 4, 2025

Time: 10:30 am to 11:30 am, Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Duration: 1 hour includes discussion times.

Hosted by Green Technology, in collaboration with MBTechnology

One Big Beautiful Update

How the OBBBA Affects your Energy Solutions Project

California solar projects need to start construction before July 4, 2026, be up and running by end of 2027, and meet domestic-content and US-friendly supply requirements to secure tax credits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Miss those dates or conditions, and the eligible credits vanish.

Join our Energy Innovation Engineer and Project Development Manager to discuss how to navigate your energy solutions projects and maximize your savings.

Discussion points:

1. Policy Implications in California
2. Updates on Federal Tax Credits
3. New Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) Rules
4. Mitigating Provisions and Opportunities

Who Should Attend?

• Operations Managers
• Finance Managers
• Business Services Managers
• School District Administrators
• Sustainability Professionals
• City Managers
• County Executives & Administrators
• Public Works Professionals
• Facility & Maintenance Managers

Date available:
August 28, 2025 – 1:00 PM
September 11, 2025 – 2:00 PM
September 30, 2025 – 10:00 AM

Time: Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Duration: 1 hour includes discussion times.

Hosted by Green Technology, in collaboration with Syserco Energy Solutions

Modernizing the Built Environment Without Compromise!
(A non-technical discussion for a very complex issue)

Architects, engineers, facility managers, and all professionals responsible for the built environment are under increasing pressure to design smarter, more efficient, and future-ready spaces. Our core challenge to ensure year-round human comfort and safety must be met while staying within tight budgets and resource constraints. Traditional cooling systems relying on compression technologies often struggle during extreme heat, consuming excessive power and forcing a reduction in outside air ventilation just when it’s needed most. In some cases, utilities even incentivize you to reduce cooling capacity to ease grid strain. And electrifying your building – especially when phasing out gas heating – can trigger costly infrastructure upgrades, potentially rendering your project financially unviable.

Does it always have to be a compromise?

We believe not. Seeley has innovated the solution to maintain comfort, ensure clean and SAFER-Air™, and reduce energy waste—without relying heavily on compressors or sacrificing ventilation.

Imagine a system that:

• Maintains safer indoor environments (reducing airborne pathogens, CO₂ buildup, and absenteeism)
• Minimizes annual operational costs through integrated cooling technologies and more efficient heating strategies
• Reduces your building’s carbon footprint while enhancing its long-term value

Join us for an essential conversation about modernizing your facility and creating environments that are healthier, more efficient, and future-forward – from design and operations to maintenance and end-of-life planning. Let’s work toward a better built world.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how the hybridization of your HVAC system can significantly reduce the impact on the grid and your P&L.
• How to develop cost effective electrification design strategies to heat, cool & ventilate the built environment.
• Implementing Heat Pump systems do not always need to trigger costly electrical infrastructure upgrades.
• How a hybridized solution can be a sound investment strategy.

Speaker:
John Fraser-Mifsud, President, Seeley International Americas

Date available:
9 September 2025

Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Duration: 1 hour includes discussion times.

Hosted by Green Technology, in collaboration with Seeley International Americas

This course is approved for 1 AIA HSW CEU/Learning Unit!

Designing for Active Nature Play
Lunch and Learn

We are seeing a trend toward nature-based play and play in nature in parks and outdoor spaces. In this session we will review the current research on the benefits of nature and nature play for health and wellness and share ideas on designing a built environment that works with nature to support the benefits of active outdoor play. This session will include a review of research and case studies of successful designs for active play spaces that work with the natural environment and enhance nature play.

Learning intentions:

•Discuss trends in outdoor nature-based play and play in nature
•Identify design features in outdoor play environments that support play in nature
•Learn how to critique playground design to make the most out of natural features while being compliant with safety criteria

Approved for 1 credit AIA and LA CES for Health Safety, and Welfare and .10 credit IACET

Date:
30 September 2025
7 October 2025

Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Duration: 1 hour includes discussion times.

Lunch is on us! Grubhub coupons and instructions will be sent to all qualified registered attendees the day of the lunch and learn.

Hosted by Green Technology, in collaboration with KOMPAN California

Office Operations and Your Sustainability Goals

Surprisingly Simple Ways to Save Electricity and Reduce Waste

Join us to learn about ways to eliminate powdered plastic laser toner, save electricity, reduce waste, and find responsible office equipment end of life options. All without any major equipment investments, construction, renovation or operational changes.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Plugload can contribute up to 50% of the electricity used in highly efficient buildings. Product ratings like Energy Star can help, but don’t always tell the full picture. Learn about tools available to dig deeper to estimate potential Scope 2 emissions savings by choosing highly efficient office devices.
2. On the road to Zero Waste? Learn ways to discover the hidden waste that you may be generating that is difficult to track, and how to avoid it in the first place.
3. Microplastic pollution is a growing concern, yet most consumers and businesses don’t understand that their choices in the office may have an impact. Learn about fundamental print technology differences and potential tradeoffs to help you choose what is best for your organization.
4. To truly close the loop in the office equipment lifecycle you need an end-of-life strategy. Learn about responsible extended life and E-waste recycling options available.

Who Should Attend?
This webinar is ideal for:
• School District, Higher Ed and Corporate Sustainability Professionals
• Sustainability Curriculum Managers
• Energy Analysts
• Facility Managers
• Equipment Purchasers

Date available:
TBD

Time: 10:30 am to 11:30 am, Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Duration: 1 hour includes discussion times.

Hosted by Green Technology, in collaboration with Epson America, Inc.

This course is approved for 1 AIA CEU/Learning Unit!