BuildingEnergy NYC 2026 Evaluations
Thank you for joining us at BuildingEnergy NYC 2026. Please help us continue to improve this event:
- Evaluate the entire conference
- Evaluate the sessions you attended below
NESEA staff will share your feedback with next year’s conference planning committee to guide the design and content of BuildingEnergy NYC 2027. Questions? Contact Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Conference Director, at bsachs-hamilton@nesea.org.
| Event Date | Session Title | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 15 - 9:00 to 10:00 | KEYNOTE - Build Together. Grow Together. Own Together. A Cooperative Blueprint for Climate-Healing Construction | Evaluate | Greg Bossie Ace Mcarleton Susanne DesRoches |
| Event Date | Session Title | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 15 - 10:30 to 11:30 | Improving Multifamily Ventilation Retrofits through Industry Collaboration | Evaluate | Jeffrey Heller Emma Raymont Punit Shah Kelly Westby |
| Thursday, October 15 - 10:30 to 11:30 | Persuasion, Pushback, and Compromise: Making the Case for Decarbonization | Evaluate | Lois Arena Mark Ginsberg Justin Stein |
| Thursday, October 15 - 10:30 to 11:30 | From Planning to Doing: Decarbonizing State-Owned Campuses & Facilities | Evaluate | Indu Lnu Joshua Plourde Carter Strickland Yarden Zamir |
| Thursday, October 15 - 10:30 to 11:30 | Decarbonization for Co-ops: NYC’s First C-PACE Financing Case Study | Evaluate | Pierre Castillon Will Kalbacker Dr. Michele Pitale |
| Event Date | Session Title | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 15 - 12:00 to 1:00 | Powering Resilience: Stony Brook University's Decarbonization Master Plan | Evaluate | Rachel Carpitella Tom Lanzilotta Robert Myrick |
| Thursday, October 15 - 12:00 to 1:00 | AI Is changing Sustainability in Construction | Evaluate | Brendan Hermalyn Jack Rusk Charley Stevenson |
| Thursday, October 15 - 12:00 to 1:00 | Developing Energy Programs with a Community First Approach | Evaluate | Yangchen Dolma Tal Henig-Hadar Derick Kowalczyk Laura Nicaise |
| Thursday, October 15 - 12:00 to 1:00 | Beyond Operational Energy: Demystifying MEP Embodied Carbon | Evaluate | Josh Jacobs Andrew Lopreiato Stephen Scott |
| Event Date | Session Title | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 15 - 1:45 to 2:45 | A Dimensional Grammar for a More Interoperable Construction Industry | Evaluate | Tedd Benson Seth Clarke Joseph Murray |
| Thursday, October 15 - 1:45 to 2:45 | True Affordability: Centering Health, Resilience, and the Human Experience | Evaluate | Michael Hindle Grant Sheely Jodi Smits Anderson |
| Thursday, October 15 - 1:45 to 2:45 | Convince Us Otherwise: When Electrification Doesn’t Pencil | Evaluate | Jennifer Leone Giulia Luci |
| Thursday, October 15 - 1:45 to 2:45 | From Caution to Catalyst: Turning AI Skepticism into Informed Innovation | Evaluate | Elizabeth Kelly Andrea Mancino |
| Event Date | Session Title | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 15 - 3:15 to 4:15 | Deep Energy Retrofits: Innovative Building Envelope and MEP Approaches | Evaluate | Abdulla Darrat Yazan Mhithawi Crystal Ng |
| Thursday, October 15 - 3:15 to 4:15 | Lessons Learned from 5+ Central Heat Pump Water Heaters | Evaluate | Kevin Mcdonald Neale Misquitta Josh Shaffer |
| Thursday, October 15 - 3:15 to 4:15 | Spinach and Sustainability: Making Green Irresistible | Evaluate | Juan Guarin Jana Silsby |