Betsy Harbison
Username
Betsy Harbison
Proposer First Name
Betsy
Proposer Email
bharbison@brightpower.com
Proposer Last Name
Harbison

Boston 2021 Areas of Focus

Proposer Company/Organization
Bright Power, Inc.
Proposer Phone
(646) 565-4166
Proposer Job Title
Director of Marketing
Proposed Session Description
In this session, attendees will learn how to attack energy and water-related inefficiencies with a portfolio strategy that embodies a top-down and boots on the ground approach while meeting the needs of different stakeholders: real estate owner, asset manager, fund manager, property manager, and property staff. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from a national multifamily housing owner that is deep into implementing their ESG, sustainability, and energy goals, and from property managers working to implement these strategies at their properties. Through a facilitated panel discussion, attendees will see how each stakeholder approaches and values the impact of: • A tiered portfolio-wide implementation of a specific energy efficiency technology (ex: LEDs). • Access to engineering experts, remote and onsite, that enable property staff across the country to increase the performance of their portfolios. • Selected energy retrofits to meet the specific needs of the property, while contributing to corporate sustainability goals.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
: Yes! Jessica and Lexie are women in real estate! Jessica holds a leadership position at a global organization and is responsible for the implementation of the firms 'tomorrow’s world' sustainability platform, focusing on climate risk and meeting carbon reduction targets throughout Nuveen’s U.S. real estate portfolio. Clifford also is a Merchant Marine veteran.
Learning Objectives
1. How competing goals for property, portfolio, and fund managers can be achieved and how they can help support each other.
2. The keys to implementing a portfolio sustainability program for a large ownership firm.
3. How to tackle company-level sustainability objectives, Environmental Social Governance (ESG) goals, along with property-level energy and water inefficiency.
4. How to connect data analysis with implementing improvements.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Comments about your speaker roster
Ideally, we would have Clifford serve as moderator to guide the conversation. At least one speaker (Jessica) will only be able to participate virtually unless things dramatically change with COVID.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
Travel will be tough for this group and would likely be best served by a virtual conference. If that’s a non-starter and you need to have in-person sessions, we have another option (see our other submission) that can take a Case Study approach to get the information across.
Reviewer 1
Wright, Daryl
Proposal #
229
Committee Decision
Rejected

Presenters

Full Description
As real estate owners expand their portfolios and become more geographically dispersed, it is critical they manage and balance competing goals, from the fund level to the property level, to reduce energy intensity and meet sustainability goals. This is especially important for large national real estate owners who have an opportunity and responsibility to reduce carbon emissions and create healthier environments for their tenants. It also is important for those in sustainability to understand the motivations and roadblocks that these stakeholders encounter, which will enable them to create impactful solutions.