BuildingEnergy Boston 2025 Speakers

Michelle Apigian

ICON Architecture
Working Smarter Not Harder: The Power of Teamwork in Multifamily PH Projects
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Miriam Aylward

HELM Construction Solutions
The Curb-Cut Effect: Practical Tools for Engaging Neurodiverse Project Teams
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4

Laura Bailey

Vermont Council On Rural Development
Keynote — From Silos to Synergy: Toward Inclusion and Thriving Communities
Friday, March 21 - 9:00 AM
Harbor Ballroom

Laura Bailey

Vermont Council On Rural Development
Breaking the Design Bubble: Community Engagement and an Inclusive Process
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Peter Baker

Building Science Corporation
Exterior Wall Insulation: Don’t Eat Your Sweater!
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2

Laura Bashaw

Building Enclosure Science (BES)
Addressing Thermal Bridges that Arise During Construction
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3

Carri Beer

CommONEcology Radical Architecture
Beyond the Data: The Humanity of Radical, Regenerative Retrofits
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1

Joseph Bliss

B2Q Associates, Inc
Grid-Interactive Solutions for Sustainable Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2

Bill Boehm

Boehm Architecture
Blighted Site to Thriving Community: High-Performance Buildings for a Healthy Neighborhood
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1

Greg Bossie

Rare Forms
Moving the Needle on ADU Policy and Production
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2

Ariel Brenner

New Buildings Institute
Scaling Embodied Carbon Through Building Codes
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1

Diana Andrea Brito Picciotto

UMass Amherst Building & Construction Technology
Low-Carbon Envelopes: Insights from Moisture Data in Biogenic Material Walls
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1

Michael Browne

Advanced Building Analysis, LLC
Getting a Phius Project to the Phinish Line: What You Need to Know
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1

Andy Buccino

Stephens and Company, Inc.
Scaling Embodied Carbon Through Building Codes
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1

Spencer Buchholz

Lawrence Community Works
Blighted Site to Thriving Community: High-Performance Buildings for a Healthy Neighborhood
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1

Brent Buck

Brent Buck Architects
Scaling Mass Timber Construction in Dense Urban Environments: Three Not-So-Little Projects
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1

James Carreira

Boston Sand & Gravel
Slashing Upfront Embodied Carbon: How to Replicate Success
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3

Moses Cordeiro

Dellbrook | JKS
Working Smarter Not Harder: The Power of Teamwork in Multifamily PH Projects
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Beverly Craig

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
Slashing Upfront Embodied Carbon: How to Replicate Success
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3

Gina Cruz Taveras

GenUnity
Change Agents: This Is What Community Looks Like
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

Andrew DelPrete

Liberty Mutual
Aggressive Continuous Commissioning: A Decade of Energy and Carbon Reduction at Liberty Mutual Tower
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3

Stephen DeMetrick

DeMetrick Housewrights
Just Do This! Proven Details and Strategies for Simple High Performance Homes
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3

Neil Donnelly

New Ecology
Refrigerants: Rethinking their Role in Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1

Neil Donnelly

New Ecology
Roadmap to Scaling: Best Practices from CO2 Heat Pump Water Heater System Pilots
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1

Greg Downing

Bald Hill Builders
Getting a Phius Project to the Phinish Line: What You Need to Know
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1

Justin Dufresne

Goody Clancy
What's Old is New Again: Renewing Historic Enclosures for Modern Performance
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3

Gus Dunn-Hindle

Passive To Positive
Regenerative Economics for Regenerative Times
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3

Paul Eddowes

New Ecology
Blighted Site to Thriving Community: High-Performance Buildings for a Healthy Neighborhood
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1

Meredith Elbaum

Built Environment Plus (BE+)
Slashing Upfront Embodied Carbon: How to Replicate Success
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3

Meredith Elbaum

Built Environment Plus (BE+)
Change Agents: This Is What Community Looks Like
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

Ryan Esparza

Historic Buildings, Modern Solutions: Decarbonization Strategies for Multifamily Landmarks
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1

Jess Farber

CMTA
Aggressive Continuous Commissioning: A Decade of Energy and Carbon Reduction at Liberty Mutual Tower
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3

Kai Fast

Kaplan Thompson Architects
The Curb-Cut Effect: Practical Tools for Engaging Neurodiverse Project Teams
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4

Katie Faulkner

West Work
Moving the Needle on ADU Policy and Production
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2

Heather Ferrell

Prism Design Lab
Keynote — From Silos to Synergy: Toward Inclusion and Thriving Communities
Friday, March 21 - 9:00 AM
Harbor Ballroom

Heather Ferrell

Prism Design Lab
Breaking the Design Bubble: Community Engagement and an Inclusive Process
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Lori Ferriss

Built Buildings Lab
Keynote Follow-Up: Models of Collective Impact
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Andrew Frederick

Croft
Scale Up/Carbon Down: A Regenerative Approach to the Housing and Climate Crises
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1

Jeff Geisinger

Utile Architecture & Planning
Getting a Phius Project to the Phinish Line: What You Need to Know
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1

Alan Gibson

GO Logic, LLC - Architecture, Construction, Design
Scale Up/Carbon Down: A Regenerative Approach to the Housing and Climate Crises
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1

Hilary Gove

Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
Moving the Needle on ADU Policy and Production
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2

Zbingniew Grabowski

Alliance For The Mystic Valley Watershed
Regenerative Economics for Regenerative Times
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3

Asher Greenberg

Steveworks, LLC
Anti-Racism In Action
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4

Michael Gryniuk

Cora Structural
Change Agents: This Is What Community Looks Like
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

Sebastian Gutwein

Regenerative Design Group
Carbon in the Landscape: A New Frontier in the Whole-Carbon Approach
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Thomas Haskell

University Planning, Design and Construction, University of Connecticut
What's Old is New Again: Renewing Historic Enclosures for Modern Performance
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3

Corey Heaslip

Delphi Construction
Blighted Site to Thriving Community: High-Performance Buildings for a Healthy Neighborhood
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1

Andrew Himes

Carbon Leadership Forum
Keynote Follow-Up: Models of Collective Impact
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Andrew Himes

Carbon Leadership Forum
Keynote — Carbon (R)Evolution: Collective Impact and Decarbonization in the Building Industry
Thursday, March 20 - 9:00 AM
Harbor Ballroom

Michael Hindle

Passive To Positive
Regenerative Economics for Regenerative Times
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3

Mel Houser

All Brains Belong VT
The Curb-Cut Effect: Practical Tools for Engaging Neurodiverse Project Teams
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4

Olivia Huang

Goody Clancy
Building Material Reuse: The Time for Circularity Is Here!
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4

Julie Janiski

Buro Happold Engineering
Keynote Follow-Up: Models of Collective Impact
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Nouha Javed

Building Enclosure Science (BES)
Addressing Thermal Bridges that Arise During Construction
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3

Declan Keefe

CoEverything, LLC
Beyond the Building: Climate Justice and the Solidarity Economy
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2

Floris Keverling Buisman

475 High Performance Building Supply
Scaling Mass Timber Construction in Dense Urban Environments: Three Not-So-Little Projects
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1

James Kitchin

MASS Design Group
The Materials Revolution
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1

Maciej Konieczny

New Ecology
Refrigerants: Rethinking their Role in Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1

Sara Kudra

Architecture Towards Neutral
Open Source: Sharing Climate Knowledge for Speed, Scale and Inclusion
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1

Sara Kudra

Architecture Towards Neutral
Decarb Do No Harm: Applying the Hippocratic Oath to Existing Buildings
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1

Stuart Lachs

Perkins Eastman Architects
Modular Multifamily Passive House: Design, Build, and Verify
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

Michelle Lambert

Carbon Leadership Forum
Keynote Follow-Up: Models of Collective Impact
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Terri Laurence

CMTA
Aggressive Continuous Commissioning: A Decade of Energy and Carbon Reduction at Liberty Mutual Tower
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3

Chris Lee

Backyard ADUs
Moving the Needle on ADU Policy and Production
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2

Rand Lemley

Innova Building Advisors
Decarb Do No Harm: Applying the Hippocratic Oath to Existing Buildings
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1

Rand Lemley

Innova Building Advisors
Change Agents: This Is What Community Looks Like
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

Anthony Lisanti

Integral Building + Design, Inc.
Modular Multifamily Passive House: Design, Build, and Verify
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

John Loercher

Northeast Projects, LLC
Modular Multifamily Passive House: Design, Build, and Verify
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

Charles Lovejoy

Eversource
Grid-Interactive Solutions for Sustainable Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2

Chase Macpherson

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP)
Three Routes to Work: Recruiting, Retaining and Upskilling Our Workforce
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2

Chris Magwood

RMI
RESNET Standard 1550: Embodied Carbon Comes of Age
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1

Chris Magwood

RMI
The Materials Revolution
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1

Nadav Malin

Green Commons
Keynote Follow-Up: Models of Collective Impact
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Dylan Martello

Steven Winter Associates
Historic Buildings, Modern Solutions: Decarbonization Strategies for Multifamily Landmarks
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1

Ilene Mason

Rethinking Power Management (RPM)
Decarb Do No Harm: Applying the Hippocratic Oath to Existing Buildings
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1

Ace McArleton

New Frameworks Natural Design/Build
The Materials Revolution
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1

Christina McPike

WinnCompanies
Building Momentum: Lessons from the Field of Decarbonization Retrofits in Boston
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Parlin Meyer

BrightBuilt Home
Moving the Needle on ADU Policy and Production
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2

Caroline Murray

Turner Construction Co.
Slashing Upfront Embodied Carbon: How to Replicate Success
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3

Jim Newman

Linnean Solutions
Change Agents: This Is What Community Looks Like
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2

Jim Newman

Linnean Solutions
Carbon in the Landscape: A New Frontier in the Whole-Carbon Approach
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Marina 3-4

Curt Newton

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Open Source: Sharing Climate Knowledge for Speed, Scale and Inclusion
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1

Crystal Ng

Curtis + Ginsberg Architects
Historic Buildings, Modern Solutions: Decarbonization Strategies for Multifamily Landmarks
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1

Christopher Nielson

Bruner/Cott Architects, Inc.
Low-Carbon Envelopes: Insights from Moisture Data in Biogenic Material Walls
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1

Melissa O'Mara

The Leaders Co-Lab
Moving Beyond: Leveraging Moral Imagination to Accelerate Systems Change
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4

Michael Orbank II

STO Building Group
Building Material Reuse: The Time for Circularity Is Here!
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4

James Petersen

Petersen Engineering, Inc.
Working Smarter Not Harder: The Power of Teamwork in Multifamily PH Projects
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

JS Rancourt

DXS
Refrigerants: Rethinking their Role in Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1

Shari Rauls

Steven Winter Associates
A Total Carbon Analysis Conversation: Balancing Operational and Embodied Carbon
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3

Joey Redmond

B2Q Associates, Inc
Grid-Interactive Solutions for Sustainable Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2

Ellen Richer

Eversource - CT
Grid-Interactive Solutions for Sustainable Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2

Caitlin Robillard

Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation
Building Momentum: Lessons from the Field of Decarbonization Retrofits in Boston
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Catherine Rosas

Passive To Positive
Beyond the Data: The Humanity of Radical, Regenerative Retrofits
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1

Andrew Ruff

GOA Architecture
Scaling Mass Timber Construction in Dense Urban Environments: Three Not-So-Little Projects
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1

Jonsara Ruth

Parsons School of Design at The New School
The Materials Revolution
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1

Brendan Ryan

Elephant Energy
Three Routes to Work: Recruiting, Retaining and Upskilling Our Workforce
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2

Nicole Schuster

Positive Trace Architecture, PLLC
Creating Harmony: Overcoming Challenges in Passive House Multifamily Design
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3

Tom Secondo

R.W. Sullivan Engineering
Refrigerants: Rethinking their Role in Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1

Andy Shapiro

Energy Balance, Inc.
In the Last Analysis: An Electrified Town Garage for the 21st Century
Thursday, March 20 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2

Charlie Simek

New Ecology
Roadmap to Scaling: Best Practices from CO2 Heat Pump Water Heater System Pilots
Thursday, March 20 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1

Kristen Simmons

City of Boston Housing
Building Momentum: Lessons from the Field of Decarbonization Retrofits in Boston
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Cynthia Staats

Building Enclosure Science (BES)
Addressing Thermal Bridges that Arise During Construction
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3

Kevin Stack

Building In Nature's Image
Moving Beyond: Leveraging Moral Imagination to Accelerate Systems Change
Friday, March 21 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4

Kate Stephenson

HELM Construction Solutions
Anti-Racism In Action
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4

Chris Thompson

Delphi Construction
Blighted Site to Thriving Community: High-Performance Buildings for a Healthy Neighborhood
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1

Christopher Till

Town of Manchester CT
Grid-Interactive Solutions for Sustainable Electrification
Friday, March 21 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2

Mélanie Trottier

Builders For Climate Action
A Total Carbon Analysis Conversation: Balancing Operational and Embodied Carbon
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3

Kohta Ueno

Building Science Corporation
Exterior Wall Insulation: Don’t Eat Your Sweater!
Thursday, March 20 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2

Andrew van Roo

Ashley McGraw Architects, DPC
Creating Harmony: Overcoming Challenges in Passive House Multifamily Design
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3

Andrew Webster

Graphite Studio
Anti-Racism In Action
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4

Zoe Weinrobe

2Life Communities
Working Smarter Not Harder: The Power of Teamwork in Multifamily PH Projects
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Brooks Winner

City of Boston Environment Department
Building Momentum: Lessons from the Field of Decarbonization Retrofits in Boston
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Andy Winslow

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP)
Three Routes to Work: Recruiting, Retaining and Upskilling Our Workforce
Friday, March 21 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2

Ashley Wisse

New Ecology
Working Smarter Not Harder: The Power of Teamwork in Multifamily PH Projects
Friday, March 21 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1

Joel Wool

Boston Housing Authority
Building Momentum: Lessons from the Field of Decarbonization Retrofits in Boston
Thursday, March 20 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1