Business Operations and Collaboration
KEYNOTE — Billions for Buildings: Transformational Federal Funding for Sustainable Projects
We have arrived at a pivotal moment as an industry—a moment when we have both tremendous willpower and resources to decarbonize and move toward a green economy. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act brought with it enormous potential, and we are now seeing that potential catalyzed into tangible and accessible financial products to support the clean energy transition.
Meeting a Building Where It's At: A Guide to Staged Electrification
Beyond Passive House: Emerging Research from NYSERDA BoE Early Phase Funding
GGRF: Utilizing New Funds to Catalyze Investments in Multifamily Decarbonization
Decarbonizing NYC Offices: Opportunities & Strategies for Success
Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: How Smart Buildings are Decarbonizing NYC
While demand response has been around for decades, allowing utility companies to mitigate peak demand and generate revenue for buildings, we are seeing more opportunities for interactive demand management, resident participation, and electrification-enabling technologies. Battery storage, EV charging, and smart, connected devices are becoming more affordable thanks to growing technology options, consumer demand, incentives, and tax credits, presenting new opportunities for building owners and residents to participate in grid services and reduce loads, saving money and carbon.
NYCHA RAD-PACT: Generational Opportunities for Driving Change
Decarbonization with Intention: Democratizing Data to Dismantle Barriers in Retrofits
Engaging A Multi-Generational Workforce to Decarbonize the Future
This session will explore the challenges to, opportunities for, and results from accelerating cross-generational engagement in the pursuit of decarbonization.
After identifying some major generational differences, we will explore how BR+A accommodates these differences in our work. We will look at communication styles, in-office engagement and remote working, project management, work schedules, and benefit programs. We will also look deeply at strategies related to employee retention, task assignment, and persity and inclusion.