ACEEE Hot Water and Hot Air Forums 2026

March 24 - March 26, 2026
Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel
100 North 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004 Show map

ACEEE’s 2026 Hot Air and Hot Water forums are being held March 24-26, 2026, at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel in Arizona.

“By attending, you will learn about the latest technologies, their performance in the lab and under real-world conditions, and ways that utilities and policymakers are speeding their adoption,” say organizers. “As heating air and water requires so much energy and is so intertwined with daily life, driving down costs and ensuring households have a positive experience with these technologies is crucial.”

These forums bring together equipment manufacturers, utility program managers, implementers, and researchers.

Call for Presenters

Individual presentations and ideas for full sessions with multiple speakers are welcome (you may submit up to two for consideration). The deadline to submit a presentation is October 15, 2025.

Organizers are seeking presentations along these four tracks:

• Affordability: Reducing costs • financing • peak load and demand flexibility
• Policies and programs: Regional successes and roadmaps • test methods and metrics • electric rate design
• System design and installation: consumer education • installer training • commercial hot water • health & safety
• Technologies: commercial and residential systems • plug-in, rooftop, and combi units • refrigerant transition

Registration and accommodations will open November 2025.

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is a non-profit organization that develops policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change.