BuildingEnergy Boston 2026 Speakers

Ryan Abendroth
Build Zero Consulting
Optimizing Passive Building for Cost Effectiveness: Tools and Methods
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1
Jan Abercrombie
CBT Architects, Inc.
Deconstruction and Reuse in Fitouts: A Case Study
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2
Stephanie Bassler
Facet Architecture
Through The Details: Lessons learned from 50 Phius design certifications
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2
Brett Bentson
Utile Architecture & Planning
Deep Dive: Designing a High-Performance Pool and Community Center in Boston
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3
Ben Bogie
BPC Green Builders, Inc.
Less Carbon, Same Building: How Builders and Designers Can Cut Embodied Carbon Today
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1
Greg Bossie
Rare Forms
Scaling Resilience Through Community & Collaboration
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1
Ariel Brenner
New Buildings Institute
Keeping it Cool! Toolkits and Strategies for Extreme Heat and Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Marina 3-4
Katherine Bubriski
Arrowstreet, Inc.
Designing the Future of Learning: Insights from Passive Schools
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2
Karl Calvo
University of Rhode Island
From Building Decarbonization to Campus Decarbonization: Lessons, Pitfalls, Results
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3
Erin Camp
Power Options, Inc.
Decarbonizing Non-Profit Buildings via No-Cost Planning and Financing Resources
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1
Sarah Carter
Petersen Engineering, Inc.
Multifamily Ventilation Systems: Do We Really Need CAR Dampers?
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1
David Charney
Goody Clancy
The Balancing Act: Reducing Embodied and Operational Carbon in High-Performance Envelopes
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3
Betsy Cooke
PCA Design
Are You Smarter Than a Phius Reviewer?
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1
Molly Craft
New Ecology
Are You Smarter Than a Phius Reviewer?
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1
Billy Craig
BC Productions
Mass Timber: Strategies for Carbon, Cost, and Constructability
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2
Jim D'Aloisio
Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
More Good through Less Bad
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2
Jim D'Aloisio
Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
Breaking Thermal Bridges: A Guide to the Divide
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3
John Dalzell
City of Boston Planning Department
Mass Timber: Strategies for Carbon, Cost, and Constructability
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2
Kena David
Consigli Construction
Closing the Materials Gap: Practical Steps for Making Better Materials Choices
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3
Rheannon DeMond
Thornton Tomasetti
Cutting Ties: Designing to Reduce Reliance on Existing Utility Plants
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1
Paulina Dieffenbach
City of Boston Environment Department
Comfort & Savings for All: Talking Decarbonization with Anyone
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4
Martine Dion
SMMA
Onward to 2050! Two Existing Commercial Building Decarbonization Case Studies
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1
Ryan Dirks
Perkins Eastman Architects
Designing the Future of Learning: Insights from Passive Schools
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2
Amy Dorfman
The Trustees of Reservations
Decarbonizing Non-Profit Buildings via No-Cost Planning and Financing Resources
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1
Justin Dufresne
Goody Clancy
Cutting Ties: Designing to Reduce Reliance on Existing Utility Plants
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1
Carolyn Edsell-Vetter
Cooperative Fund of The Northeast
Financial Statement Storytelling: Building Accountability and Engagement
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4
Jess Farber
CMTA
Designing the Future of Learning: Insights from Passive Schools
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2
Felipe Francisco
Studio NYL
The Balancing Act: Reducing Embodied and Operational Carbon in High-Performance Envelopes
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3
Miriam Gee
CoEverything, LLC
Comfort & Savings for All: Talking Decarbonization with Anyone
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4
Rachael Gerry
Goody Clancy
The Balancing Act: Reducing Embodied and Operational Carbon in High-Performance Envelopes
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3
Stefan Goebel
Build Zero Consulting
Optimizing Passive Building for Cost Effectiveness: Tools and Methods
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1
Scott Hackel
Slipstream
Proof over Promises: Cold Climate Multifamily Retrofit Results
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3
Haley Harlow
Phius
Are You Smarter Than a Phius Reviewer?
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1
Tyler Hebert
College of The Atlantic
Building the Energy Workforce: Hands-On Pathways from Campus to Community
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1
Michael Hindle
Passive To Positive
Deep Energy Retrofits, Round 3: A Holistic Cost Analysis
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1
Lyn Huckabee
MA Department of Energy Resources (DOER)
From Model to Meter: What Can We Learn from the Massachusetts LBER Data
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1
Petra Jarolimova
Utile Architecture & Planning
Deep Dive: Designing a High-Performance Pool and Community Center in Boston
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3
Heather Jauregui
Perkins Eastman Architects
Spinach and Sustainability: Making Green Irresistible
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2
Phil Kaplan
Kaplan Thompson Architects
How to Make a House Levitate: The Accidental Deep Energy Retrofit
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3
Jacob Knowles
BR+A Consulting Engineers
From Building Decarbonization to Campus Decarbonization: Lessons, Pitfalls, Results
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3
Sara Kudra
Architecture Towards Neutral
Comfort & Savings for All: Talking Decarbonization with Anyone
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4
Kenna Lauer
Abode Energy Management
Connecting the Dots for Small Residential Decarbonization: Lessons from the Field
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1
Ivan Lee
Stantec Architecture
Breaking Thermal Bridges: A Guide to the Divide
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3
Matthew Lewis
2RW Consultants
Cutting Ties: Designing to Reduce Reliance on Existing Utility Plants
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1
Helen Lloyd
College of The Atlantic
Building the Energy Workforce: Hands-On Pathways from Campus to Community
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1
John Loercher
Northeast Projects, LLC
Through The Details: Lessons learned from 50 Phius design certifications
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2
Andrea Love
Payette
Closing the Materials Gap: Practical Steps for Making Better Materials Choices
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3
Kyle Macht
Macht Architecture
Deep Energy Retrofits, Round 3: A Holistic Cost Analysis
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1
Ilene Mason
Rethinking Power Management (RPM)
Retrocommissioning For Existing Buildings
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1
Ace McArleton
New Frameworks Natural Design/Build
Scaling Resilience Through Community & Collaboration
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1
Samara McLaughlin
Sipayik Resilience Committee
Building the Energy Workforce: Hands-On Pathways from Campus to Community
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1
Alejandra Menchaca
AIRLIT Studio
Spinach and Sustainability: Making Green Irresistible
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2
Romeo Michael
BR+A Consulting Engineers
From Building Decarbonization to Campus Decarbonization: Lessons, Pitfalls, Results
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3
Jacob Miller
Smart Surfaces Coalition
Keeping it Cool! Toolkits and Strategies for Extreme Heat and Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Marina 3-4
Russ Miller-Johnson
Engineering Ventures
Breaking Thermal Bridges: A Guide to the Divide
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3
Rashmi Mohan
College of The Atlantic
Building the Energy Workforce: Hands-On Pathways from Campus to Community
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 1
Matthew Mongan
SOCOTEC
Building Better with What We Have: Balancing Carbon, Cost, and Housing
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1
James Moriarty
Sustainable Comfort
The Cost of Prediction: Where the Models End and Meters Begin
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1
Ella Mure
RMI
Who Pays and Who Saves? How Electric Rates Shape Equitable Multifamily Electrification
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4
Caroline Murray
Turner Construction Co.
Deconstruction and Reuse in Fitouts: A Case Study
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2
Patrick Nachlas
Ekotrope
Operational and Embodied Carbon, Together at Last! The MA 100-Home Embodied Carbon Study
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2
Lissette Paukert
Nectar Community Investments
Connecting the Dots for Small Residential Decarbonization: Lessons from the Field
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1
Shannon Pendleton
Sanderson Sustainable Design
Optimizing Passive Building for Cost Effectiveness: Tools and Methods
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Marina 1
James Petersen
Petersen Engineering, Inc.
Multifamily Ventilation Systems: Do We Really Need CAR Dampers?
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1
Nicole Peterson
Thornton Tomasetti
Designing the Future of Learning: Insights from Passive Schools
Tuesday, March 24 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2
Gavin Pond
Warren Construction Group, Inc.
How to Make a House Levitate: The Accidental Deep Energy Retrofit
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3
Abbott Price
SOCOTEC
Building Better with What We Have: Balancing Carbon, Cost, and Housing
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1
Jacob Deva Racusin
New Frameworks Natural Design/Build
Less Carbon, Same Building: How Builders and Designers Can Cut Embodied Carbon Today
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 1
Jacob Deva Racusin
New Frameworks Natural Design/Build
Operational and Embodied Carbon, Together at Last! The MA 100-Home Embodied Carbon Study
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2
David Robb
Turner Construction Co.
Mass Timber: Strategies for Carbon, Cost, and Constructability
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2
Bryan Roberts
Dandelion Energy
Unlocking Residential Geothermal: How Builders are Overcoming Cost and Complexity Barriers
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 3
Suzanne Robinson
LeMessurier
Mass Timber: Strategies for Carbon, Cost, and Constructability
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2
Julia Rogers
Meta
Retrocommissioning For Existing Buildings
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1
Matt Root
Materially Better
Closing the Materials Gap: Practical Steps for Making Better Materials Choices
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3
Helio Rosa
YMCA of Greater Boston
Decarbonizing Non-Profit Buildings via No-Cost Planning and Financing Resources
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1
Eva Rosenbloom
RMI
Who Pays and Who Saves? How Electric Rates Shape Equitable Multifamily Electrification
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Marina 3-4
David Ruggiero
City of Providence
Decarbonizing Non-Profit Buildings via No-Cost Planning and Financing Resources
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1
Melissa Russell
SMMA
Onward to 2050! Two Existing Commercial Building Decarbonization Case Studies
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Marina 1
Brendan Ryan
Elephant Energy
Scaling Heat Pumps for LMI Communities Through Trusted Local Partnerships
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1
Christopher Schaffner
The Green Engineer, Inc.
From Model to Meter: What Can We Learn from the Massachusetts LBER Data
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1
Audrey Schulman
Black Swan Lab
From Gas to Electricity with Speed and Equity
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2
Nicole Schuster
Positive Trace Architecture, PLLC
Are You Smarter Than a Phius Reviewer?
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Marina 1
Steve Scribner
Shape Architecture Studio
Through The Details: Lessons learned from 50 Phius design certifications
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2
Misha SemeLev
Yale University
Closing the Materials Gap: Practical Steps for Making Better Materials Choices
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3
Sasha Shyduroff
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
Keeping it Cool! Toolkits and Strategies for Extreme Heat and Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Marina 3-4
Neetu Siddarth
BXP
Retrocommissioning For Existing Buildings
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1
Jana Silsby
DLR Group
Spinach and Sustainability: Making Green Irresistible
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 2
Gurbani Singh
Elephant Energy
Scaling Heat Pumps for LMI Communities Through Trusted Local Partnerships
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1
Jodi Smits Anderson
2bGreener, LLC
More Good through Less Bad
Monday, March 23 - 4:00 PM
Harbor 2
Jesse Stallions
BR+A Consulting Engineers
Retrocommissioning For Existing Buildings
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 1
Kate Stephenson
HELM Construction Solutions
Anti-Racism In Action
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4
Maggie Super Church
MassHousing
Connecting the Dots for Small Residential Decarbonization: Lessons from the Field
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1
Andrew Thompson
Boston Building Resources
Deconstruction and Reuse in Fitouts: A Case Study
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 2
Michelle Tinner
Sustainable Comfort
The Cost of Prediction: Where the Models End and Meters Begin
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 1
Grace Tisdale
Kaplan Thompson Architects
How to Make a House Levitate: The Accidental Deep Energy Retrofit
Tuesday, March 24 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3
Niles Tooher
RFS Engineering
Deep Dive: Designing a High-Performance Pool and Community Center in Boston
Monday, March 23 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 3
Mary Wambui
Planning Office for Urban Affairs
From Gas to Electricity with Speed and Equity
Tuesday, March 24 - 2:30 PM
Harbor 2
Tamar Warburg
Sasaki Associates, Inc.
From Building Decarbonization to Campus Decarbonization: Lessons, Pitfalls, Results
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Harbor 3
Jesse Ware III
Auger Building Company
Anti-Racism In Action
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4
Maria Washington
Byggmeister Inc.
Anti-Racism In Action
Tuesday, March 24 - 10:30 AM
Marina 3-4
Kelly Westby
Steven Winter Associates
Proof over Promises: Cold Climate Multifamily Retrofit Results
Monday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
Harbor 3
Brooks Winner
City of Boston Environment Department
Connecting the Dots for Small Residential Decarbonization: Lessons from the Field
Monday, March 23 - 10:30 AM
Marina 1