About Maryland Climate Tech+ 2027

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Maryland Climate Tech+ is an annual convening and action platform advancing climate resilience and Human-Centered Building Performance at the intersection of public health, climate justice, real estate, and the built environment.

Since 2024, we've brought together 80+ international thought leaders and subject matter experts, producing 125+ hours of recorded discussions, case studies, and actionable solutions connecting building performance, climate change, and human well-being.

Maryland Climate Tech+ 2027 | The Healthy Building Challenge: The Business Case for Human-Centered Building Retrofits

Maryland's Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) are driving investments to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions across existing buildings.

What if buildings could do more than save energy?

The Healthy Building Challenge explores how BEPS investments can improve indoor environmental quality, reduce health risks, and deliver measurable human and financial benefits across multifamily housing, universities, student housing, houses of worship, hospitality, and other commercial and community facilities.

Real-Time Spatial Intelligence: Know Your Building Before You Invest in Its Future

Combining LiDAR-based Digital Twins, validated square footage, asset inventories, and real-time indoor environmental monitoring, Real-Time Spatial Intelligence informs BEPS retrofit investments and verifies Human-Centered Building Performance.

What do you own? Where is it? What condition is it in? How is it performing? What could it become?

How effectively does it protect the people inside from airborne infection?

Healthcare Cost Avoidance: The Unmodeled Value Layer. Baltimore ranks #1 in asthma-related mortality among 100 metropolitan areas evaluated in the 2026 Asthma Capitals Report. Across Maryland, Black children experience more than four times the asthma-related emergency department visit rate of White children.

The Healthy Building Challenge seeks to measure the human and economic value of healthier buildings, particularly for communities disproportionately affected by environmental health risks.

Join the Healthy Building Challenge

March 14–15, 2027 | Baltimore, Maryland

Join us in advancing healthier, more resilient, and financially competitive buildings.

Join building owners, public-health researchers, engineers, policymakers, investors, and industry leaders working to advance healthier, more resilient, and financially competitive buildings.

Aaron Rice
Founder & Organizer

Maryland Climate Tech+

HealthyBuildingChallenge.com